Great sci-fi movie - if you ignore the creepy premise of how they meet...

Rating: 8/10 (14 May 2017)

Very good movie!
Overall, the movie owes quite a bit to 2001: A Space Odyssey, which set the bar for the visual design of movies set in spaceships. And, oh what a spaceship. It's kind of the ultimate cruise ship, with bars, restaurants, a shopping mall, movie theater, infinity pool, and much much more. (Sign me up.)
I can't say much about the plot without giving it away, but it provides an opportunity for Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Platt to fall in love, and for Platt to fix stuff. (Lawrence is a writer by trade, while Platt is a mechanic and is therefore the person to be the movie's hero. Just as it should be.)
It's worth mentioning that the circumstances of how Lawrence and Platt's characters meet has generated some controversy, along with the moral implications of such a relationship.
Platt and Lawrence are excellent, and Michael Sheen is wonderful as Arthur the robot bartender. (Wearing – seriously – the same exact outfit that Ted Lange wore on "The Love Boat.")
The bad news about the movie is the huge number of glaring plot holes. (Warning: Here be spoilers.)
 The plot is driven by a chance encounter with meteors. The Avalon spaceship is the most sophisticated creation in the universe, yet it can't avoid some meteors?
 Every one of the passengers and crew is hibernating, and as problems occur, there's no way for the ship's computer – or anyone on the ship – to awaken the crew members who might be able to fix the problems. Really? (HAL apparently wasn't available.)
And then there's the little things: The ship is designed to entertain 5,300 people for four months but only has one bar and one bartender. Most cruise ships today hold about 3,000 people and have a dozen bars and dozens of bartenders. And, Jennifer Lawrence has an endless supply of casual and workout clothes and even cocktail dresses, but only one bathing suit.
Bit o' trivia: Emma Clarke voices the ship's computer, while in real life, she's one of the voices on the London Underground who warns you to "Mind the Gap."
See it now if you like sci-fi or the cast.