Excellent entertainment -- stop politicizing everything!

Rating: 9/10 (13 August 2017)

I am a woman and a feminist, yet was sickened by those attacking this film as legitimizing rape culture, manipulation, Stockholm syndrome or God knows what else. People thinking along these lines probably find most tomato sauce labels politically incorrect.
The plot is plausible and interesting, the acting excellent, the cinematography beautiful, and the film is quite well-paced. It might not be Oscar worthy, but the last time I checked, most films out there aren't.
So he woke her up. Yes, it was immoral and selfish, but the film does not depict Jim as jumping into this decision. The fact that it took him weeks to decide, that he was alone for over a year and had almost committed suicide by no means justify his action but do show him struggle with the weight of the decision. Just like it weighs on him throughout the film. All that makes him human -- selfish and flawed, but far from evil.
And Aurora is NO pushover. Once she finds out, she doesn't meekly accept her fate as a man's playmate or bed-mate or whatever, but literally kicks the living daylights out of him.
If the film merely jumped to "she finds out and accepts" and stopped there, I could understand people panning it. But it doesn't. It ultimately shows us that she CHOSE to be with him -- which is critical -- and also shows us why. She'd never let anyone in before, had actually fallen in love with him before finding out the truth, and subsequently saw enough bravery and love -- including him wanting to let her go -- to realize life was better with him on the ship, than without him. Point in case: by joining the voyage she chose to leave everyone she ever knew behind forever, showing us she didn't have any deep connections prior to him.
As for those complaining about the "token black character" -- come on, people. The film only has two big roles. If one of those had been a black person, then the whole movie would have been interpreted as an allegory for racial dynamics. If the only other prominent character had been black -- the bartender -- the film would have been accused of reducing black people to servants again. How about the fact that this important crew position was filled by a black man, and he was key to saving the two white people's behinds? Why marginalize him, as a viewer?
Lastly, I'm sad that poor Jennifer Lawrence was pushed into thinking there was anything wrong with the film, let alone that it would have been better if her character had woken up first. I mean, come on -- it would have been EXACTLY the same, morally speaking. That's the whole point -- what he did had no excuse, but it brought them together in a flawed way like life tends to, and they overcame that bad beginning both individually and together.
In a nutshell, it's a dynamic, suspenseful love story set in space, so if the sound of that appeals to you, by all means watch away for you're sure to enjoy it.