Passengers trying to go everywhere end up going, well, nowhere

Rating: 5/10 (31 December 2016)

The basic problem of this movie is that it tries to do too much in too little time. To make good use of all the ingredients, this should have lasted at least an hour longer.
It just tries "everything" - a space drama, love story, disaster movie, sci-fi, survivalist/existential movie, AI interaction, road trip (in space)... But, none of it is explored enough, so it ends up with pretty much nothing substantial.
It also has many strange things, to say the least (and be polite). Like, why in the hell is the space ship lit up like a Christmas tree while everybody is in hibernation? Sure, they have a fusion reactor, but, that doesn't mean they have fuel/energy to spare. Who in their right mind would let a commercial space ship of this size go "auto- pilot" for 120 years? I mean, we all know that there's stuff flying around out there and you can't just let AI handle it. Even so, why wouldn't the ship's computer(s) wake up some skeleton crew on signs of such significant failure? I could go on like this for hours.
An example of "too much to do in too little" time is the first ~half an hour which deals with Chris Pratt on his own. We don't really feel his sense of the despair and the need to wake up Jeniffer Lawrence. Yes, we see him suffering, but it's too short and like a music video or a video game (and he doesn't do a great job either). But, we don't _feel_ it.
Most other parts are similar. From a plot POV, fine, but, when executed, somehow incomplete, flat, and not a movie.
The more-or-less classic Hollywood happy-end doesn't help here, especially because it is really silly and beyond any reason. Sure, he's Star Lord, but having Chris Pratt survive a blast from a fusion reactor with a shield made of what seems like an Aluminium door... He may be Star Lord, but He is not Groot.
On a separate note, there was lots of fun to be had with this set up, and we end up having very little of it.
On the plus side, it does look good, Lawrence Fishburne is fine, Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence do have this "we like each other, but we're together because there's nobody else around, otherwise we probably wouldn't be" kind of vibe and the plot is generally interesting. It just feels like that with some more screen time and some more work, this could have been good. As is, it's a nice-looking misfire with some redeeming qualities.