Space Brothers Reviews

90%

I was a bit skeptical about this movie.  Having seen (and loved) the anime series, I was afraid that the directors would not be able to pull it of.  It is after all quite difficult to balance humor, self-criticism and the dramatic aspects in a good way.  However, (admittedly) to my surprise, this movie delivers. The directors took the core of this coming-of-age story and managed a credibly good interpretation.  The parts that were omitted, were justly so, so as to give credence to the tale and reduce the level of suspension of disbelief needed.  Hilariously enough, Buzz Aldrin’s cameo was the worst piece of acting in the movie.  Granted, he is not an actor, and I have a tremendous amount of respect (and a bit of hero worship) for him,  but in truth if I didn’t know who he was, I would have considered it an issue of bad casting. There are some minor scientific inaccuracies, but after having seen a thousand movies with spaceships sounding like monster truck derby candidates I won’t begrudge them a few minor technical fallacies.  All in all, a very good movie.

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