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Release Date: 03 February, 2004 Retail Price: $14.97 OUR Price: $11.23 You SAVE: $3.74! Cast: Complete Cast (22 total) |
Space Cowboys Reviews
Great Movie!
This movie is very entertaining and fasinating. Would it be realistically possible in real life? Probaly not, but who cares...strictly for entertainment.
SOMEWHAT OF A MISFIRE
One can't help but admire this film which was a surprise box office hit in 2000. Most industry insiders didn't think audiences would flock to see four "senior citizens" conquer outer space. But to director/star Clint Eastwood's credit, he managed to craft a movie that attracted audiences and it did much better than expected.
I liked SPACE COWBOYS..to a point. The script was very confusing as to what was exactly going on once they got into space. The special effects are magnificent, though, in their simplicity and the movie has a haunting effect in these well done scenes. You can't fault the actors for trying though. Eastwood was starting to enjoy his aging machismo, and it shows in this movie as he clumsily participates in a fight scene with his co-star, Tommy Lee Jones. Jones' character is only slightly drawn, though; his medical problem seems too manipulative to be believable; Donald Sutherland is wonderful as the lolthario, but he isn't given enough screen time; nor is James Garner's Reverend Tank allowed as much time as Eastwood or Jones. Marcia Gay Harden seems out of place with her prim and proper hairdo and mannerisms; James Cromwell is effectively villainous, and Loren Dean does a nice job as the youthful Ethan. While there are some neat jokes and the expected yuks from the aging astronauts, the movie's pace in the first 2/3 is a little too slow for my tastes, and the final shot of Tommy Lee is just too cute. Sure, it's a flag-waving testimonial to endurance, faith and teamwork, but SPACE COWBOYS just didn't have enough oomph to make me really find it a classic.
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