This movie is implausible and dumb, not to mention cheesy, corny, poorly written and basically stupid. I haven't seen a movie this ridiculous in quite some time.
I suppose I was expecting some sort of interesting science-fiction flick with a touch of feel-good nonsense, but what I got was no science, complete fiction, and a truckload of feel-good nonsense.
Really, there's so little about this movie that makes sense that's it's hardly worth talking about. First off, protagonist Billy Bob is a selfish, space-obsessed whack-job who nearly bankrupts his family in pursuit of his dreams of space flight. What the film never explains is how he plans to turn things around - even if his flight succeeds, where's the money going to come from to save the farm?? Another thing - there's a scene where the wife bids Billy Bob goodbye and closes the hatch to the capsule. The hatch looks like it's made out of aluminum and it's not exactly what you'd call a tight seal. Basically, buddy bob would have been incinerated. I could go on, but I'm sure you understand how ridiculously implausible this whole fiasco is.
The only people who would get any enjoyment out of this are children under 10, and even that seems doubtful.
Avoid, avoid, avoid. You've been warned.
I suppose I was expecting some sort of interesting science-fiction flick with a touch of feel-good nonsense, but what I got was no science, complete fiction, and a truckload of feel-good nonsense.
Really, there's so little about this movie that makes sense that's it's hardly worth talking about. First off, protagonist Billy Bob is a selfish, space-obsessed whack-job who nearly bankrupts his family in pursuit of his dreams of space flight. What the film never explains is how he plans to turn things around - even if his flight succeeds, where's the money going to come from to save the farm?? Another thing - there's a scene where the wife bids Billy Bob goodbye and closes the hatch to the capsule. The hatch looks like it's made out of aluminum and it's not exactly what you'd call a tight seal. Basically, buddy bob would have been incinerated. I could go on, but I'm sure you understand how ridiculously implausible this whole fiasco is.
The only people who would get any enjoyment out of this are children under 10, and even that seems doubtful.
Avoid, avoid, avoid. You've been warned.