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If you're old, life isn't over. That's the crux of the story. It has a big heart and it eventually wins you over.

Sure it's slow. Yes it's pretty unrealistic. And it can be cheesy at times, but for the most part, it's a touching story of trying to fulfill your dream at any age.

Richard Dreyfuss, as always, is great. His performance holds it all together, though there are some other good performances too.

Leading a fulfilling life is important but it's not all about your dreams. It's those who surround us who make it truly worthwhile. Ultimately, it's about family.

Dreyfus plays a lonely widower in poor health who has always wanted to go into space. When a competition is announced he applies, much to the concern of his family.

Slow, sweet, sentimental and extremely unlikely, this is a pleasant enough piece of whimsy about old age not being the end of things, thanks pretty much entirely to the huge screen presence and performance of its star.

Of an austronaut dream, that is borned by a comet passing by the earth. the old man in the main of the story, may represent all of us other dreamers that always have wanted that too. its a flick engined with bloodpressure medication, and the man has to take a stroke or two before he is able to take of.

its also about living a life in an instotutionalized environment, in this case a home for the sick and old, where tear and care are the tune. its a slow burner, that without any pessimism at all, it is just that the actors are becoming so old and physically slow in their movements,but its good and its well delivered by mr dreyfuss.

the grumpy old man wont give more than 6, its a film for young and old as a 50 years celebration for the first man to walk on the moon.

In a nutshell: The Astronaut is a brilliant heartwarming movie ! Period !

Angus (Richard Dreyfuss) is an old man who lives with his daughter's family and is a widower. Angus has had a lifelong dream of one day becoming an Astronaut and going into space. But unfortunately for Angus, this never happened in his life. However, Angus soon discovers that a billionaire is running a new competition which will allow one lucky winner to go into space. Angus decides to enter to the competition, but in order to qualify he lies about his age. Soon it is announced across the world that Angus is now a runner up and it's up to the world to vote who gets to be the winner.

Astronaut is a drama film but thankfully there are many heart felt moments which I feel many movie fans will find appealing. It's also a nice feeling to see actor Richard Dreyfuss as a leading character in a film again. His performance here is very satisfying. However, Angus as character is somewhat vague, particularly at the start of this film. As an audience, it is unfortunate that at first we don't quite understand all of Angus's reasons and desires for wanting to go into space. While answers are given and explained later in the film, it's revealed at an unusual moment in the film and feels like it would have been more suited to come earlier.

As an overall film I will confess that I personally really wrestled with this film back and forth. While I can say the story is a heartfelt one and the performance by Richard Dreyfuss is positive, I felt there are a few minor elements that really held this movie back.

Some of these elements include how the film is loaded with many coincidences. For example, every time a TV or radio is turned on it talks about the space competition. Side characters with side stories develop but never feel like anything gets properly resolved, instead the film's prime focus going back to Angus. But for a good portion of this film I struggled to develop feelings or a connection.

Overall, it's welcoming to see actor Richard Dreyfuss take a lead in this heart felt drama. Performances from the leading actor are positive and the story here is truly a great concept. Unfortunately, as a film there were moments where I didn't feel the emotions the film intended for me to feel. There are multiple reasons as to why I feel this way and I truly wrestled with my score on this film. Thankfully, there were many moments that movie lovers will enjoy as we witness a man trying to fulfil a long life dream. 5.6/10 - Walkden Entertainment

Get in. Why? We're headin' to Torono. What for? You're an astronaut, ain't ya? Well ya. Well, there's lot of astronautin' jobs in Torono. Let's get movin' then. There's a rainbow in Torono. Where Maritimers are told. They always get a pot full. But they never get a pot of gold.

But full credit to the filmmakers for their fully diverse lineup of every Canadian with an ACTRA card. In fact, it could be fun to mke up some Canadian Actor bingo cards and hand them out to everyone in the room before playing the movie.

Truly epic, if it were Opposite Day. And no, that is not an understatement.

Actor, turned writer/director Shelagh McLeod, makes her full-length feature film directorial/writing debut in Astronaut.

Her camera work was that of a seasoned director, but some of the scenes certainly needed some editing/cutting down. Although a great story, her inexperience shows in her screenplay with some plot and technical issues. At 97 min long, the slow pacing made the film feel much longer. Had the pace been faster or the length edited down, the story would have shined.

The cinematography was great, and the music/score perfect. Performances were good, but with a little more experienced direction, could have been great. Richard Dreyfus played his character well.

I'm surprised at the current low IMDb rating. Overall for a low-budget B-grade film - coming from a newbie writer and director, it was a thoroughly enjoyable warmhearted tale that will entertain the entire family. Thus it's a well deserved 8/10 from me. And if anyone thinks my review is fake, click on my username to see my 1000+ ratings and 600+ reviews, and read my bio on how to properly review/rate a film based on it's merits and production value.

This is everything that you might have come to expect from a relatively recent (released 2019; reviewed 2023) film. It is ageist, unsophisticated in every way other than emotionally, and all the diversity check boxes ticked. So much so, in the latter point, that it has the feeling of being quite contrived and in no way an organically driven work, other than that there might have been a writer who had a dream but that it was tempered into this vanilla piece of passable family entertainment. Nevertheless, it is reasonably entertaining by the standards of the day, if you are not likely to be irritated by the above mentioned things. I found the ending quite poor.

It was slow and boring. You can tell tthis movie went through many rewrites. Also the ending made flew right past me and made no sense

One of the movies that takes you back to times which reminds you of the greatest relationships between grandparents and the child.

If only for the sake of having one of your biggest and longest dreams of your life come true, Richard Dreyfus made me a believer; and in turning 60 years old soon enough; I only hope this becomes a reality for me some day too. Cheers to all dreamers and astronauts, great 🎥

A fabulous first feature- length movie for actress/ writer / director Shelagh McLeod. Wonderful performances from this stellar cast, telling Shelagh's beautiful story of hope. This touching film has something special about it - leaving audiences thinking long after the popcorn and coke have been digested .There are even a few laughs ! Loved every minute and look forward to more from this promising new director .

This was a very welcome and pleasant surprise

Throwback to the 80s and 90s era of good writing, good characters and great cast, rather than the exec driven crap the dominates cinema today.

A movie about life and respect for the elder, wiser generations, which is all but lost just now.

Lovely family film.

It starts off slow but bare with it as your drawn into this movie and it's such a touching story . A real heart felt warming story which you'll cry, laugh & embrace this movie with the thought of " I'm so glad I watched this " !

Wonderful acting, excellent casting,, beautiful theme, great visual compositions. Every moment felt real & ramg true on so many levels - particularly those of us who are of the age of dealing with or losing, or have lost a parent(s). Wish more movies were like this!

We absolutely loved this beautiful & emotional family film. Would definitely recommend & am shocked by the low score.

I initially wasn't sure if I was going to watch this film but I'm a big fan of Richard Dreyfus so I stuck with it and I'm so glad I watched the whole film , towards the end of the film it nearly brought me to tears which rarely happens to me , watching an old gentleman's dreams unfold finally , I felt part of the lead characters family hence the tears towards the end .