Synopsis
Story of former major league baseball pitcher Bill 'Spaceman' Lee following his release by the Montreal Expos.
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Cast
- Josh DuhamelBill Lee
- Ernie HudsonJoe
- W. Earl BrownDick Dennis
- Winter Ave ZoliMrs. Lee
- Carlos LealGino Lapue
- Sterling K. BrownRodney Scott
- Emma Rose MaloneyCaitlin Lee
- Stefan RollinsClaude
- Wade WilliamsTom Fulton
- Peter MacKenzieTim Manning
Recommendations
- 50
Boston Globe
Overall the results are amiable, if also slack and talky. - 50
The Playlist
There seems like there could have been quite the stylish biopic in Rapkin’s version of events, but the telling is underwhelming, making this film a continuous stream of possibilities that are never opened or explored. - 40
Los Angeles Times
While a fictionalized account of Lee’s career certainly held some sex, drugs & rock ’n’ roll potential, the blandly pedestrian film Spaceman seldom delivers despite an engagingly game lead performance by Josh Duhamel. - 40
The New York Times
The effort is commendable, but the execution is rocky. - 30
Village Voice
Throughout the film, the wrong characters are in focus, inexplicable close-ups abound, and Rapkin’s got the camera on rails, moving and panning for seemingly no reason. - 30
The Hollywood Reporter
The film is as shapeless as a real life — amusing in an extremely mild way on occasion, but no more goal-oriented than a protagonist who, time and again, shows that all he really cares about is getting high and tossing a ball around.
