Dean Johnson

This film makes NO SENSE, what-so-ever on so many levels. The mission itself is ludicrous. One that could have been performed by an un-manned probe. The Soviet-Era environment, tech, and the people are dreary and very depressing. And no-one is lost on the shameless product placement advertising commentary. What ever happened to the "wonderment of discovery?" The CGI giant spider/therapist is just plain creepy! Ancient creature of a figment of Sandler's astronauts' decent into loneliness/depression, or what? Would the soccer ball, "Wilson" from Tom Hanks' "Castaway" be a better choice? You have to give Adam Sandler and "A" for effort in trying to expand his acting chops (and distance himself from his decades-long persona of juvenile comedy). But he is woefully miscast in this film. I tried to give this Netflix movie a chance, but all I could muster was an hour of my time...until I had to turn it off. And my final riff comment: I guess this high-concept film look good on paper, but like most content coming out of Netflix these days, no-one is getting their money's worth.