Spaceman
The film follows baseball pitcher Bill Lee (Josh Duhamel) as he deals with his release from the Montreal Expos. Lee is a lefthanded pitcher for the Boston Red Sox and Montreal Expos during the 1970s and early '80s, known for his eccentric behavior both on and off the field.
13 October 1956, Long Beach, California, USA
7 September 1963, Murray, Kentucky, USA
11 March 1965, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
19 December 1973, Los Angeles, California, USA
14 May 1972, Mansfield Center, Connecticut, USA
December 28, 1946 in Burbank, California, USA
14 November 1972, Minot, North Dakota, USA
17 December 1945, Benton Harbor, Michigan, USA
24 December 1961, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
1970, Montréal, Québec, Canada
9 July 1969, Fribourg, Switzerland
25 June 1969, Oakland, California, USA
August 18, 2016
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.
August 21, 2016
There seems like there could have been quite the stylish biopic in Rapkin's version of events, but the telling is underwhelming.
August 18, 2016
Spaceman never goes below the surface to who [Bill] Lee really is, despite copious interior monologues presumably taken from Lee's own book.
August 18, 2016
The effort is commendable, but the execution is rocky.
August 18, 2016
Overall the results are amiable, if also slack and talky.
August 18, 2016
Spaceman is a tonally confused, moderately entertaining glimpse into the life of one of baseball's most bizarre characters.
August 25, 2016
Unfortunately, Duhamel's bright performance ends up the highlight of the feature, which only provides a vague idea of Lee's life and love for belligerent behavior.
August 16, 2016
Whiffs on the sports, the action, the story, the dialogue, the acting, the cinematography, the production design, the costuming, the humor ... and somehow turns a potentially compelling character study into one big yawning seventh-inning stretch.
