The Astronaut Farmer

The Astronaut Farmer tells the story of a retired NASA employee, who builds his own rocket and wants to launch it into “deep” space (orbit around Earth). It is a touching story, although it Michael Polish takes the touching way too far. It feels more like a oh-they’re-so-happy movie for making people dream the American Dream. It doesn’t really give anything to the audience.

Certain details also detract from the overall impression of The Astronaut Farmer. For example, the NASA engineer Charles Farmer (Billy Bob Thornton) is surprised by a very basic phenomenon, which will most certainly irritate you if you decide to watch this movie.

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