Space Cowboys (2000)
Average Rating: 6.7/10
Reviews Counted: 117
Fresh: 92 | Rotten: 25
While the plot is overly cliched, the suberb acting by the stars (especially the tense interactions between Clint Eastwood and Tommy Lee Jones) and the spectacular special effects make this a movie worth seeing.
Average Rating: 7/10
Critic Reviews: 29
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 5
While the plot is overly cliched, the suberb acting by the stars (especially the tense interactions between Clint Eastwood and Tommy Lee Jones) and the spectacular special effects make this a movie worth seeing.
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In this adventure drama, four men passed over by the space program get one last chance to be heroes and live out their dreams. Frank Corvin (Clint Eastwood), Hawk Hawkins (Tommy Lee Jones), Jerry O'Neill (Donald Sutherland), and Tank Sullivan (James Garner) were top pilots within an elite Air Force squadron and on the fast track to becoming the first Americans in space in the early 1950s. However, when NASA was established, the pilots were cut out of the loop; Corvin went on to become an
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Cast
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Clint Eastwood
Frank Corvin -
Tommy Lee Jones
Hawk Hawkins -
Donald Sutherland
Jerry O'Neil -
James Garner
Tank Sullivan -
James Cromwell
Bob Gerson -
Marcia Gay Harden
Sara Holland -
William Devane
Eugene Davis -
Loren Dean
Ethan Glance -
Courtney B. Vance
Roger Hines -
Barbara Babcock
Barbara Corvin -
Rade Serbedzija
General Vostov -
Blair Brown
Dr. Anne Caruthers -
Arthur Cybulski
Press Reporter #2 -
Tim Halligan
Qualls -
Deborah Hope
Female Engineer -
Cooper Huckabee
Trajectory Engineer -
Jay Leno
Jay Leno -
John Linton
Male Astronaunt #1 -
Jock MacDonald
Press Reporter -
Kate McNeil
Female Astronaut #1 -
Karen Mistal
Female Astronaunt #2 -
Steve Monroe
Waiter -
Steve Stapenhorst
Vice President -
Stephen West
Construction Tech -
Rick Scarry
State Dept. Official -
Georgia Emelin
Jerry's Girlfriend -
Alexandr Kuznetzov
Russian Engineer -
Lamont Lofton
Ksc Guard -
Michael Louden
Young Pilot #1 -
John Mallory Asher
Young Jerry -
J.M. Henry
Centrifuge Tech -
Matt McColm
Young Tank -
Nils Allen Stewart
Tiny -
Toby Stephens
Young Frank -
James MacDonald
Capcom -
Hayden Tank
Andrew -
Renee Olstead
Little Girl -
Lauren Cohn
Teacher -
Eli Craig
Young Hawk -
Gerald Emerick
T-38 Pilot -
Erica Grant
Female Engineer -
Jon Hamm
Young Pilot #2 -
Deborah Jolly
Cocktail Waitress -
Don Michaelson
Nasa Doctor -
Manning Mpinduzi-Mott
Press Reporter (1958) -
Gordon Owens
Simsupe -
Paul Pender
Jbc Security Guard -
Anne Stedman
Jason's Girlfriend -
Mark Thomason
Mission Control Tech -
Billie Worley
Young Gerson -
Chris Wylde
Jason
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All Critics (135) | Top Critics (32) | Fresh (93) | Rotten (25) | DVD (22)
It's a rare pleasure to watch four terrific actors having the time of their lives.
Top CriticAn absorbing mix of perilous suspense, derring-do, personal courage and well-judged self-sacrifice.
There's an abundance of charm and screen presence from the four veteran actors.
The movie may not pack anything near the emotional punch of Unforgiven, but it's an entertainingly raffish action-comedy nonetheless.
Eastwood's economy of gesture both behind and in front of the camera is a pleasure in itself.
One of those over-the-hill-gang buddyfests that pretend to be about teamwork and valor but are really about movie-star cronyism.
Weak and saggy script meets predictable plot.
Problems are evident, and eminent, from a black-and-white flashback prologue in which four young men speak with old actors' voices. Yes, a man purportedly in peak physical condition sounds like a 70-year-old who's eaten bags of gravel daily for 30 years.
Grumpy Old Astronauts--or, rather, Grumpy Old Air Force Officers Who Get Sent into Space to Fix a Damaged Satellite.
It's all amiable enough and never fails to be anything but charming, if a little slow.
...an equivocal movie that can't seem to decide whether to play its ridiculous premise straight.
It's tempting to pin a derisive label like Geezers in Space on this comedy-drama, but its veteran stars...make Space Cowboys hard to dislike.
Charm and personality are able to overwhelm the inherent silliness of the situation and the characters.
Despite the poignancy of old age, the mood of the film is cheerful, sustained by the high spirits of the four veterans.
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