I watched this because it was on a New York Times list of 5 science fiction movies to stream and all I absorbed was an interesting plot of what happens to a relationship between a man and a woman lost in space when they return to their mates on Earth. Because I didn't realize I was walking into a so-called comedy, I was rather taken back at first by what I was viewing. This may be the most cheaply made outer space flick since John Carpenter's Dark Star. However, it is ultimately a rom com which starts off poorly, is never funny, though it is occasionally pleasant and eventually a little sweet. The situation is they have spent three years together lost in space with little hope of ever being found and have developed their own relationship only to find a way to return to Earth and the predictable romantic complications ensue. The two leads, Anthony Mackie and Zoe Chao, offer simple, predictable performances and their actual mates, portrayed blandly by Natalie Morales, who has incredulously become the Governor of her state because she had nothing else to do while Mackie was away, and the ultra-charming Geoff Stults as Chao's hubby are as generic as the leads. The entire production is so low budget nothing rings authentic. How this wasn't made for the Lifetime network beats me.
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