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Space Cowboys

2000

Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, James Garner ...

5.7

19,257

Adventure. Drama In 1958, the members of Team Daedalus, a group of top Air Force test pilots, were ready to serve their country as the first Americans in space. When NASA replaced the Air Force for outer atmospheric testing, Team Daedalus was pushed aside and a chimpanzee got the honor. The team retired, but the dream of going into space never died. Now, over four decades later, the Russian satellite Ikon has suffered a systems failure that Russian ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"It's a rare pleasure to watch four terrific actors having the time of their lives (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Todd McCarthy Variety	"An absorbing mix of perilous suspense, derring-do, personal courage and well-judged self-sacrifice."	POS
United States	Peter Rainer New York Magazine	"One of those over-the-hill-gang buddyfests that pretend to be about teamwork and valor but are really about movie-star cronyism."	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"There's an abundance of charm and screen presence from the four veteran actors (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	James Berardinelli ReelViews	"A blast for those who don't mind geriatric heroes (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune	"[It] works both as a humorous action movie and a cultural statement."	POS
United Kingdom	Tom Charity Time Out	"If the purpose of the exercise was to prove that the codgers can still get it up, then Mission Accomplished."	POS
United Kingdom	Xan Brooks The Guardian	"A solid, professionally paced salute to grey power (...) Eastwood directs with a light hand, and the performances are hearty and robust."	POS

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