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Stowaway

2021

Joe Penna

Anna Kendrick, Daniel Dae Kim, Shamier Anderson, Toni Collette ...

5.1

4,452

Sci-Fi. Drama. Thriller Stowaway’s logline follows the crew of a spaceship headed to Mars that discovers an accidental stowaway shortly after takeoff. Too far from Earth to turn back and with resources quickly dwindling, the ship’s medical researcher (Kendrick) emerges as the only dissenting voice against the group consensus that has already decided in favor of a grim outcome.

	Author	Review
United States	Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"Too slow-paced (...) It's a wonder that anyone is still interested in becoming an astronaut after the procession of cinematic calamities that have befallen space travelers over the years"	NEU
United States	Robert Daniels IGN	"Penna ends Stowaway on a solemn register that leaves one cold, and partly unsatisfied. The gentle close, however, doesn’t totally negate the prior sensational journey nor undo the heart palpitation it induced"	POS
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"Trying to sustain this tension for almost two hours proves an impossible task (...) it’s just a bit too conventional in how it plays out (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"In an age of freeze-dried blockbuster storytelling, it’s important to remind yourself that a good director leads you through a story step by step, moment by moment, always creating an honest immersion out of human dynamics."	POS
United States	Jessica Kiang Los Angeles Times	"An unusually low-key and cerebral sci-fi adventure (...) Paradoxically, as 'Stowaway' becomes more overtly thrilling, it becomes less interesting"	NEU
United States	Lena Wilson The New York Times	"Yet for all the empathy it expects of its viewers the film is troublingly removed from human reality (...) the film’s greatest weakness is its approach to the stowaway"	NEG
United States	Mike D'Angelo AV Club	"While ably orchestrated, this final stretch inevitably recalls Gravity, and lacks the technical facility to compete with Alfonso Cuarón at his most ingenious"	NEU
Denmark	Karina Adelgaard Heaven of Horror	"It’s slow-burn but extremely engaging (...) Joe Penna has a tight grip on creating a very claustrophobic vibe in that sense (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"Stowaway doesn’t offer much in the way of action or spectacle (...) So viewers will need to appreciate the script’s character-based drama and its what-would-you-do? scenario"	NEU
United States	Christy Lemire rogerebert.com	"It’s a clever take on a familiar genre with a terrific cast, but the slow burn may be too slow this time (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU

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