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To me, this movie is perfection.

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

What stars life as a seemingly well-researched, intriguing, dare I say plausible Netflix drama quickly turns in to a barely-passable children's film about tacky spaceship shenanigans wrapped around a generic perseverance message. Save yourself 2 hours and pass this one up.

A mediocre movie with an interesting plot, but clichéd by the corny portray of the perfect family and the paranoid pursuit of your dreams - the American dream.The movie tells the story of Charlie Farmer, a farmer and space engineer who left his career as astronaut after the death of his father to take care of the family farm. Since them, he has been building a space rocket in his barn, with the help of his family, and the support of his friends and town-dwellers.The story is original and it has heart, but is badly developed, unfocused, and without a specific element to turn the flaws of the script in something meaningful. We know that you cannot build and launch a rocket from your barn, as it is technically impossible, as well as many of the things that happen in the story regarding the rocket. However, this would have not mattered if other elements of the story had been well placed and balanced. A better drawing of the leading character, to start with, would have helped.The use of clichéd elements regarding family and follow-your-dream-no-matter-what, even if destroys your family and leaves them homeless, doesn't help. We all love crazy dreamers, but if you want one to enamor us in the 21st century, the script and the character have to have more than wondrous ideas that are above any other human value. That's the perfect depiction of selfishness, however doesn't present it as a defect. The depiction of the town life and the solidarity links that a small community establish among all its dwellers, was one of the things that I liked the most, because they are real and believable.Two other things kill the movie. The first is its tempo, which makes the movie very slow; I thought that the first half of it was just plain boring, and not engaging at all. The second is Billy Bob Thornton's unfelt plain performance as he doesn't believe what he's playing and, therefore, the viewer neither. In fact, if you compare his "acting" with his real person in the interview in the DVD extras you'll see that Thornton was just repeating his dialogs not acting. Although it could be otherwise, that Thornton is just incapable of being himself in front of a camera. I thought that his acting abilities were wasted in the movie. The same can be said of Bruce Willis in his cameo appearance.On the contrary, Virginia Madsen is wonderful as Charlie's wife Audie, and plays her character with conviction and sensitivity. Max Thieriot as Shephard, Jasper Polish as Stanley and Logan Polish as Sunshine are terrific as Charlie's sons, and Bruce Dern is good as Charlie's father in law. The supporting actors are all good, and offer a funny portray of small-town characters.The cinematography is wonderful. Especially evocative and magic are the scenes shown at the start of the movie with the initial credits. Also beautiful and very charming are the scenes of the country fair, full of flavor and warmth. However, most of the time, the movie looks and feels like a normal TV movie, like those produced by the dozen, just with better cinematography and a better cast.The poster of the movie is a beauty, though.

I believe the people are getting way too generous to be giving this piece of Ranch Junk a rating of over six! Those of u who have been lucky enough not to watch this till now and are craving for a "Pursue ur Dreams and don't give up hope" sort of cinema, watch October Sky. You'll get more than your money's worth.A movie like this works when you can identify with the aspirations of the lead and sympathies with his limitations and difficulties faced in achieving them. I doubt anyone other than a sadist can do all this with Farmer. I mean, how deranged and cold blooded can a man be? First, he spends all his time and money building a rocket out of junk (SwatKATs anyone?), bringing his family to bankruptcy. Second, he pulls his baby daughters out of school so he can teach them science (and make them bring him food n praise his tin can incidentally). Third, he makes his 15 yr old bald son controller of his mission, a work that's usually done by people double PHd in aeronautics or its like...Fourth, he decides to launch his rocket out of his barn, as if that wont incinerate his the damn barn, his house, ranch, his cattle and his family who watch from a few meters away from a rickety trailer! Hold on, in his first attempt he did it while his wife was snoozing, giving her a wake up call with shattering window glass as he took off! Fourth, he buys a joyride for his kids, when he is going bankrupt..and when his very understanding wife points out they are running out of money to buy even food, he goes hysterical howling about there being enough food by tearing a carton full of canned food. Next, his wife makes a silvery space suit for him as if he was going in a costume party. And yeah, he reenters the atmosphere suddenly being off course and lands almost in his backyard...and all these years the poor NASA had to launch aircraft carriers in 1000 or so square mile radius to find earlier astronauts. And lastly, he refuses an offer by bruce willis to go to space in a NASa shuttle cuz of his weird ego, risking his family no probs! Man, i think they should have named the movie "The Astronaut Joker", so at least it would have justified all this dark comedy.

'The Astronaut Farmer' is completely corny and wildly implausible to boot, but I still liked it. Billy Bob Thornton does well as an ex-astronaut who builds a rocket in his barn(!) This may sound like the perfect recipe for a comedy but, the film is utterly serious. Children will love its message about striving hard to follow one's dreams. It's a well-worn message but still manages to work although a HUGE suspension of disbelief is necessary. JK Simmons excels in a brief role while Bruce Willis has a cameo. The film is a bit slow and slightly overlong, but worth watching.Overall 7/10