Space Station 76 (2014)

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   Siskoid

   Space Station 76 is a strange little film - made stranger by the fact it started out as a stage play! - that will confound expectations. In fact, if you have any expectations going in, you will likely be disappointed and frustrated. It's a comedy, but the saddest comedy ever. It's a drama, but you will find the absurd jokes and 70s references jarring. It's science fiction, but space is just a metaphor for isolation and nothing really happens in the usual sense. But I liked it. On the surface, it looks like a parody of 70s SF shows like Space 1999 and the original Battlestar Galactica - the look especially - with amusing nostalgia from the era (fashions, home decoration, giant cassette tapes, etc.). But that's only the setting. It's really about lonely people trying to deal and connect with each other, and the "comedy of discomfort" that ensues. The two main threads involve Liv Tyler's barren career woman befriending the only child on the station, and the suicidal captain having a hard time accepting his sexual orientation. It's not a laugh a minute, not at all, though the robot psychologist is pretty funny, and Marisa Coughlan's extreme 70s housewife a revelation. Some elements might seem like an ill fit, but watched with an open mind, I think it has its rewards. 8 years 10 months ago
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   Jace Lightner

   This film keeps a straight face and although it tries to have its tongue planted firmly in cheek... I felt that it failed in this aspect. 9 years 6 months ago
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   thesplatt

   No story, no laughs, went nowhere. Terrible. 9 years 7 months ago

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