Justin at the Movies

Space Cowboys

// June 21st, 2009 // Recommendations, Reviews

Director: Clint Eastwood
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, James Garner, Donald Sutherland, Marcia Gay Harden
Rated: PG-13
Rating: 4/5

I remember when this movie came out and my dad said something about it. I don’t really remember what it was but I remember calling it an “old dude” movie. In a sense I was both right and wrong. It is an old dude movie, but an insanely entertaining old dude movie. If I would have watched this years ago I would have been incredibly surprised at how fun it is. But since I know now what Clint Eastwood is capable of, I wasn’t expecting any less.

This movie is about four old dudes who missed their chance to go into space back in 1958, and are getting their chance now, 40 years later. They have to go up into space because the guidance system on the satellite was created by Eastwood’s character and is now outdated, so he is the only one that can fix it. However, he will only do it if he can take his old crew with him. This movie is nothing more than pure fun and entertainment. I thoroughly enjoyed myself while watching it, and I get the feeling I am going to enjoy it more and more with the older I get. I have never like Tommy Lee Jones and Donald Sutherland more. Both are fantastic. I am sure some will complain about how there doesn’t really seem to be any sense of urgency, but that’s because that isn’t really the point. This movie is supposed to be fun, and not a whole lot more. And it accomplishes that with great success. I also really liked they Clint Eastwood handled the more emotional involved scenes. He really could have become carried away in it and been overly sentimental, but he avoided that and the scenes still worked perfectly. I highly recommend this movie if you are in the mood to just watch a movie and have a good time. Well, actually, I recommend this movie not matter what mood you are in.