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Spaceman review: Adam Sandler’s on serviceably serious form in confused Netflix sci-fi movie

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Adam Sandler is lost in space with only a giant spider for company – and it’s not a comedy. New sci-fi feature Spaceman, adapted from Czech writer Jaroslav Kalfař’s 2017 novel Spaceman of Bohemia, very quickly turns into a bit of a dirge. The film is yet another of those films about astronauts a long way from home who have unresolved personal business back on planet Earth.

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