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The Space Between Us (2017)

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The first human born on Mars travels to Earth for the first time, experiencing the wonders of the planet through fresh eyes. He embarks on an adventure with a street smart girl to discover how he came to be.

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Storyline

In this interplanetary adventure, a space shuttle embarks on the first mission to colonize Mars, only to discover after takeoff that one of the astronauts is pregnant. Shortly after landing, she dies from complications while giving birth to the first human born on the red planet - never revealing who the father is. Thus begins the extraordinary life of Gardner Elliot - an inquisitive, highly intelligent boy who reaches the age of 16 having only met 14 people in his very unconventional upbringing. While searching for clues about his father, and the home planet he's never known, Gardner begins an online friendship with a street smart girl in Colorado named Tulsa. When he finally gets a chance to go to Earth, he's eager to experience all of the wonders he could only read about on Mars - from the most simple to the extraordinary. But once his explorations begin, scientists discover that Gardner's organs can't withstand Earth's atmosphere. Eager to find his father, Gardner escapes the team... Written by STX Entertainment

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I was scared I wouldn't know how to be human, You made me human. See more »


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Rated PG-13 for brief sensuality and language | See all certifications »

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3 February 2017 (USA)  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,775,596, 3 February 2017, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$7,829,766, 24 February 2017

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$14,793,385
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Trivia

Both Asa Butterfield and Britt Robertson have been characters in a project based on the Arthurian Legend. Butterfield in BBC's "Merlin" and Robertson in Disney's "Avalon High". See more »

Goofs

Mars is millions of miles away from Earth, and it takes information traveling at the speed of light several minutes to cross that distance. Therefore someone on Mars would not be able communicate in real time with someone on Earth. However this is what is shown when Gardner on Mars is video chatting in real time with Tulsa in Colorado. See more »

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Nathaniel Shepherd: [speaking from the podium] I wanted to go to Mars. Not just a visit, I want to live there. Because then I'd be living truth that life on Mars Is possible. Proof that if we had to, Mankind can make a fresh start. We're in trouble and it's our fault, and we're running out of time, and mother nature doesn't negotiate. We can't give up, not now. Mars is a planet, ripe and ready for life. Earth's resources might be depleted but there is one resource we must never neglect. It's the most ...
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Crazy Credits

The closing credits list Colin Egglesfield, who played Sarah's brother, as "Sarah's bother." See more »

Connections

Referenced in Midnight Screenings: The Space Between Us/Rings (2017) See more »

Soundtracks

Domingo
Written by Philippe Cohen-Solal, Eduardo Makaroff & Christoph H. Müller
Performed by Gotan Project
Courtesy of XL Recordings/Ya Basta
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This is the movie you watch while waiting for something else important to happen.
24 February 2017 | by See all my reviews

This is my first time reviewing a movie on IMDb. Why? Because, this movie needs one. I felt so bad for Gary Oldman. I mean, I know he's getting paid for it and all, but it felt like a waste of talent.

I don't know if I'm not the right demographic (age 27) or what, but if I had one word to describe this movie it would be "cringeworthy." While watching the cinema, I wished I had a turtle shell, so I hide myself from the terrible script, the random shaky shots, the terrible music (okay there was this one song I liked, the one she plays while inside the truck), the blatant attempt to do interracial mixing that lasts for 5 seconds of a five hour movie.

Why did I watch this? Why didn't I watch Hidden figures instead. Money wasted. Time wasted. Do not go to the cinema to watch this. Don't even wait for it on DVD. Don't even pirate it. One day when you're at someone's office or waiting in the lobby somewhere, this movie is going to come on. This is the movie you watch while waiting for something else important to happen.


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