Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Wow...it's almost scary that a movie about a bunch of geeky scientists chilling in a Volvo is more entertaining than a $200,000,000 Hollywood flick. It's honestly a bit of irony how I came upon this movie. Being a sci-fi author myself, I was searching for a cosmos book when I came upon COSMOS. When I read that a mother and her sons created it, I just had to check it out. And holy smokes, that was $13 well spent. This movie, despite being on an extremely low budget, was simply phenomenal and better than 99% of the stuff that comes out of Hollywood. It is truly a love letter to dreamers and night sky gazers like myself, who go out there daily (or at least when weather permits) to take a look into the infinity of the universe (or as one of the characters says it, "Some look to Earth, others look to the sky for answers" or something like that). The actors were actually really good, and I enjoyed all their interactions. The dialogue was simply wonderful, the lighting was very professionally done, and I really questioned nothing that happened in the plot. I really loved those shots of a character (s) with space in the background. It was so relatable. I feel like some great ambient tracks would work wonders with this movie too (Maybe Eureka by Huma-Huma, The Mighty Rio Grande by This Will Destroy You, etc.) despite the fact I really dig the music. This movie is a great example of how good character-driven stories can be. The writers obviously took time to flesh each one out--they all feel different with their own pasts and goals. And the plot is no slouch either. But they take time to develop the characters so that when the real fun begins, we care for them (take notes, Hollywood directors/writers). I do think, though, that it didn't need to be so long. The last 25 minutes/ending was still good but just didn't have the same "feeling" from the other parts of the movie. But maybe that's just me. I think there could've been at least 8-10 minutes off the runtime. With that said, this is still an astronomical 5 stars from me. If these guys are doing this kind of work NOW, I can't wait to see what they put out there in a few years' time. Keep up the great work, this is going to be rewatched probably another 100x!