Space Force review – Steve Carell parody fails to reach orbit
by Lucy Mangan from on (#542JB)
Unfunny, nowhere near as bonkers as the real thing and saved only by John Malkovich, who knows what planet the makers of this Trump-adjacent satire were on
The real Space Force - that is, the newest branch of the US military and Trumpian fever dream made flesh and launched last year to the disbelief both silent and vocal of many - broadcast its first recruitment commercial a few days ago. It invited volunteers to plan for the possible while it's still impossible".
Where, you might quite reasonably ask, could a comedy about Space Force - were a comedy about Space Force to be made - be expected to go from there?
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