I just didn't find its idiosyncrasies all that compelling/endearing. I just didn't find its non- sequiturs all that amusing. It was ambitious in some ways, and I admire its lo-tech adventure into the sci-fi genre. On the whole, it was sort of bad though. It has a strong resemblance to "Cannibal! the Musical": an all-male cast with a song in its heart on a mission in the far reaches of the known world; both films have homoerotic-ish moments/themes. The big difference was that the songs and dialogue in "Cannibal! the Musical" were actually pretty funny. "American Astronaut" isn't really so funny. You have to want to try to laugh at some of the absurd stuff, the film doesn't ever really force a laugh out of me. I give it three stars because it was innovative and aesthetically cool sometimes. Minus seven stars because of everything else about the movie.
Review of The American Astronaut
