Space: The Longest Goodbye

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Space: The Longest Goodbye

2024

1h 27m

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28 Reviews

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In the next decade, NASA will send astronauts to Mars for the first time. Separated from Earth, and unable to communicate with ground in real time, crew members will experience extreme isolation that could gravely affect their three-year journey. This Sundance-premiering documentary follows a savvy NASA psychologist tasked with protecting daring space explorers.

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Engagingly contending with complex questions, Space: The Longest Goodbye achieves documentary liftoff despite its somewhat dry approach.

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Marya E. Gates

RogerEbert.com

Mar 8, 2024

2/4

Is this film supposed to be a warning? A celebration? A little of both? I sure as hell don't know.

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

Mar 7, 2024

[A] fitfully intriguing, sometimes wide-eyed documentary...

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Jan 28, 2023

3.5/4

It’s easy to assume that the biggest hurdle to sending people to Mars is vehicle propulsion. Ido Mizrahy’s riveting documentary... suggests the real issue is isolation.

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Megan Fisher

Loud and Clear Reviews

Jan 11, 2025

2.5/5

Space: The Longest Goodbye, a documentary about the psychological toll of space travel, raises many questions while providing few answers.

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Stephen Silver

The SS Ben Hecht

May 9, 2024

4/5

It’s lonely out in space, indeed.

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Bill Newcott

The Saturday Evening Post

Apr 29, 2024

4/5

As this insightful documentary suggests, the real challenge (of long-term space flight) may be in tending to the softest of software: the emotional health of both the intrepid men and women who make the trip — and those waiting for them back on Earth.

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In the next decade, NASA will send astronauts to Mars for the first time. Separated from Earth, and unable to communicate with ground in real time, crew members will experience extreme isolation that could gravely affect their three-year journey. This Sundance-premiering documentary follows a savvy NASA psychologist tasked with protecting daring space explorers.

Director: Ido Mizrahy
Producer: Ido Mizrahy, Nir Sa'ar, Paul Cadieux
Screenwriter: Ido Mizrahy, Nir Sa'ar
Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment
Production Co: Les Productions Megafun, Restless Pictures
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 8, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 8, 2024
Runtime: 1h 27m

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