. The premise of travelling to Mars is pretty ridiculous, and just serves as a. A quick montage featuring shots of his family interspersed with shots of an overly dry, cracked desert and raging forest fires flashes across. Where the film succeeds is its portrayal of. It tries to tackle grief, romance, and our dying planet. Kyra Sedgwick makes her feature directorial debut with coming-of-age rom-com "Space Oddity," which premiered at Tribeca. Neither swoon-worthy romance nor gripping family drama but something somewhere in between — with a sprinkling of lo-fi sci-fi mixed in for good. Blind faith and the hope it works out is a loving family and Space Oddity has this feeling close to its heart. Blasting off Sunday evening at the Tribeca Festival, Space Oddity is a small, character-driven dramedy of one young man's odd life-altering. When Alex gives up on earth and decides to leave it all behind for a one-way mission to Mars, an unexpected romance forces him to choose between an. Men will literally contemplate traveling to Mars instead of going to therapy in “Space Oddity,” directed by Kyra Sedgwick. Space Oddity is an ambitious film. Space Oddity is about a young man named Alex (Kyle Allen) who is preparing for his upcoming trip to Mars. Is really cleanly filmed and the garden scenes are probably the star attraction. No, he is not an astronaut and, no.