Such a tightly written and engaging character piece that it overcomes an unconvincing premise.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 26, 2021

Stowaway, it turns out, is just as intricate and immersive.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 24, 2021

Just about every confusing plot point is overcome by a powerful human moment.

| Apr 23, 2021

Collette, who makes rare use of her native Australian accent, is especially good. There's a hardness to her performance that speaks not to cruelty, but to a knowledge that the price of leadership is often some small chunk of humanity.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 23, 2021

It's a clever take on a familiar genre with a terrific cast, but the slow burn may be too slow.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 23, 2021

The obligatory suspenseful spacewalks are perhaps less impressive than in recent similarly themed movies, but there is still a commendable philosophical thread running through the narrative that makes up for any shortcomings

| Apr 23, 2021

Stowaway, Joe Penna & Ryan Morrison's latest, is a suspenseful survivalist drama well-plotted to sweaty-palmed effect.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Apr 22, 2021

The ending will frustrate as much as it satisfies. But, really, like any two-year mission to Mars, it's the journey that counts. And this one does.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 22, 2021

Moral crisis in space!

| Apr 22, 2021

Once the moral dilemma emerges, not a whole lot happens for a too-long stretch, despite solid performances from the cast, as their characters reel under the psychic toll of their situation.

| Apr 22, 2021

By paring their story down so much, the filmmakers only end up highlighting just how little it contains.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Apr 22, 2021

In space, no one can hear you scream. But watching Stowaway, there's a good chance that you'll hear muffled cries of frustration. They'll be coming from inside the house.

| Apr 22, 2021

[Penna] maximizes a simple premise by spinning it into an intriguing story about the difficult decisions that need to be made when best laid plans go sideways.

| Original Score: B | Apr 22, 2021

Penna and his co-writer Ryan Morrison handle this existentially challenging material with grace, and Kendrick, Collette, Kim and Anderson deliver equally impactful, intense performances.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 22, 2021

For all the empathy it expects of its viewers... the film is troublingly removed from human reality.

| Apr 22, 2021

Even at nearly two hours, "Stowaway" feels rushed, particularly toward the end. It's a matter of pacing and choices, what Penna chooses to focus on and what he ignores.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Apr 22, 2021

An engrossing and surprisingly touching addition to a genre already bursting with splashier, more extravagant and more overtly sentimental titles.

| Apr 22, 2021

Empathy and compassion aren't vulnerabilities in this narrative. They're resources, with which you can defy the cold cosmos - though not without cost.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 22, 2021

Nothing is being sacrificed for the sake of storytelling, no patronising over-explanation, just the realities of an agonising scenario, unfolding at a steady pace.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 22, 2021

Stowaway pulls plenty of pages from the generic space-movie handbook, but it still builds a mood of dread and contemplative ennui...

| Apr 22, 2021