Lucy in the Sky is a new film starring Natalie Portman. It is the feature directorial debut of Noah Hawley.
So let’s find out some more trivia and facts.
- Lucy in the Sky is a 2019 American science fiction drama film
- It is co-written and directed by Noah Hawley
- In his feature directorial debut
- Starring Natalie Portman, Jon Hamm, Zazie Beetz, Dan Stevens, Colman Domingo, and Ellen Burstyn
- The film was produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures
- It had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 11, 2019
- It was theatrically released on October 4, 2019, by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
- Astronaut Lucy Cola returns to Earth after a lengthy space mission
- There she begins an affair with fellow astronaut Mark Goodwin
- Due to her experience far from home, Lucy heads into a downward spiral as she loses connection to her family
- And when her lover begins another affair with an astronaut trainee, the bottom drops out
- The film is loosely based on astronaut Lisa Nowak’s criminal activities
- Around her romantic involvement with fellow astronaut William Oefelein
- In February 2017, Noah Hawley was brought onto the project
- Then known as Pale Blue Dot
- To produce alongside Bruna Papandrea and Reese Witherspoon
- With Witherspoon intended to star in the lead role
- However, in November 2017, Witherspoon dropped out of the film in order to shoot a second season of Big Little Lies
- By January 2018, Hawley was also set to direct the film
- While Natalie Portman entered into negotiations for the lead role
- In March 2018, Jon Hamm joined the cast
- In April 2018, Zazie Beetz joined the cast
- With Dan Stevens joining in May
- In June 2018, Ellen Burstyn joined the cast to portray the grandmother of Portman’s character
- In July 2018, Colman Domingo and Jeremiah Birkett joined the cast of the film
- In February 2019, it was announced Nick Offerman had been cast in the film
- Filming began in June 2018
- The film trailer features an instrumental rendition of the music theme from the Beatles’ song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”
- Following its premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, the film received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics
- While some reviews praised Natalie Portmans performance
- Most cited the poor script and overly stylized direction as major problems with the film
- On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 21%
- Based on 34 reviews
- With a weighted average of 4.06/10
- The site’s consensus reads, “Natalie Portman gives it her all, but it isn’t enough to overcome Lucy in the Sky’s confused approach to its jumbled story”
- On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 35 out of 100
- Based on 10 critics
- Indicating “generally unfavorable reviews”
- In November 2018, retired astronaut Marsha Ivins criticized the premise of the plot
- And denied that there is such a thing as a “longstanding idea that says astronauts begin to lose their grip on reality after being in space for an extended period of time”
- Following its premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival, multiple media outlets criticized the film for having excised some of the more salacious elements of Nowak’s real-life case
- In particular, her usage of adult diapers
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