![]() The couple’s divergent backgrounds make for early comedic fodder (her ‘Gold Class’ breakfast leaves him staring mournfully at a bowl of cosmic Weetabix), while Aurora’s introduction to the ship’s leisure facilities conjures images of Jack and Rose dancing in steerage. The love story, far from saccharine, unfolds to provide the darker aspects of need and greed ample room to fester. Jim and Aurora’s relationship is built on a lie, one that covers obsession, self-interest and crushing guilt. Sheen injects a welcome third perspective, breaking into the lovers’ solipsism and laying bare their flaws - which are more than just passing. Arthur is the couple’s only sounding board - part relationship counsellor, part conscience and occasionally a necessary plot device. Pratt and Lawrence are magnetic as the literal star-crossed lovers, convincingly seduced by each other over the passage of time an awkward, space-suit-bumping kiss giving way to a passionate, Cheerios-all-over-the-floor breakfast shag.Īside from an obtuse computer (voiced by London Underground’s Emma ‘Mind The Gap’ Clarke) and a clutch of skittering Roombas, their only company is Michael Sheen’s sagacious android barman. It just happens to play out within the glossy white halls of a starship resembling an Apple-sponsored shopping mall. ![]() ![]() Unorthodox the setting might be, but the blossoming romance is entirely familiar - from bantering over lunch to sharing a box of popcorn at the cinema. As surprisingly traditional as it is undeniably effective. ![]()
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