Film Review – Space Cadet

It’s become clear that Hollywood doesn’t exactly know what to do with Emma Roberts. She’s had some success on television, participating in the “American Horror Story” series, but her film work hasn’t connected, trying her luck with romantic comedies (“Maybe I Do”), horror (“Abandoned”), and superhero cinema (“Madame Web”). Roberts goes for a very specific vibe in her latest endeavor, “Space Cadet,” with writer/director Liz W. Garcia (“The Lifeguard”) trying to make a Goldie Hawn comedy with the actress, who’s tasked with playing a character born with a fuzzy personality that often obscures her fierce intelligence, forced into a challenging situation of self-esteem. Roberts does well in the part, offering cheery broadness in “Space Cadet,” which is an entertaining, but not remarkable feature that’s light on laughs, but has a certain charm when viewed with lowered expectations. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com