Not to mention, he lives in a capitalist hellscape where there is constant war raging over territory on the Moon and the government puts profit over people.
He is terrified of becoming his father, Clifford McBride (Tommy Lee Jones), a legendary astronaut who happily ditched a young Roy and his mother for the pursuit of life on Neptune, only to go missing years later.
What pain is Roy pushing down exactly? For starters, he just got dumped by his wife (the unsubtly named Eve, played by Liv Tyler) because he is too distant, too preoccupied with the stars even when he’s on earth. “Performance,Īnd look for the exit” is his motto he compartmentalizes, he pushes everything Say what the higher-ups want to hear in order to keep his job. In an environment that does not value mental health, Roy must With the exception of a few key moments, there is little room for error, and On this, thanks in no small part to Pitt’s measured, taut performance thatįeels like it could spill over the edge at any moment. Roy is lying, and any empathetic viewer will instantly pick up Meet astronaut Roy McBride (Brad Pitt), he passes his daily psychologicalĮvaluation with flying colors – his heart rate is normal, he is sleeping well, “A portrait of what it means to confront your relationship with your parents in order to liberate yourself from the fear of becoming them.”