What Is the Story About?
In 2022, Niko (Jedrzej Hycnar) and Bogdan (Jakub Sasak) were pilots training hard to become an astronaut on a special mission planned by Polish and Russian governments secretly. Not only professionally but personally, too, these two friends are pitted against each other as they fall for a girl, Marta (Vanessa Aleksander). A triangular love story ensures that she has to pick one.
Who is selected for the space mission? What happens when the one chosen returns after decades of hibernation? Why did it take so long? Did Marta move on, or will she accept the love that forms the series’s core plot and drama.
Performances?
Jedrzej Hycnar, Vanessa Aleksander, Jakub Sasak, Magdalena Cielecka, and Andrzej Chyra are the series’ key actors. They essay the younger and older version of the principal cast of the triangle love story.
The casting for these parts is good, especially for the younger selves. They instantly look the part and make their actions believable no matter how dumb it seems. Jedrzej has a typical hero role with swag and charm to sweep women off the feat. He pulls it off effortlessly. Similarly, Jakub Sasak, too, is charming but is a more grounded and honest guy personality in comparison. He, too, gets the minor distinctions right and together with Venessa, the trio does their best to hold the attention with the banalest writing possible.
Analysis
Bartosz Prokopowicz directs A Girl And An Astranaut. It is a romantic drama set in the background of sci-fi elements and partly a futuristic setting.
The first thing that grabs the attention is the futuristic world visualisation from the team. It is a neat mix of what things could be in a few decades with little sci-fi genre liberty in place. It gives the world the series is set in a unique feel and experience.
Unfortunately, that’s the best that can be said about A Girl And An Astronaut. The terrible writing is a bummer from the beginning. It is pretty apparent when seen with the English dub. Even otherwise (watching in original language), one can sense it through the conversations and hence the missing gripping narrative at any point.
The only interest the series manages to create is related to the sci-fi project at the core of the story. The issue is addressed much later in the day when all hope is lost. However, given how it is woven into the story, it still wouldn’t have made an impact.
The biggest disappointment is the ending, which leaves one with more questions than answers. Maybe the team wanted to save things for the second season, but the way the whole thing ends makes one erase the memory of it. It is an anti-climax.
Overall, A Girl And An Astronaut has a charming cast for romance and a decent setting for a sci-fi drama. It spectacularly fails on both counts with poor writing and tedious and monotonous screenplay.
Other Artists?
Daria Polunina, Zofia Jastrzebska, and Anna Cieslak are some of the cast members with decent roles. They are fine, but the characters go missing from time to time. Daria Polunina has the most critical part and looks fine until the end when it seems to fall apart. The emotions lack the impact as intended.
Music and Other Departments?
Musically, A Girl And An Astronaut is alright. It is okay in a few places but mostly bland and follows cues from similarly themed content of the past. The cinematography could be more balanced. Some parts look superb, whereas others are elementary. The editing should have been better. The pacing is deliberately slow, but the desired effect is missing due to the actual content.
Highlights?
Setting
Casting
Drawbacks?
Writing
Uninteresting Screenplay
Length
No Emotional Connection
Did I Enjoy It?
No
Will You Recommend It?
No
A Girl And An Astronaut Series Review by Binged Bureau
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