Netflix's 'Space Force' starring Steve Carell early reviews out on Rotten Tomatoes

Space Force is an upcoming comedy web series starring Steve Carell in the lead. Created by The Office colleagues Greg Daniels and Carell, it will premiere on Netflix by May end. The show has opened up to mostly early negative reviews and has low score Rotten Tomatoes. Read to know more.

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Space Force Debuts Rotten with mostly negative reviews

Space Force is will soon available for streaming on Netflix. However, early reviews of the show have arrived and Space Force has debuted rotten on Tomatometer with a score of 50% from 26 critics to date.

The overall review on the site read, “An all-star cast and blockbuster-worthy special effects aren't enough to keep Space Force's uneven blend of earnestness and satire from spinning quickly out of comedic orbit.”[sic]. Audience score for the same is yet to come on the website.

Beside Rotten Tomatoes, earlier reviews of the show have started to pour in on social media as well. Space Force has received mix reviews on Twitter and has been criticised for not offering great laughs. However, Steve Carell’s performance has been appreciated. Check out a few reviews.

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Space Force centres on a group of people tasked with establishing the sixth branch of the United States Armed Forces, the United States Space Force. Sceptical but dedicated, Officer Mark uproots his family and moves to a remote base in Colorado. There he and a colourful team of scientists and 'Spacemen' are tasked by the White House with getting American footsteps on the moon again in a hurry and achieving total space dominance.

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In an interview with a daily, Steve Carell revealed that he said yes to the show based on its titled. He added that Netflix had this premise that he and Greg Daniels thought might make a funny show and said the idea made everyone laugh in a meeting. He stated that it was really based on nothing, except the title that made everybody laugh. So they were off and running with the show which is a workplace comedy series.

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Space Force stars Steve Carell as General Mark R Naird, Chief of Space Operations with John Malkovich as Dr Adrian Mallory, Ben Schwartz as F Tony Scarapiducc (Secretary of the Air Force), Diana Silvers as Erin Naird and Tawny Newsome as Angela Ali. The cast also includes Jimmy O Yang, Alex Sparrow, Lisa Kudrow, Jane Lynch, Don Lake, Noah Emmerich and Late Fred Willard in his last television performance. Space Force Season 1 consists of ten episodes and will stream on Netflix from May 29, 2020.