Marcia Gay Harden is perfect as his wife, the painter Lee Krasner, in a role that’s satisfyingly developed.
Harris, who also directs, does a great job of articulating the artist’s gifts and his mental struggles, often at the same time. It can’t have been an easy role, but he convinces in the part to the extent that it’s impossible to imagine any other actor doing it so well.
Jennifer Connelly plays Ruth Kligman, who Pollock had an affair with shortly before his death in a car accident.
During the training process there are age-related jokes aplenty (Eastwood seems obsessed by the topic) before the four guys actually go into space and things get (relatively) serious.
A few flaws. The Russian plot is never really explained. Also, the despatching of the bombs is oddly never shown. Were those graphics outside of the budget? Or did something get mangled in the edit?
James Garner seems underused.
Marcia Gay Harden is good as the scientist Sara Holland, who becomes Tommy Lee’s unlikely love interest.
Hardly a classic, but it’s a good-natured romp with some enjoyable comic moments.
