The Space Between Us (2015) User Reviews

The Basis for The Shape of Water

[deedrefuhrman · 10/10 · 7 February 2018]

This movie is genius. I also believe The Shape of Water" was based on this little indie flick.. Watch this one, which was released in 2015 and The Shape of Water released in 2018 and you will see what I mean. I think The Shape of Water actually suffers due to the addition of sex and violence in order to lengthen the movie as it derails the purity of the original statement.

"The Space Between Us" has imagery that has haunted me since the first time II watched it. It's a comment on men's drive to sacrifice anything and anyone for their own survival and benefit. And, the fact that they have created the majority of the problems they contend with in the first place. The lead characters, a maid and merman are both oppressed and powerless in the face of this drive, until the maid is willing to stand up and fight at great personal cost. The film also, communicates that we're all equally guilty of inflicting pain on others, if we stand back and watch another be destroyed because we're afraid of loosing our own position and/or the small pleasures we do possess.

It's the first small step of a movement yet unseen or recognized.

As part of a film perhaps, as a film itself not really

[Horst_In_Translation · 4/10 · 18 November 2017]

"The Space Between Us" is a Dutch 13-minute short film from 2015 written and directed by Marc S. Nollkaemper. But don't worry as this one is not in the Dutch language, but in English. Then again, spoken language is truly minimal in here. This one is more about effects, story and the visual side as a whole. It's about a scientist making a truly fateful decision when confronted with the power and beauty of nature. Sci-Fi has never been my favorite genre, so perhaps I am a bit biased here, but even if the visual component was overall convincing and the dark screens fit the film's tone and atmosphere most of the time, I must say that I was not satisfied enough with or entertained enough by the overall outcome here. Some of the parts could have worked well as part of a film I believe and actually have been worthy additions, but there is just too much unknown about the entire background (the world, the characters, the scientific component) for this to work as a standalone movie. So I sadly have to give it a thumbs-down and I believe it is only worth seeing for the very biggest Sci-Fi film fans.