An intriguing premise is repeatedly undercut by clunky dialog and corny plot twists in "The Space Between Us," the story of a teenager born on Mars and his first trip to Earth.
We begin with the first expedition to colonize Mars, in 2018. Nathaniel Shepherd (Gary Oldman) has been planning it since he was 12 years old and now, a joint project from NASA and the private Genesis corporation is sending a team not just to explore Mars, but to live there for four years, in a settlement called East...