Picture yourself on a truck on a lawn, with a general unease and an outer space high. Lucy in the Sky indulges in tired tropes and gimmicks, but its most egregious mistake is focusing on space when the drama’s down here on earth.

James Gray takes the vacuum of space–including your lofty and high-minded expectations of space movies–and plugs it all up with self-help books about learning to love yourself. Cue Whitney Houston!

Will there ever be a rainbow?