Space Cowboys feels like one of those feel-good films that just can’t be made nowadays—at least not going for a mainstream appeal. I mean, it’s a movie about a bunch of old white men, with a theme of not everything modern is good—and: “son, listen to the older generation, there might be wisdom to be found“. That said, since Clint Eastwood is in it and is actually the director too—there is a large segment of the film that feels more like a classic political thriller. Space Cowboys is essentially split in two—the feel-good part and the thriller part, which can feel like a minor whiplash when watching.