All-time classics like ‘National Lampoon’s Vacation’ (1983) and ‘The Outsiders’ (1983), historical epics like ‘Grapes of Wrath’ (1940) and ‘Killers ...

and the film's writer (Colby Day), and its director (Johan Renck), choosing to explore an astronaut's sense of regret over his failing marriage through the use of a space alien (voiced by Paul Dano) ...