The United States's first couple being a cigar-smoking cowboy and his intellectually challenged wife is one anachronism we could all live without.

Low key, low budget and low energy, this animated space odyssey from the writer and director Geoff Marslett accompanies three mismatched astronauts to the red planet and the search for new life forms.

A memorably odd, mellow affair.

Mixing mumblecore with science fiction is original, but the resulting film demands more than it delivers