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WHAT IT'S ABOUT Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan headline “Spaceman,” a relationship drama about a lonely astronaut whose marriage falls apart while he's on a solo mission to the outskirts of Jupiter.

You may not know it from the title or the vaguely cartoonish logo bearing that title, but “Spaceman” is not just another Adam Sandler-Netflix movie. Unlike the comedic live-action and animated romps ...