I was disappointed in this one. Its one bright spot is its lead cast: Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner. Unfortunately, the movie spends an hour screwing around with the aged astronauts in training, and then when we finally get into space, everything is woefully ridiculous and predictable. And this is coming from a guy who's a softie for astronaut movies. I even felt a twinge by the astronaut self-sacrifices in the maudlin "Deep Impact". But no heart in this movie.
Rather than disappointing yourself with a poorly directed (Eastwood) fictional look at NASA, just rent "The Right Stuff" (which also doesn't monkey with history the way this one does) or "Apollo 13".
I also thought the movie was a comedy, but the laughs were regrettably few and far between.
Rather than disappointing yourself with a poorly directed (Eastwood) fictional look at NASA, just rent "The Right Stuff" (which also doesn't monkey with history the way this one does) or "Apollo 13".
I also thought the movie was a comedy, but the laughs were regrettably few and far between.