Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum standing side by side at the railing of a boardwalk in Fly Me to the Moon
Summary Fast-moving, stylishly edited, and packed to the brim with nostalgia for a vital moment in American history, Greg Berlanti's Fly Me to the Moon has a lot on its mind. In many ways, it feels like the classic sort of movie Hollywood is wary of making these days, though I really hope that this Space Race rom-com changes studios' minds. Fly Me to the Moon is far from a perfect movie, but for two hours and 12 minutes, it took me on a journey I thoroughly enjoyed.
Related Fly Me To The Moon True Story: Did NASA Really Film A Fake Moon Landing As A Back-Up? Fly Me To The Moon puts a comedic spin on the Apollo 11 mission, but did NASA hire a marketing team and fake the moon landing in real life? The comedic MVP is Community's Jim Rash, who elicited the most laughter at my screening with his wry one-liners. He plays Lance Vespertine, the director hired to stage the fake moon landing, and he makes the most of every scene he has. Crucially, Fly Me to the Moon never lost sight of the friendship between Kelly and her assistant Ruby .
Tatum's Cole has baggage related to the Apollo 1 tragedy, and Johansson's Kelly has skeletons of her own in the closet. Even when Fly Me to the Moon feels close to bursting with the effort of packing everything in, the two leads ground everything with their earnest performances. This is especially helpful when the movie gets a bit too enamored with the slapstick humor, particularly through the recurring use of a black cat.
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