Drama based on a true story, starring Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy. In the early 1960s, pilot Neil Armstrong joins Nasa's space program and begins training for a mission to reach the moon. As the space race heats up, Armstrong struggles to cope with the combined pressures of training and a difficult home life.
The story of how Neil Armstrong got to the Moon is told in rich and intimate detail in this thrilling film that focuses as much on the man as it does his extraordinary achievement. Ryan Gosling portrays the astronaut as a humble deep-thinker, uncomfortable in the spotlight and all too aware of the risks inherent in the mission. His subtlety and understatement is matched by an equally nuanced performance from Claire Foy as his wife, Janet. Director Damien Chazelle nods to, rather than borrows from, earlier real-life space exploration movies (The Right Stuff, Apollo 13), delivering a more character-driven piece, a keenly observed family drama that just happens to lead to one of the greatest moments in history. The build-up to the mission and Armstrong's eventual blast-off is chronicled in precise yet never clinical detail via some dazzling special effects, but the work of both Gosling and Foy is equally as breathtaking. They are magnificent together.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Neil Armstrong | Ryan Gosling |
| Janet Armstrong | Claire Foy |
| Deke Slayton | Kyle Chandler |
| Edward Higgins White | Jason Clarke (2) |
| Buzz Aldrin | Corey Stoll |
| Dave Scott | Christopher Abbott |
| Elliot See | Patrick Fugit |
| Bob Gilruth | Ciaran Hinds |
| Michael Collins | Lukas Haas |
| Jim Lovell | Pablo Schreiber |
| Gus Grissom | Shea Whigham |
| Pat White | Olivia Hamilton |
| Pete Conrad | Ethan Embry |
| Roger Chaffee | Cory Michael Smith |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Damien Chazelle |
