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First Man

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• Drama
• History

• 2018
• Damien Chazelle
• 135 mins
• 12

Summary

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.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Terry Staunton

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.

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7.3/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameNeil ArmstrongRyan GoslingJanet ArmstrongClaire FoyDeke SlaytonKyle ChandlerEdward Higgins WhiteJason Clarke (2)Buzz AldrinCorey StollDave ScottChristopher AbbottElliot SeePatrick FugitBob GilruthCiarán HindsMichael CollinsLukas HaasJim LovellPablo SchreiberGus GrissomShea WhighamPat WhiteOlivia HamiltonPete ConradEthan EmbryRoger ChaffeeCory Michael Smith

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rolenameDirectorDamien Chazelle

Details

Theatrical distributor

Universal

Released on

2018-10-12

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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