From the alleged attempt to record a false film document that ensures the successful completion of a NASA mission to reach the Moonafter a failed trip in which the two lost their lives astronauts embarked, with the help of a marketing and advertising specialist – embodied in the producer here as well Scarlett Johansson-, director Greg Belanti ends up building a romantic comedy. Set in 1969, when the Apollo 11 It was destined to be the US’s safe bet to beat the USSR in the space race, in full swing cold Warto a special agent -great Woody Harrelson– who works for the White House, can’t think of anything else than to hire a sophisticated and deceitful publicist to convince the country and the world of the important historic step, for which he will be tasked with a simulation that is as credible as possible. However, on the other side of the romance will be an extremely rigid and honest character, the head of operations and of the launch that it represents. Channing Tatumwho will manage to dazzle the newly hired woman, making her doubt her intentions when the love enters the scene. The film is watchable, despite its long duration – 132 minutes – without becoming tedious, thanks to the entertaining story it tells, the correct performances – Johansson does not disappoint, with an appearance in this occasion very much like Marilyn Monroe – and the photographic colour amplified in a magnificent setting.
It is appreciated that a film like this appears on the billboard, which invites reflection beyond the empty entertainmentthat takes us to the moon, when what prevails is a product very far from the true cinema of other times, now only the alienable spectacle is invited and where thinking is not necessary. We live bad times for the cinema. Just look at the billboards flooded with audiovisual products produced by television producers, whose style differs little from the series they produce, exhausted formulas with superheroes as protagonists and a lot of films for underage viewers.
Well, an exception.
From the alleged attempt to record a false film document that ensures the successful completion of a NASA mission to reach the Moonafter a failed trip in which the two lost their lives astronauts embarked, with the help of a marketing and advertising specialist – embodied in the producer here as well Scarlett Johansson-, director Greg Belanti ends up building a romantic comedy. Set in 1969, when the Apollo 11 It was destined to be the US’s safe bet to beat the USSR in the space race, in full swing cold Warto a special agent -great Woody Harrelson– who works for the White House, can’t think of anything else than to hire a sophisticated and deceitful publicist to convince the country and the world of the important historic step, for which he will be tasked with a simulation that is as credible as possible. However, on the other side of the romance will be an extremely rigid and honest character, the head of operations and of the launch that it represents. Channing Tatumwho will manage to dazzle the newly hired woman, making her doubt her intentions when the love enters the scene. The film is watchable, despite its long duration – 132 minutes – without becoming tedious, thanks to the entertaining story it tells, the correct performances – Johansson does not disappoint, with an appearance in this occasion very much like Marilyn Monroe – and the photographic colour amplified in a magnificent setting.
It is appreciated that a film like this appears on the billboard, which invites reflection beyond the empty entertainmentthat takes us to the moon, when what prevails is a product very far from the true cinema of other times, now only the alienable spectacle is invited and where thinking is not necessary. We live bad times for the cinema. Just look at the billboards flooded with audiovisual products produced by television producers, whose style differs little from the series they produce, exhausted formulas with superheroes as protagonists and a lot of films for underage viewers.
Well, an exception.