Apollo 13 Review: Watching People Do Math Has Never Been As Interesting To Me As It Is In This Stunning & Realistic Ode To NASA

Few space movies I have seen are as appreciative of the real work that happens at NASA.

YetApollo 13isn’t just getting by on its technical presentation when it has a respectable and complex storyto tell.

Apollo 13doesn’t go overboard on the dramatic “Will they live?”

I, at least, thought Lovell’s comparison to Columbus as an argument was pretty empty.

Astronauts walking down the tunnel in Apollo 13.

Tom Hanks in Apollo 13

Ron Howard directed this iconic Science Fiction film released in 1995. Starring a powerhouse cast of Tom Hanks, Ed Harris, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, and Bill Paxton, the story sees a band of Astronauts attempting to make it back home from a Moon-bound mission when their equipment fails.

Tom Hanks as Jim Lovell in Apollo 13

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Apollo 13