Review of Armstrong (2019) by S26205229 — 12 Jul 2019

Beautifully done - a perfect tribute. Touching home videos helped add to what most people never saw. Very intimate.

This review of Armstrong (2019) was written by S26205229 on 12 Jul 2019.

Armstrong has generally received positive reviews.

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 11 Jul 2019

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By Matt Zoller Seitz (637) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 13 Jul 2019

The movie is sleek, smart, and reasonably thorough, and it offers the enticement of never-before-seen home movies provided by Armstrong's family…

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By Cath Clarke (570) for The Guardian (2,969) on 11 Jul 2019

This Neil Armstrong documentary feels like unrequired viewing coming so soon after two cracking moon landing movies…

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By Phil De Semlyen (265) for Time Out (7,510) on 08 Jul 2019

It’s all watchable enough but hardly a giant leap for documentary making…

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By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 11 Jul 2019

Though the documentary will be welcomed by a certain breed of space buff, both its impact and its commercial hopes are seriously diminished…

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By Candice Frederick (452) for TheWrap (3,203) on 10 Jul 2019

There is intriguing subtext buried within Armstrong about who we designate as our heroes at a time of great divide, but Fairhead succeeds at…

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By Ian Freer (515) for Empire (3,446) on 13 Jul 2019

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