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By Greg Maki (546) for Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (546) on 11 Oct 2018

Reminds us that some things are bigger than what drives us apart…

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By A.s. Hamrah (129) for 4Columns (32) on 11 Oct 2018

First Man's grimness . . . is the product of uncertainty about what America means today and who has a place in it…

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By Andrew Parker (194) for The Gate (178) on 11 Oct 2018

It's rousing, riveting, and aside from a few lapses into melodramatic territory, First Man captivates by framing such accomplishments with…

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By Piers Marchant (131) for Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (1,391) on 11 Oct 2018

Despite the setting, the justly lauded director is after much finer-ground powder: The emotional consciousness and motivation of a man whose…

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By Phil Villarreal (1,289) for ABC Tucson (117) on 11 Oct 2018

A ruthless edit could have trimmed away some of the ancillary material and reshaped First Man into a leaner, more economical story…

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By Jon Winkler (42) for The Young Folks (1,024) on 11 Oct 2018

There's no question Chazelle is good at what he does, but he might be too good at fulfilling his vision in this case as First Man feels much…

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By Josh Terry (603) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 11 Oct 2018

First Man has a way of putting the audience in the cockpit with Armstrong, bringing to life the terrifying creaking reality of these pioneering…

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By Alci Rengifo (87) for Entertainment Voice (75) on 11 Oct 2018

The most special thing about this story is that it is not science fiction, it was real, it happened, and it asks us to dream again…

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By Michael Smith (475) for Tulsa World (603) on 11 Oct 2018

Ryan Gosling is exceptionally restrained in a performance that, if all you know about Armstrong is that he was notoriously private (but not…

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By Matt Rodriguez (19) for Shakefire (19) on 11 Oct 2018

Just as the moon landing was a spectacular feat for humankind, First Man is an achievement in film when it comes to the cinematography/sound…

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By Mathew Dekinder (396) for Suburban Journals of St. Louis (395) on 11 Oct 2018

Simply put, First Man is a great film and one that deserves to be experienced on the big screen…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denerstein Unleashed (254) on 11 Oct 2018

First Man struck me as a far more ambitious and worthier work than either Whiplash or La La Land, two of Chazelle's previous movies…

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By Rex Reed (1,506) for Observer (1,042) on 11 Oct 2018

The distinguished British actress Claire Foy’s task of making the supportive but long-suffering wife is also a bit of a slog…

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By Akhil Arora (44) for Gadgets360 (44) on 11 Oct 2018

It's visceral, it's stomach-wrenching, it's brutal and frankly it feels like hell…

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By Matthew Passantino (89) for Big Picture Big Sound (482) on 11 Oct 2018

Everything about the story and presentation is big, so it's a bit disappointing that it all comes off a bit lifeless…

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By Christopher Llewellyn Reed (298) for Film Festival Today (161) on 11 Oct 2018

A slow, meditative look at America's great space program…

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By Sean Burns (1,156) for The ARTery (128) on 11 Oct 2018

This dour, unpleasant film wallows in a masochistic self-abnegation similar to the director's 2014 music school psychodrama 'Whiplash,' except…

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By Kurt Loder (858) for Creators Syndicate (1) on 11 Oct 2018

Gosling is a virtuoso of the empty gaze - the ability to become lost in the middle distance as the camera settles in for an extended closeup…

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By Ross Miller (135) for The National (Scotland) (129) on 11 Oct 2018

Importantly, the domestic drama rings true, lending the intricacies and careful calculations of the training and the eventual mission itself…

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By Brandy Mcdonnell (170) for The Oklahoman (170) on 11 Oct 2018

Chazelle's biopic is more interested in exploring Armstrong's fascinating character than he is in exploring the surface of the Moon, although…

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