Review of First Man (2018) by Richard Lawson for Vanity Fair — 01 Sep 2018
There are indeed stretches of the film—particularly its gripping and just a little miserable opening sequence—when it soars (argh, sorry) to cinema heaven (ack, sorry again). But a lot of the movie has a curious drag, scenes repeating and repeating in slightly tweaked shapes until you just want to yell at the screen, “Get to the moon already!”.
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This review of First Man (2018) was written by Richard Lawson and published by Vanity Fair on 01 Sep 2018.
First Man has generally received positive reviews.
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