Review of First Man (2018) by Fionnuala Halligan for Screen International — 28 Aug 2018
It’s a beautifully made film, with an impeccable lead performance from Ryan Gosling as the sober, sensitive astronaut. Yet it’s also a film which takes elegant flight but stalls across its extended closing sequences; a project which, in its probing of Armstrong’s emotional mechanisms, neglects the development of other characters who might have anchored it more securely.
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This review of First Man (2018) was written by Fionnuala Halligan and published by Screen International on 28 Aug 2018.
First Man has generally received positive reviews.
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