Its good, but not that good.

Rating: Null/10 (25 December 2003)

Apollo 13 realy is a very good film. The one thing Ron Howard knows how to do is tell a good story with double sized dollops of sentiment, 'just in case'. His solid style is equally prevalent in 'A Beautiful Mind'. The use of the Ametre, at Houston Control, as the device which shows us the precariousness of the crews situation is pure Howard. However, my only real gripe, and it's a big one, is that there is just too much exposition. If it's not from the characters asides then its from the shots of TV programmes or the O.B.s of various TV journalists. Whether this is because everything has to be explicitly revealed to an American audience or not I dont know. But what do we say to stupid people when they dont take something in? 'Do you want me to draw you a picture?'
The salvaging of the Apollo 13 mission is truly a great story and with this film Howard has drawn us all a picture.