Great rendition of a real life drama

Rating: 10/10 (4 December 2005)

One of my all time favorites! Having grown up during the time in history when watching space launches was a family event, and NASA was the king of our technological world, I really appreciated Ron Howard's version of the Appollo-13 mission. Great cast and performances. The interaction of the characters is sincere and entertaining.
The realistic special effects of the Saturn 5 launch, the docking of the Command and Lunar Modules, and life in space filled in missing information that could not be captured by the televised reports available in that day.
Stays true to one of the dichotomies of the time - showing the young straight laced NASA mission control engineers, in contrast with the flower-power generation evolving around them. One of a group of movies I can repeatedly watch.