Awesome

Rating: 10/10 (19 February 2004)

Tom Hanks and Ed Harris lead their respective crews in riveting story of Apollo 13's life and death struggle in outer space. Considering the commanding astronaut gets the lead writing credit we have to assume the details are pretty accurate, they sure seem that way. Film never lets up, with brilliant acting, writing and direction. 10/10 That's what I wrote over ten years ago, and this movie has more than stood up since then. There are few movies that have consistently excellent writing, directing, pacing, score, cinematography and acting throughout a feature length film. If I listed the fine performances I would run out of space, but Harris and Sinise are a good start. As of 2016 James Lovell still does well-deserved speaking engagements (that's him congratulating Hanks at the end of the film). This has to be in the top twenty movies made in my lifetime.