A Worthy Documentary not a Movie

Rating: 5/10 (16 October 2018)

This movie was worthy in the extreme and functioned well as a near perfect documentary of the years leading up to the moon landing and the moment of history making.
As a dramatic movie is was, in my opinion, lacking on several fronts. Famously reclusive or perhaps in reality mundane there was little presented of Armstrong's inner thoughts or his personal life. Ryan Gosling had little to work with and maintained a minimalist style that was practically a blank portrayal. Clare Foy was totally under-utilised and just irritated the viewer every time she appeared on the screen.
I accept that rocket science and space exploration are serious subjects but this movie was unrelenting and ultimately it became a documentary piece and needs to be judged as such.