We need to fail down here, so we don't fail up there.

Rating: 8/10 (28 November 2018)

This is a biopic of the first man on the moon. Neil Armstrong was a quiet private reclusive man who had a difficult time expressing his feelings. He had a number of brushes with death and through a combination of skill and luck managed to survive. The film also shows the protests and attempts to stop the program. It spends time showing his wife and the difficulties she had with his quietness as well as his brushes with death. It was an era when you could smoke inside a house without being looked upon as a criminal.
The astronauts never drank Tang in the movie, nor is the film a good fit to watch while listening to "The Dark Side of the Moon." Sometimes our heroes put their pants on one leg at a time. His deist religious views did not come up in the film. Armstrong passed in 2012 with his ashes scattered at sea.
Don't expect the film to be a tribute.
Guide: 1 F-word. No sex or nudity.