Excellent biopic of Neil Armstrong

Rating: 9/10 (4 January 2020)

Ryan Gosling delivers a superb performance, with quiet intensity, as Neil Armstrong during the Gemini and then Apollo space programs leading up to the Apollo 11 mission which first put man on the moon.
This is the best space non-fiction drama, since Apollo 13 and The Right Stuff. However what is different about it, is that the focus is not on the missions but on Neil himself.
It follows the sacrifice and loss experienced by Armstrong both professionally and personally, and Claire Foy is outstanding as his wife. An emotionally charged woman, married to a man of few words, who is not great at expressing his own feelings.
The movie is gripping, and provides an outstanding insight into one mans perspective on one of mankind's most breath taking achievements.