Not a smash boom bang film, but well told story

Rating: 7/10 (21 October 2018)

So many people have lambasted this film because they expected lots of rockets, planes, explosions etc. That is not what this film is totally about. A few great moments are highlighted during the film but basically it tells more of what it took socially, psychologically and intellectually to get through the training and eventually succeed in the mission. Yes, so much emphasis on the family life can be a bit long and slow, but understanding more of what it was like to do it makes it worth seeing. It would help if one has the knowledge of what it took to be a test pilot in an X-15 getting dropped from the wing of a B-52. That, and some basic knowledge of the timeframe of NASA and the strive for the moon.