A great historical story; could use a bit more history.

Rating: 7/10 (30 July 2017)

A fascinating story with very good performances, but the movie has a good bit of "based on a true story" massaging. Checking on NASA's FAQ about the movie, several of the key characters were composites or 'based on' real people. The good news about this approach is that the film is very accessible and can reach a larger audience. It's not just a 'film buff' movie, but it does round off a lot of the more complicated edges of the true story. All the acting work is superb; really, the only poorly realized characters are the generic composite antagonists played by Jim Parsons and Kirsten Dunst, which is more the fault of the writing than of the performances. Overall, it's a high-quality, entertaining movie, which happens to be about an important story that deserved to be told. Worth your time.