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Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience

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Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience reviews
85
9.8 User Score:

Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: William Broyles Jr.
Al Reinert
Jim Lovell and Jeffrey Kluger (book Lost Moon)

Directed by: Ron Howard

Release Date:
Theatrical: September 20, 2002

Running Time: 116 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: PG

Starring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, and Kathleen Quinlan

Ron Howard's 1995 true-life space drama is transposed onto the IMAX screen.

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

100

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

The movie looks as if it were born for this, as if it had bided its 35-mm time until today, when it bursts onto that 70-mm screen with all its booster rockets blazing.

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100

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Looks bold and crisp on the big screen, and the sound has never sounded better -- perhaps couldn't have ever sounded better, because IMAX uses some 70 speakers.

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83

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

It plays like, if not an entirely new movie, at least one that has a whole new epic scale. And this scale makes a very good movie even better.

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80

New Times (L.A.) David Ehrenstein

Makes for a moviegoing experience that is both playful and imaginative.

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80

LA Weekly David Chute

On a purely pictorial level, this is one of the best-looking IMAX movies ever.

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80

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

The most obvious distinction of the IMAX version is its density of visual information, which, in brilliant color, proves truly awesome.

70

Variety Robert Koehler

What is by far the most striking element of the new version of Apollo 13 isn't visual, but aural. Because of the 70mm strip, which permits a much wider soundtrack, and because of the standard Imax theater's sheer size, which can contain a vast speaker system, the resulting sound is extraordinary.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 9.8 (out of 10) based on 7 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Joe A. gave it a 10:
It was the best movie I ever saw.

Ed gave it a 9:
Breathtaking in IMAX, but the cut scenes (to fit an IMAX reel) were an annoyance.

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