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- 2022
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 44 m
- 2022
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 44 m
Summary Moonshot follows Walt (Cole Sprouse) and Sophie (Lana Condor) as they join forces in order to be reunited with their significant others. The two embark upon a lively journey that winds up taking them both wildly and unexpectedly off course.
Directed By: Christopher Winterbauer
Written By: Max Taxe
- 2022
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 44 m
- 2022
- PG-13
- Warner Bros.
- 1 h 44 m
Moonshot
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4.2
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Summary Moonshot follows Walt (Cole Sprouse) and Sophie (Lana Condor) as they join forces in order to be reunited with their significant others. The two embark upon a lively journey that winds up taking them both wildly and unexpectedly off course.
Directed By: Christopher Winterbauer
Written By: Max Taxe
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Positive
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57% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
58
43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Cole Sprouse and Lana Condor are a fun duo, capable of feeling human and endearing in the midst of cosmic turmoil. The movie's not a full home run, but it's surprisingly silly and shrewd.
Sprouse plays it a touch broad, veering sometimes from endearing to goofy. But Condor is note-perfect, and Winterbauer directs with a light, playful touch, giving the movie an energy that’s nimble and vibrantly sexy.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 User Ratings
4.2
27% Positive
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40% Mixed
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33% Negative
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User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 15 User Ratings
4.2
27% Positive
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4 Ratings
40% Mixed
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33% Negative
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Good movie where both the lead actor and actress have good chemistry together. Obviously not one of the best movies ever but certainly a good popcorn movie to watch on movie night. Overall a good watch that shows that Cole Sprouse still has potential for great roles in cinema.
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At heart, it’s a story you’ve seen countless times before — often told on a much larger scale. And yet it’s amazing how far you can go on the strength of some evocative production design, a few clever dashes of sci-fi world-building, and a goofy script that isn’t afraid to err closer to “Pillow Talk” than to “Before Sunrise.”
Most welcome of all is the generous sprinkling of good one-liners thanks to screenwriter Max Taxe’s witty script, solid direction from Christopher Winterbauer, and a cast with nippy comic timing.
Unfortunately, even though Moonshot aims high, its misfire falls all the way back down to humble terra firma.
Moonshot is the kind of movie that’s frustrating because of what makes it endearing—there’s so much that makes you wish it were more original. No rom-com set in space should feel this ordinary.
There is never a moment when you're swept away by the romance of Walt and Sophie and that should be the point of all of this.
Silly at times, but certainly endearing. Pleasant enough to watch and not regret it. The two lead actors are talented enough and have more than enough chemistry to make them fun to watch. It also helps that neither actor finds themselves too good to be goofy on screen.
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Romantic comedies often boast too much about not trying something innovative in their formula. Most of the time it's too difficult because any viewer is more than capable of intuiting how it will end just by watching the lead actors in their marketing material, and 99% of the time they will be right. Now, while Moonshot does might seem different, it's fair to ask whether a film that involves space trips to Mars should feel so lazy and exanimous.
Cole Sprouse and his brother really don't know how to act and Cole proves it again here. Lana Condor, who's nothing special as a performer either, outdoes him in every scene they share.
Now we have to add the huge problem I've had with films of this type involving somewhat teenagers because they give them dialogue that sounds as artificial as their relationships.
So it becomes complicated to connect with them, and not because some of their problems are not real or compelling, but because they don't feel natural. The romantic construction is, as you might expect, quite simple. In this stuff you have to be practical no matter how much your surroundings try to be more ambitious.
There are no surprises and no mistakes. You know where it all goes and of course how it all ends.
I'm not against basic, sugar-coated movies for audiences who just want to be entertained, but I'll never be in favor of stories that make no effort whatsoever to break away from the norm.
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Moonshot
This sci-fi romcom shows a love that blossoms when a college student helps a barista sneak onto a space station headed for Mars.
The standout feature of this romcom lies in its inclusion of robots, yet even with the added allure of Mars, the film falls short due to its lack of thorough exploration. There's a notable absence of depth in both the romantic connection between the leads, which feels forced rather than genuine, and the development of the Martian setting. At best the leads have only learned to tolerate one another. Most of the supporting characters also do nothing other than fill the run-time.
Given the insufficient romance, did the film deliver in terms of humor? Unfortunately, no. The jokes and comedic moments fall flat.
Despite its promising premise, Moonfall ultimately disappoints due to lackluster performances and direction, resulting in a generic and unremarkable romantic comedy.
(Sidenote: Why was this titled Moonshot when they were headed to Mars?)
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This is what happens when experienced Hollywood writers are replaced with kids. I would say "cute" although "cutesy" is more apt. Formulaic and predictable. None of it makes sense - despite terraforming Mars nothing has changed on Earth (computers with robotic voice). Would we spend hundreds of millions sending folks unprepared, untrained, unskilled teens to another planet? The romance was (again) cute, PG+, dull dialogue but probably OK for its intended audience - 12-15 yr old teens. It's pure Hollywood - teen angst and parties, school traumas, racially mixed romances, the requisite **** couple, safe, ultra-light dialogue. It is saved only by the couple who tried with what they had. But why bother with a fake space setting? It would have been far more effective on Earth with a tad more drama.
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