Archival material from the original NASA film footage – much of it seen for the first time – plus interviews with the surviving astronauts, including Jim Lovell, Dave Scott, John Young, Gene Cernan, Mike Collins, Buzz Aldrin, Alan Bean, Edgar Mitchell, Charlie Duke and Harrison Schmitt.
The astronaut interviews are fun and occasionally moving...
– Reece Pendleton,
Chicago Reader,
28 Sep 2007
fresh:
Successfully recaptures the feeling of what made the Apollo missions so special.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
6 Oct 2007
rotten:
Uniquely, almost impressively dull.
– Joshua Rothkopf,
Time Out New York,
6 Oct 2007
fresh:
The movie fills us with wonder, and pride, and a tugging sense of loss.
– Jonathan F. Richards,
Film.com,
6 Oct 2007
fresh:
David Sington more than makes up for the straightforward nature of his film with the quality of its interviews and plenitude of staggering archive footage.