RogerEbert.com
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood has its charms, but also prefers to talk at the audience.
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Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood
Richard Linklater writes and directs this rotoscope animated coming-of-age story set in the suburbs of Houston, Texas in the summer of 1969, centred around the historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Stars Jack Black (Jumanji: The Next Level) and Zachary Levi (Shazam!).
2022Rating: PG97 minsUSA, NetherlandsDetour Filmproduction
AnimatedComedyDrama
- Director:
- Richard Linklater ('Where'd You Go, Bernadette', 'Boyhood')
- Writer:
- Richard Linklater
- Cast:
- Jack BlackGlen PowellBill WiseJosh WigginsZachary LeviLee EddyMilo CoySam ChipmanDanielle GuilbotNatalie L’AmoreauxJessica Brynn Cohen
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood | Reviews
Richard Linklater’s lovely rumination on the moon landing is a time capsule, history lesson and fantasy-infused personal journal. An excellent companion to director Todd Douglas Miller’s terrific 2019 film Apollo 11.
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A.V. Club
An essentially plotless but engaging and enriching recollection of childhood steeped in warmth, grace, honesty, and crystalline specificity.
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The Globe and Mail
Apollo 10 ½ is more time capsule than space capsule, and too nostalgic by half.
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Paste
Where Apollo succeeds, it really succeeds. It’s a stylish meditation on childhood that isn’t afraid to indulge in all the sentimentality that goes along with that.
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IndieWire
A sweetly effervescent string of Kodachrome memories from the filmmaker’s own childhood...
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Slant Magazine
If Apollo 10½ is undoubtedly an affectionate nostalgia-fest, it’s also a sneakily perverse reflection on the limitations of human remembrance...
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Los Angeles Times
Linklater makes his best movie since Boyhood with Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood, a charming animated dramedy...
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Hollywood Reporter
It’s clearly a labour of love, a unique reflection on an unforgettable summer...
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South China Morning Post
The film is a visual treat, capturing the time with real texture.
Full reviewApollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood | Release Details
Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood is available to stream in the United Kingdom now on Netflix.