Apollo 13 (1995)
Stranded 205,000 miles from Earth in a crippled spacecraft, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert fight a desperate battle to survive. Meanwhile, at Mission Control, astronaut Ken Mattingle, flight director Gene Kranz and a heroic ground crew race against time - and the odds - to bring them home.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Ron Howard
Written By: William Broyles Jr., Jim Lovell, Al Reinert, Jeffrey Kluger
Starring: Tom Hanks, Clint Howard, Ed Harris, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Kathleen Quinlan, Ray McKinnon, Gary Sinise, Jack Conley, Wayne Duvall, Todd Louiso, Loren Dean
Genres: Drama, Adventure, History
Country: USA
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recklessmess | 78 65% |
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Oddly, Carl Weathers was nowhere to be seen in this one. Otherwise, it was a pretty good spin-off of the original Rocky.
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Magb | 75 50% |
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Apollo 13 is a case study of an almost impressively formulaic movie that still manages to be good. At every point you can tell pretty much exactly what's going to happen next, but you are (or at least I am) still compelled to keep watching. I swear, there's something almost pure and maybe even deliberate about how by-the-numbers this movie is.
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luc | 95 98% |
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Unbelievable true story about big problems with Apollo 13. Now I know that Apollo 11 was the first landing on the moon in 1969. Apollo 13 was a big suspense for the crew and whole America. The start and the landing on earth was beautiful filmed in this movie and some great pictures of the moon. This movie was not easy to follow with all those technical problems. The end was full of emotions : the well-known 3 minutes silence : what a suspense !!!
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BillyShears | 80 77% |
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Even NASA space disasters are boring. So much math , so many flipped toggles. Clint Howard thanking god every day he had a brother. I must’ve gotten old because I was glued to the screen.
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AgentSnipe | 85 88% |
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Simply, a great movie all around. There's no one thing that makes it exceptional, yet there are no glaring weaknesses. It's captivating and engaging from the very beginning.
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djross | 45 34% |
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The filmmaker (the archetypal all-American boy, here celebrating archetypal all-American boys) strives to be generally accurate and to restrain the impulse to rewrite history for dramatic effect, and succeeds moderately well, although the moments where the former is sacrificed to the latter are sometimes fairly obvious (and, as usual, do not help). The filmmaking is workmanlike. A good documentary on the same subject would be preferable.
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Paxton | 68 53% |
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I hate it when a movie caters to a specific audience at the expense of common sense. So when the producers saw fit to put Bill Paxton AND Kevin Bacon in a room together, they threw away their chances of having me give a damn about space. Space? How about two A-movie credentials/B-movie talent actors chewing scenery with an Academy Award winning gay retard. I mean Tom Hanks. Philadelphia Forrest Gump. Didn't mean to be derogatory.
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KasperL | 80 86% |
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"Does exactly what it says on the tin". (the movie, not the spacecraft...)
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Leonardis | 95 86% |
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I actually loved this! Space movies seem to be all over the place these days, but Apollo 13, a more classic take on the genre, had masterful directing from Ron Howard, great performances, alike Tom Hanks, Ed Harris, and Kathleen Quinlan, and the story is just great! Simple as that! Totally worth a watch!
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martryn | 76 67% |
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I found this movie largely boring with some interesting shit interspersed every now and then.
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IdahoSpud | 80 89% |
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For a tech lover, this is awe inspiring. The "beautiful machines" and extremely well-done CGI of the launch bring copious tears to these nerdy eyes. The emotions of the characters were also well expressed. Hanks, who is always good, did especially well with his role here as he is a big fan of space travel and a "closet astronaut". He also helped with the writing of this movie, which is probably why this is Ron's best. But, Ron did make some characters look more like idiots than they were.
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hellboy76 | 70 79% |
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Howard is one of the least risky filmmakers in the history of the world, but it works well for this movie. Detailed without being boring a likable and talented cast puts in their time and an entertaining film is born.
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Grit | 70 74% |
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The tale of the events of Apollo 13 is well told, even if there is no one thing in particular that makes the film stand out. Apollo 13 is consistently good with some good performances and an exaggerated style of direction working well. Although it is obviously meant to provoke emotions, it never got quite the reponse it was looking for from me although it did still hold my interest throughout. Overall it's an all-around well done film showing some interesting aspects of the Apollo 13 flight.
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Okkervil | 77 77% |
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A good all-rounder. Howard paces this movie excellently and it has to be said it's extremely well shot. There are plenty of good performances on show too, even if for whatever reason "Apollo 13" never has that certain spark or something to lift it to any sort of exceptional standard.
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Alex Watkins | 3 38% |
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Ron Howard generally kinda sucks but this isn't a bad movie, even if he brings nothing unique to the table as a director (as is par for the course). It's sort of comforting in its bland averageness.
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Ytadel | 8 93% |
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Just breathe normal, fellas.
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LyleChipason | 100 0% |
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apolloguys? WAT R DEY APOLOGISING 4?
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| 2 | svicciarelli | 90 82% |
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Moving and great special effects.
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d_r_e_s_ | 3 65% |
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I'm sorry for not watching this sooner. It was definitely good with great acting and story, but cinematography wise, I've "unfortunately" grown custom to something more spectacular and beautiful than this. Still, an excellent watch. *Good
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Mistakes | 59 74% |
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Mistakes - 1) When the mission control guy is explaining how they're going to sling shot around the moon, the pictures on the chalkboard change. 2) Just before Gene Krantz draws a circle on the chalkboard to indicate the Earth, the erased circles from previous takes can be seen. He then draws a hasty, sloppy unclosed circle, but subsequent scenes a few seconds later show a neater, closed circle.
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thehynes | 61 71% |
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from what I understand this is a pretty faithful reproduction of what went on,obviously lacks a bit of suspense as you know theyre going to make it
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filmfreak88 | 75 66% |
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It's a competently made and very engaging film. But it is also a little on the bland side with a notable lack of defining characteristics.
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| 1 | Jay Dub | 96 98% |
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One of the best movies of the 90s, and I dare say Ron Howard's best movie. It's such a tense and, at the same time, inspiring film that it's hard to believe that it all actually happened.
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MartinTeller | 71 38% |
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The attention to technical detail without overwhelming the viewer in gibberish is commendable. Formulaic as hell, but at least I kind of enjoyed watching it.
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Paul H | 94 87% |
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Great movie. Although most people know the outcome it is amazing to see how the whole story unfolds. One of my only gripes about this movie is that it is a bit too long.
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begoniabol | 67 54% |
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The whole movie in one sentence: "Houston, we have a problem"
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chemical404 | 39 23% |
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Christ, that was boring. How come these NASA movies are always so 'brave and patriotic' in the most tedious way. I could barely keep my attention to it, but this film seems more of a technical achievement than artistic. Kinda feel ready to forget it once I finally remove it from my watch-list where it's been since the nineties.
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Jeb | 98 93% |
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Apollo 13 is basically just Apollo 13. No adjectives, metaphors, verbs or any punctuation references can chronicle the elaborate liking I have towards it.
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Luna6ix | 87 93% |
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this is one of the best stories other than tom hanks' later effort of all time, unfortounately ron howard could have been bested. this one is actually too grounded in actual events to provide the best story given the actual circumstances.
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nandorizzi | 70 61% |
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The suspense of a real story, together with the precise interpretations, holds the viewer up to the end, in spite of some moments are boring.
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MonsterGear | 80 61% |
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Sometimes the story feels a little "Hollywood-ized" (necessarily, I suppose) but the drama and fascination of this story can't be denied. Plus, I never seem to remember that Bill Paxton is in this so I am pleasantly surprised every time!
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joseywales | 81 88% |
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Great performances by all of the cast and a wonderful musical score from James Horner.
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PeaceAnarchy | 74 40% |
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Well made solid drama. It's a little long and a little manipulative but overall pretty good.
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Pickpocket | 5 44% |
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"I've seen it before" Should've got punched in the face right then.
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yoohoo | 85 82% |
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well acted, well directed, didn't bore us with inessential bs. gripping from start to finish, very interesting topic.
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| 1 | soybomb42 | 83 56% |
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Good movie.
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peyrin | 80 81% |
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There's really nothing here that makes it stand out among other space films or true story films, but with source material this riveting you hardly need anything else.
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| Average Percentile 58.95% from 9817 Ratings |  |