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Fly Me To The Moon is an interesting watch due to its engaging screenplay and cast performances read more
 "Scarlett Johansson & Channing Tatum's rom-com about a fake moon-landing is funny, engaging & enjoyable")
Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum, Nick Dillenburg, Anna Garcia, Jim Rash, Noah Robbins, Colin Woodell, Christian Zuber, Donald Elise Watkins, Ray Romano, and Woody Harrelson
Director: Greg Berlanti
In 1969, the United States of America and NASA created history with the Apollo 11 mission, when astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins landed on the moon. However, during the 50th anniversary of this event when C-SPAN conducted a poll, around 6 per cent believed that the historic pic of Neil Armstrong on the lunar surface was fake and was actually photographed in a recreated sound stage.
For the time being, let’s keep all the theories and conspiracies aside and dive into the plot of Fly Me To The Moon.
The story unfolds at a stage where the romance between NASA and the government is almost over and Washington and the public are no more interested in the space program as the headline is grabbed by the ongoing quagmire in Vietnam.
And we see enter Kelly Jones (Scarlett Johansson) a marketing wizard hired by one of Richard Nixon’s right-hand fixers Moe Berkus (played by Woody Harrelson) to revamp the image of NASA and the space program and create a new perception of it among the citizens and persuade that Moon is a great idea.
She often ends up arguing with Cole Davis (Channing Tatum) sometimes romantically, who is the mission director of Apollo 11 and is still haunted by his complicity in the death of 3 astronauts who got killed in the Apollo 1 mishap.
Due to her marketing gimmicks by including reputed brands in the mission and replacing astronauts with actors during the interviews and photoshoots, a clash of values occurs between Kelly and Cole. However, slowly and steadily she turns the event of the Apollo 11 Mission as one of the highly-anticipated things among the citizens. With her charming persona and communication skills, she even convinces senators to invest in the space program.
While the sweet and salty relationship between Cole and Kelly is smoothly progressing with the countdown of the mission slowly ticking, Moe bullies Kelly to create a fake setup in the studio of the moon landing, which they can show to the public in case the mission fails. He also tells her to keep this secret away from Cole.
After she is done creating the fake set-up, Moe reveals that irrespective of the success or failure of the mission, the government has decided to show the fake image of the moon landing. Now, Kelly feels guilty and tells everything to Cole.
Now, the question is how Cole and Kelly will stop this fake moon landing phenomenon along with executing the Apollo 11 mission. Well, for that you need to watch Fly Me To The Moon on the big screen.
Director Greg Berlanti along with Rose Gilroy has weaved a crisp screenplay with an engaging narrative and that’s the reason despite having a runtime of 2 hours and 12 minutes, the film never looks boring.
Talking about the performances, Scarlett is simply superb as Kelly. It is refreshing to see her in a new avatar after playing Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widor for a long time in Marvel movies. Channing plays Cole with earnestness. While Jim Rash provides comic relief, Woody Harrelson plays his character to the T.
Fly Me To The Moon is an interesting watch due to its engaging screenplay and cast performances.
Rating: 3.5 (out of 5 stars)
Fly Me To The Moon will release on 12th July
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