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Apollo 13 (1995)

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Apollo 13 (1995) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.5726

Avg Critic Score:3.5372

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)

It plays like, if not an entirely new movie, at least one that has a whole new epic scale. And this scale makes a very good movie even better. ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)

Parent/Teacher Learning Guides at teachwithmovies.org

This film is a realistic dramatization of the aborted flight of NASA's Apollo 13 mission. It shows men solving problems with intelligence, education, teamwork and bravery as well as the process of preparing for space travel in the 1970s. ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Parent/Teacher Learning Guides at teachwithmovies.org

Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)

If you were anything more than four or five years old in April of 1970, then you almost certainly remember Apollo 13, Americaâ��s moon mission gone wrong. For everyone else, thereâ��s the movie Apollo 13, a thoroughly competent if uninspired film that ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Apollo Guide (Brian Webster)

CinemaScreen (James Salter)

Less impressive is a second documentary, Conquering Space: To the Moon and Beyond. Billed as highlights of the last 45 years in space, it seems to be there just to pad out and justify the inclusion of the second disc. Itâ��s an American-centric Discovery ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at CinemaScreen (James Salter)

DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)

It's hard not to think of the space program without having some memories...Man walks on the Moon in July 1969, Shepard orbits the Earth 8 years earlier and a mission that no one really thought about, until it all went wrong...Apollo 13 is the true story ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at DVD Authority.com (Matt Brighton)

Apollo 13 (1995) Critic Reviews continued...

CNN Showbiz

KEVIN BACON: Horribly. Oh, yeah. You have to look- pick one point and just stare at that point, and this is the point, right back here. I know this part of his head so well, because he was right in front of me, and I just- for hours, I was just looking ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at CNN Showbiz

DVD Times

Itâ��s a scenario so contrived that even the most cynical Hollywood hack would think twice before going in to pitch it. A lunar mission called Apollo 13, launching at 13:13 hours and due to rendezvous with the moon on April 13th, suffers catastrophic ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at DVD Times

Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)

Ron Howard's take on the ill-fated 1970 moon shot is a big step forward from his previous two films -- Backdraft and The Paper -- which seemed to get lost in a variety of non-user-friendly subplots and were generally muddled exercises in how an ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)

Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)

SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

Apollo 13 is based on the real-life failed 1970 Moon landing. The film was a big critical and public hit when it came out, even being nominated for Best Picture at that year's Academy Awards and Golden Globes, and Tom Hanks being nominated ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at SF, Horror and Fantasy Film Review

Film Scouts (Eleanor Ringel)

Tom Hanks and director Ron Howard shoot the moon in this surprisingly gripping and supremely entertaining retelling of the moon landing that wasn't. In 1970, less than a year after Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin had walked on the moon,m Apollo 13 is ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Film Scouts (Eleanor Ringel)

Moviehole

Itâ��s April 11, 1970, astronauts Jim Lovell, Fred Haise and Jack Swigert rocket into space. Theyâ��ll be the chaps behind mankindâ��s third trip to the moon. But in true â��we couldnâ��t have a movie unless something happensâ�� fashion, it doesnâ��t ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Moviehole

filethirteen.com

Many of us may think of man's landing and walking on the moon in 1969, when Neil Armstrong uttered those immortal words, as the most important moment in the 20th century. Of course, it may very well be. But Ron Howard's film, "Apollo 13," based on ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at filethirteen.com

WhatDVD - Anniversary DVD review

Nominated for nine Academy Awards , including Best Picture, Apollo 13 is now available in an incredible 2 -Disc Anniversary Edition with never-before-seen bonus materials. Produced by Academy Award winner Brian Grazer and directed by Oscar winner Ron ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at WhatDVD - Anniversary DVD review

Audio Revolution

'Apollo 13' remains Ron Howard's best movie as a director, compelling, well-acted, deeply involving and tightly focussed on its story, the near-disaster of the Apollo 13 moon voyage. Even on home video, this movie -- which like most big-scale films, ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Audio Revolution

Entertainment Insiders (Rusty White)

The movie chronicles the ill-fated flight of Apollo 13 in April of 1970. Tom Hanks plays Jim Lovell, commander of the ship. Bill Paxton and Kevin Bacon portray fellow crew members Fred Haise and the late Jack Swiggert. Howard seemingly did the impossible ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Entertainment Insiders (Rusty White)

Tracksounds! (Christopher Coleman)

Patriotic. Passionate. Powerful. All words which accurately describe James Hornerâ��s score for Ron Howardâ��s 1995 film, Apollo 13. This score is simply one of James Hornerâ��s best ever and many film score fans rank it similarly. With a story so ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Tracksounds! (Christopher Coleman)

Comingsoon.net

Iâ��ll start out by saying that Apollo 13 is a film thatâ��s near and dear to my heart. I live in Houston, so Iâ��ve grown up immersed in the space program hype. I was fascinated by it growing up. And as an adult, I had the privilege of getting a VIP ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Comingsoon.net

LowComDom

Yes, it was nominated for numerous awards, including Best Picture, but Apollo 13 missed out every time. Could this have been because Tom Hanks has won back-to-back Oscars? Is Batman a transvestite? Who knows, but it feels unjust that a film so ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at LowComDom

IndependentCritics.com (Richard Propes)

I openly admit that I wanted to like this film a lot more than I actually did like it. I admired the film, respected the film...I thought the editing, sound and visual effects were wonderful. Yet, somehow, I continue to find myself fairly detached from ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at IndependentCritics.com (Richard Propes)

LA Weekly (David Chute)

On a purely pictorial level, this is one of the best-looking IMAX movies ever. ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at LA Weekly (David Chute)

EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)

Well-crafted and well-acted recreation of the famous missile journey, marred by Ron Howard's white POV that disregards the broader political context ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)

Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

Ron Howard's marvelous, can-do depiction of American teamwork in action, Apollo 13 , is a complex no-brainer. It is a no-brainer in that the story, systematically depicting the events that led to the disaster in space and then the events that led to ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)

Overrated yet nonetheless well done. ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)

TheBoxSet.com - DVD/Movie Review (Thor van Lingen)

Based on the book â��Lost Moonâ�� by Apollo 13 commander Jim Lovell, the movie can no doubt attribute much of its success to Ron Howard and the fine ensemble cast of actors assembled to bring this novel to the big screen. Ron Howardâ��s painstaking ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at TheBoxSet.com - DVD/Movie Review (Thor van Lingen)

Box Office Mojo (Scott Holleran)

Director Ron Howard's Apollo 13 is like a big, historical reenactment with an all-star cast. Best viewed as a documentary-style chapter of America's manned space program, it even starts like a documentary, with CBS anchorman Walter Cronkite covering ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Box Office Mojo (Scott Holleran)

Poffy The Cucumber's Movie Mania

Trying to film a story with so many integral characters is impossible with a camera-magnet like Hanks tooling around on set. Our media-driven lifestyle denotes that "star-power" dictates character importance in a movie, so though Hanks may be playing a ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Poffy The Cucumber's Movie Mania

Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

You have to keep everything in perspective. MCA/Universal Home Video's Jurassic Park (Nov 94) had one of the great laser disc soundtracks. The film's sound editing was designed to thrill and the disc delivered those thrills with the full perfection ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

Andrew Hicks (Andrew Hicks)

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Dragan Antulov

While many period films in 1990s Hollywood had problems with historical accuracy, APOLLO 13 almost reaches levels of documentary. Based on the book by one of the event's main participants, thoroughly researched and reconstructed with the care about ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Dragan Antulov

Looking Closer (Jeffrey Overstreet)

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DVD Review e-zine

35 years ago, on April 11, the crew of Apollo 13 took seat in their spacecraft to undertake what was supposed to be the third landing on the moon. But shortly after liftoff a problem occurred and landing on the moon became out of the question. In fact, ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at DVD Review e-zine

Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents

In this portrayal of the true events of the 1970 Apollo 13 space mission, astronauts Jim Lovell (TOM HANKS), Fred Haise (BILL PAXTON), and Ken Mattingly (GARY SINISE) are ready to be the next crew to land on the moon. NASA doctors, however, think that ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents

filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

Kathleen Quinlan plays Hanks' wife. Her role is to look beautiful and to worry about her husband. She suffers throughout the film. Jean Speegle Howard plays Hanks' grandmother. She is a stereotype of an elderly person, is given the name Blanch, ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at filmsgraded.com (Brian Koller)

BBC Films

Space - the final frontier and who better to send there but Mr America himself, Tom Hanks. This film focuses on the true story of a mission to the Moon in the 1970s that went wrong. Virtually ignored by an indifferent TV audience, three astronauts (Tom ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at BBC Films

DVD Talk (Joshua Zyber)

I still don't love the movie, but Apollo 13 is a crowd-pleaser with plenty of fans. The HD DVD offers pretty good picture, sound, and bonus features. I'll give it a mild recommendation, with the understanding that for many people it will rate highly ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at DVD Talk (Joshua Zyber)

Xi-online

Het ligt ook niet aan de akteurs dat Apollo 13 af en toe over de schreef gaat. Dit heeft meer te maken met de allesoverheersende muziek die te pas en te onpas de beelden komt verstoren. Componisten zullen graag met Howard samenwerken; hij laat hun score ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Xi-online

Thomas Wheeler

Even though we all knew the outcome, that the astronauts would get home safely, the sheer drama of the film more than compensated for what would usually be a terrible hindrance for a movie--knowing how it turns out. ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Thomas Wheeler

Sridhar Prasad

Jim Lovell (Hanks) is a veteran space commander who is being rewarded for all his efforts for the NASA space program by being given command of Apollo 13, the 2nd flight after Neil Armstrong's historic moon landing in 1969. By then, public interest had ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Sridhar Prasad

DVDnett.no

Det er farlig Ã¥ lage filmer basert pÃ¥ sanne historier, men vÃ¥r venn Ron Howard kliner skikkelig til med Apollo 13. NÃ¥ er den ekte historien sÃ¥ full av drama fra fÃ¸r at alle som opplevde Apollo 13-ferden som tv-seere i 1970 husker detaljene ennÃ¥, ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at DVDnett.no

Steve Rhodes

The movie is based on the book "Lost Moon" by Jim Lovell who led the Apollo 13 mission. In the movie he is played by the ever popular and brilliant Tom Hanks. The rest of the crew consists of Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) and Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon). The ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Steve Rhodes

Boxoffice Magazine

The first non-animated feature film to be retooled for the IMAX format doesn't benefit as much as one might expect from its new incarnation. "Apollo 13," Ron Howard's depiction of the 1970 ill-fated Apollo 13 space mission, wherein mechanical ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Boxoffice Magazine

Variety (Robert Koehler)

What is by far the most striking element of the new version of Apollo 13 isn't visual, but aural. Because of the 70mm strip, which permits a much wider soundtrack, and because of the standard Imax theater's sheer size, which can contain a vast speaker ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Variety (Robert Koehler)

Tucson Weekly (Zachary Woodruff)

WHENEVER I THINK of Ron Howard I think of freckle-faced Richie Cunningham from Happy Days, and it is only when thinking of Richie Cunningham that Howard's films begin to make sense. How could a director's output be so likable in some instances, and so ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at Tucson Weekly (Zachary Woodruff)

DVD MovieGuide

Most movies find it hard enough to keep us interested when we don't know precisely how the story will end. After all, how many genuinely unpredictable films are there? Some - like Se7en or The Sixth Sense - catch us off-guard with twists, but the vast ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at DVD MovieGuide

The DVD Report (Britt Gillette)

Nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Picture, Apollo 13 is one of the best movies of its decade. Despite prior knowledge of the historical outcome, it's guaranteed to keep viewers steeped in suspense. Director Ron Howard creates yet another ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at The DVD Report (Britt Gillette)

DVD Town (Dean Winkelspecht)

From "Apollo 13" to "United 93," my screening selections the past few days seemed to be laced with disaster. On one hand, we have Ron HowardÂ´s detailed look at a failed mission to the moon with big names and a big budget. On the other hand, we have ...read the complete Apollo 13 movie review at DVD Town (Dean Winkelspecht)

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