Customer Reviews
Inspiring story of Heroics and Teamwork - By: FirstPersonshow.net, 18 Jul 2007 
This is one of my favourite films in the last decade. Knowing that this reallly happened adds to the alllure. The fact that it's about real life space-travel & that it happened in the 60s adds too. Ed Norton is great as a leader carrying the weight of responsibility for the stranded astronauts on his shoulders. Gary Sinise steals the show from Tom Hanks in my book.
This film works & works well. I love the message about teamwork & how cruicial the "behind the scenes" guys are to a mission (Not just the quarterback, but the team physician & waterboy as well).
I've not given 5 stars to any films until this one. I can't recommend it more.
Quite Simply Breathtaking. - By: C. McGregor-Davidson, 24 Feb 2007 On a scale of 1-5? Oh, this is a 6! **
No matter how many times I see this film (and I have seen it quite a few times by now) I never fail to be moved by the amazing story being told & the excellence of Ron Howard's film-making.
The staggeringly good cast centres about Hanks, Bacon, Sinise, Paxton & Harris. Never once do any of these disappoint in their performance.
Their spot-on delivery of such simple yet evocative lines as: 'We just lost the moon' & 'I prefer to think of this as our finest hour' presenta wealth of emotions, whilst underscoring the strength & resilience of the human character; at the same time & with equal simplicity 'Christopher Columbus, Charles Lindberg & Alan Armstrong!' expresses one ordinary man's amazement at his friend's new-found place in the history books. The simple efficiency of the writing in this script has resulted in one of the best screenplays Hollywood has ever produced. The first-class direction & acting have ensured a powerful & convincing transfer from paper to celluloid.
Although this is not a 'Special Effects' film, there are a considerable number of effects in the film. Downplayed & used as such effects truly should be (as a technical enhancement to, rather than the object of the film) they convincingly & chillingly impart the sense of isolation felt by the Astronauts.
This 'aloneness'; their captivity in a the tiny LEM; the lack of action available to them is succinctly counter-balanced by the numerous ground crew, unfettered in thier movements as they rush round NASA desperatly, & with unending ingenuity, trying to solve one problem after another before time, power & oxygen run out for the three men in space.
**Rating Explanation
I watch & own a huge number of films & can sit through most
dross. My ratings are based on my personal response to films,not
any standard of quality. Therefore:
1 star : So awful I walked out/switched off/fell asleep
2 stars: I managed to watch alll of it, but it was painful
3 stars: It's OK - quite good, but I probably wouldn't watch it again
4 stars: It's good and/or enjoyable. I could happily watch it again
5 stars: These are special. My desert island films.
Amazing - By: J. Raishbrook, 18 Jan 2007 This film is just class you must buy it i am only 14 but hey I have big views. Everything about this flim is so compelling the music the exsitment & the ending well turly class love it.
Anyone who loves Space and Adventure, get this Movie!! - By: Mr. J. B. Derby, 10 Dec 2006 It is common knowledge to many of us that in 1970. 3 galant men set off on a long journey to the moon as the astronauts of Apollo 13. The movie is not only brilliant for its technological content, accuracy, but it is also brilliant in its accuracy of the events, fashion, music etc of circa 1970.
Since the movie was partly the result of research & knowledge of the actual events, yoiu are guaranted to be on the edge of your seat for the majority of this movie as it is portrays the enginuity, determination, & sheer brilliance to get those 3 astronauts safely back to earth. Every technological milestone is shown to get them back to earth is shown in detail to a point where it is simply quite brilliant.
Not only is the movie great in this area, but the emotional content is also spot on. The movie is also a tear jerker, for example when a Mrs Lovell is impatiently waiting for any knews of the status of the astronauts return to earth.
This is movie which suits a wide range of viewers, from the hardened technical buff, space buff, housewife, children or even the girlfriend!
Most true to life movies in my opinion are not exciting enough, but this one is filled with everything that you could hope for in a movie!
The BEST spacemovie I have EVER seen!
"houston we hav a problem. i shat myelf" - By: FROG!, 04 Oct 2006 
what a loade of codswollop r we aktuallly supposed to believe this happend? ok so they stranded in craft he sez about a thick as tin foil but something Blow up on the side & it crash into huge balll of flames intoo the sea but dey still survive???? ERRRRM NO!!!!! tom hankers is a good acter i admire him but he dus not suit this role i just cudnt beleev it when they sed this wos real how about that hay?
