Rotten Tomatoes
Cancel Movies Tv shows

In the Shadow of the Moon Reviews

A captivating and revelatory experience from beginning to end.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Nov 9, 2018

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 16, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 16, 2011

Lofty recap of the Apollo moon program.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 15, 2010

| Original Score: A | Oct 29, 2008

The single most stirring and satisfying feature of 2007.

| Oct 18, 2008

It never hurts to be reminded of our potential and our insignicance, and who better to do the reminding than clean-cut American boys who've covered up the entire world with their thumbs.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 3, 2008

I wouldn't have missed this chance to revisit one of earth's most significant encounters with deep space for anything.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | Mar 19, 2008

At the heart of the film is the beautifully remastered footage of the 1969 Apollo 11 moon landing (some previously unseen), interspersed with testimonials from not only two of the men who were there, who describe their innermost thoughts and feelings.

| Mar 1, 2008

The crowd-pleaser has enough ambition to pitch a one-size-fits-all philosophy based on the Apollo crew's revelation that looking down from space, our problems seem trivial.

| Original Score: B | Feb 22, 2008

Thoroughly engaging documentary that takes a fascinating look at the moon landings using some breathtaking never before seen footage and some remarkably candid interviews with the surviving astronauts.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 2, 2007

Inspiring.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 2, 2007

Respectful, enthusiastic and occasionally rather touching as the men, now in their seventies, recall how it felt up there. Yet the really important question never gets asked: what was it all for?

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 2, 2007

The shots of the Moon, even after so many effects-heavy studio films have tried to recreate the look, are uncanny.

| Nov 2, 2007

Stirring stuff, packed with as many beautiful images as portentous outbursts.

| Nov 2, 2007

There is something thrilling and moving in this documentary about the great era of the Nasa moon landings.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 2, 2007

You probably won't find a more comprehensive document of space exploration on film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 2, 2007

A solid, engrossing affair intercut with footage from the time, including live coverage of that famous day in July 1969 when Armstrong and Aldrin first walked on the lunar surface.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 2, 2007

A timely tribute to the 12 men who landed on the moon during the 1960s and 1970s. The remastered, rediscovered documentary footage is incredible, although the absence of Neil Armstrong is disappointing.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 2, 2007

The heart of Sington's film is the dry humour and boundless humility of his interviewees.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 2, 2007

Load More