Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon is an earnest but insubstantial Imax 3-D spectacle that, even at 40 minutes, seems unduly padded.

Full Review | Oct 6, 2005

The illusion is impressive but incomplete, and therefore mildly disappointing. But I cannot deny having felt a little nervous when 'we' were standing too close to the edge at the Grand Canyon-like Hadley Rille. So clearly I am a liar.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 23, 2005

One of the astronauts describes his excitement during the lunar mission as 'like a kid playing in a sandbox.' Unfortunately, that could also sum up the film's visual content.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Sep 23, 2005

Adults will be more than passably entertained by this short, patriotic feature, and kids will be entranced.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 23, 2005

Playful, inspirational.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 23, 2005

Offers the most realistic approximation of a moon visit that Earthbound mortals have ever seen.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 23, 2005

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D promises to put viewers on the lunar surface, and through previously unreleased photos and footage from NASA's archives, along with CGI and re-enactments, it pulls off the illusion.

Full Review | Sep 23, 2005

It cleverly re-creates what it must have felt like to walk in the astronauts' weighted boots.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Sep 23, 2005

The movie's most significant triumph is in refreshing our awareness of the courage and sacrifice of all the astronauts, both celebrated and unsung.

| Original Score: B+ | Sep 22, 2005

Hanks still possesses that awestruck enthusiasm of a teenager and there's something admirable about him wanting to pass that on.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 22, 2005

When you fail to acknowledge the difference between Hollywood and reality, you have abdicated this responsibility.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 22, 2005

A gee-wonderful virtual visit to the arid orb, which uses ingenious technical sleight of hand to -- let's face it -- fake it beautifully.

| Sep 22, 2005

The movie's biggest asset is Hanks, who can't hide the excitement in his voice. The mood is contagious.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Sep 22, 2005

Aims for the junior stargazer in a release coinciding with NASA's new moon-by-2018 initiative. The movie is unmistakably a pitch, and an honorable one.

| Original Score: B- | Sep 21, 2005