Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum star in this frothy, fun, lightly-conspiratorial take on the Apollo 11 moon landing.
How to watch Fly Me to the Moon in the UK
Fly Me to the Moon is screening in UK cinemas right now.
What is Fly Me to the Moon about?
As America prepares to put a man on the moon (and they did, too, moon truthers), a crack, ruthless Madison Avenue advertising maven Kelly Jones (that’ll be ScarJo) is hired to sell the project to the public, much to the consternation of strait-laced Mission Director Cole Davis (Tates).
What’s more, her shady White House Handler Moe Berkus (Woody Harrelson, who seems to do a lot of this sort of thing) tasks her with also staging a fake landing, in case Armstrong and the boys go the way of Gus Grissom, the propaganda value of the mission being way too valuable to waste at the height of the Cold War.
Did we mention it’s a romantic comedy? That’s a hell of a meet-cute.
The cast of Fly Me to the Moon
Scarlett Johansson, who also produces, is Kelly Jones; Channing Tatum is Cole Davis; Jim Rash is capital E-eccentric commercial director Lance Vespertine; Ray Romano is NASA boffin Henry Smalls; and Woody Harrelson is Moe Berkus. This one comes to us from director Greg Berlanti, best known for his work on the Arrowverse and Riverdale, who subbed in for departing director Jason Bateman.
Fly Me to the Moon trailer
What are the critics saying about Fly Me to the Moon?
Well, look, it ain’t great, although reviews have been middling rather than damning, and the opening weekend box office shows that audiences smelled a stinker from a mile away. A $19m global take for a movie that Apple paid $100m for is not the sort of math that makes bean counters happy. Still, if you’re a fan of rom-coms in general, or the space race, or both, you may find something of worth here.
