A far more enjoyable film than many critics would have me believe. A good family drama that was well written with great performances from Michelle Williams and Julianne Moore. The ending did slightly spoil the whole thing, if only it had cut off when it had the chance.
The first twenty minutes are as good a spectacle as you would ever want from a historical movie. London looks great and the arena for the balloon launch quite wonderful. Enter Felicity Jones, a super show-woman. Less exciting when we are up in the air, but the visuals are quite something on the IMAX screen. Jones and Eddie Redmayne reprise their double act from The Theory of Everything, this time it's the man who has to rely on his partner's skill. And boy, is it put to the test as director Tom Harper treats us to some giddy moments. So entertaining (the balloon sequences are fortunately interrupted by some back story) and visually stunning.
Aardman Studios have done it again. A wordless but not silent movie with stacks of visual gags, not least the expressions on the faces of the sheep, the alien, the farmer etc. So many references to old space movies I lost count. A great soundtrack with songs I had never heard before such as the up-tempo "Lazy" by The Vaccines and Kylie. Wonderful.
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