Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum costar in a Nixon-era rom-com set during the peak of the Space Race that never quite ignites on the launchpad.
It may not have all the right stuff, but what 'Fly Me to the Moon' lacks in narrative coherence and tonal consistency it makes up for, in part, by simply existing. If that sounds like damning with faint praise, it is. By all rights, the movie, set mainly in 1969 during the lead-up to NASA’s Apollo 11 lunar landing, should have been a far sharper, kickier, more propulsive ride.
Whether it’s the writing or the direction, even when his character lightens up, Tatum still comes off a bit stiff. Kelly and Cole’s budding romance soon takes a back seat to the story’s second-act curveball. That’s when Moe orders a reluctant Kelly to stage and film a mock moon landing in a studio that can be broadcast to the world to save America’s face — particularly against chief space-race competitor the Soviet Union — should the mission tank.
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