Apollo 13 (1995)
Average Rating: 8.1/10
Reviews Counted: 81
Fresh: 77 | Rotten: 4
In recreating the troubled space mission, Apollo 13 pulls no punches: it's a masterfully told drama from director Ron Howard, bolstered by an ensemble of solid performances.
Average Rating: 8.1/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 26 | Rotten: 2
In recreating the troubled space mission, Apollo 13 pulls no punches: it's a masterfully told drama from director Ron Howard, bolstered by an ensemble of solid performances.
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"Houston, we have a problem." Those words were immortalized during the tense days of the Apollo 13 lunar mission crisis in 1970, events recreated in this epic historical drama from Ron Howard. Astronaut Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) leads command module pilot Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) and lunar module driver Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) on what is slated as NASA's third lunar landing mission. All goes smoothly until the craft is halfway through its mission, when an exploding oxygen tank threatens the
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Cast
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Tom Hanks
Jim Lovell -
Bill Paxton
Fred Haise -
Kevin Bacon
Jack Swigert -
Gary Sinise
Ken Mattingly -
Ed Harris
Gene Kranz -
Kathleen Quinlan
Marilyn Lovell -
David Andrews
Pete Conrad -
Xander Berkeley
Henry Hurt -
Geoffrey Blake
GUIDO Gold -
Frank Cavestani
Reporter -
J.J. Chaback
Neighbor -
Christian Clemenson
Dr. Chuck -
Brett Cullen
CAPCOM 1 -
Joseph Culp
TELMU Gold -
Loren Dean
EECOM Arthur -
Julie Donatt
Reporter -
John Dullaghan
Reporter -
Wayne Duvall
LEM Controller White -
Christopher John Fie...
Booster White -
Googy Gress
RETRO White -
Max Grodénchik
FIDO Gold -
Ryan Holihan
SIM Tech -
Clint Howard
EECOM White -
Jean Speegle Howard
Blanch Lovell -
Rance Howard
Reverend -
Miko Hughes
Jeffrey Lovell -
Herbert Jefferson Jr...
Reporter -
Andrew Lipschultz
Launch Director -
Michelle Little
Jane Conrad -
Todd Louiso
FAO White -
Paul Mantee
Reporter -
Louisa Marie
Whiz Kid Mom -
Brian Markinson
Pad Rat -
Ben Marley
John Young -
Karen Martin
Tracey -
John M. Mathews
Reporter -
Marc McClure
Glynn Lunney -
Ray McKinnon
FIDO White -
Andy Milder
GUIDO White -
Austin O'Brien
Whiz Kid -
Tracy Reiner
Mary Haise -
James Ritz
Ted -
Reed Rudy
Roger Chaffee -
Arthur Senzy
SIM Tech -
John Short
INCO White -
Max Elliott Slade
Jay Lovell -
Joe Spano
NASA Director -
Ned Vaughn
CAPCOM 2 -
John Wheeler
Reporter -
Mark Wheeler
Neil Armstrong -
Kenneth White
Grumman Rep -
Tom Wood
EECOM Gold -
Roger Corman
Congressman -
Chris Ellis
Deke Slayton -
Todd Hallowell
Noisy Civilian -
Steve Ruge
Edward White -
Larry B. Williams
Buzz Aldrin -
Jack Conley
Science Reporter -
Carl Gabriel Yorke
SIM Tech -
Ben Bode
INCO Gold -
Mary Kate Schellhard...
Barbara Lovell -
Thom Barry
Orderly -
Emily Ann Lloyd
Susan Lovell -
Bruce Wright
Anchor -
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All Critics (82) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (77) | Rotten (4) | DVD (39)
Even if you know how it all turned out (and you should), this amazing journey is harrowing and exhilarating.
Top CriticThe film succeeds brilliantly at organizing great gobs of information into powerful drama.
Hanks is a terrific choice for the lead because he can appear strong and military without slipping over into Sgt. Rock corniness.
Apollo 13, one of the most exciting adventure movies of the year, proves that science history can be just as thrilling as science fiction.
Howard is not above pushing buttons of his own and milking the big moments. But they are indeed big moments, and the manipulation is not intrusive. He has made a can-do movie for our can't-do age.
The film, despite its raggedness, is stirring. In the end, this failed mission seems like the most impressive achievement of the entire space program: a triumph not of planning but of inspired improvisation.
The special effects are as spectacular as anything in Star Trek, but Howard shows wise restraint in not inflating the drama and tension inherent in the true story.
Partially filmed in genuine weightless conditions, Ron Howard's movie is a technical tour de force.
This stuff works so well because the production is so convincing.
The genius of Apollo 13 lies in its universal appeal -- everybody loves a story about a lousy flight.
Tom Hanks perfectly embodies white bread goodness as mission leader Jim Lovell and, while we may all know the ending, it's a tribute to Howard's no-frills, focused direction that the story remains undeniably gripping.
What compensates for this predictable plot is the professionalism with which it's told, turning a minor piece of 1970s history into an engaging yarn with equal quantities of special-effects wizardry and human feeling.
If there is one subject that makes it okay to feel old-fashioned patriotism and pride in humanity... it is surely the US space program.
Thrilling, heartwarming, scary, and superb.
Truly a director for the '90s, Ron Howard has mastered the art of spinning big, old-fashioned yarns without any discernible point of view, and his movie is curiously empty and instantly forgettable.
This is not about the incalculable emptiness of the void. Space here is nothing more than an extension of the western frontier and manifest destiny, a place where men can be brave and women admiring.
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- Jim Lovell: Houston, we have a problem.
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- Jim Lovell: Gentlemen, it's been a privilege flying with you.
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- Jim Lovell: Huston, we have a problem.
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- Jim Lovell: I'll be walking in a place where there is 400 degrees difference between sunlight and shadow. I can't imagine ever topping that.
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- Jim Lovell: I sometimes catch myself looking up at the Moon, remembering the changes of fortune in our long voyage, thinking of the thousands of people who worked to bring the three of us home. I look up at the Moon and wonder, when will we be going back, and who will that be?
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- Jim Lovell: You never know what events are to transpire to get you home.
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