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Critic Michael Nordine
rated 8

Chazelle is an adept flight commander, guiding the action with the elegance of a space dance in one scene and the intensity of a rocket launch in the next.

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 8

Chazelle tells Armstrong’s story with certainty and verve.

Read full review at The Guardian
Max Delér
rated 8

Really well-made, interesting, and accurate. Space fascinates me, and the Apollo 11 story is cool and there is so much to it besides three men actually going to the Moon and back.

4 years ago
Critic Robbie Collin
rated 8

...a thoughtful character study

Read full review at The Telegraph
Critic Sandie Angulo Chen
rated 8

Gosling is a masterful actor: one who never overacts and seems to truly understand the art of subtlety.

Read full review at Common Sense Media
Critic Rafael Motamayor Aguiton
rated 9

...a stunning cinematic achievement that celebrates one of humanity’s biggest triumphs... ...yet it never loses sight of its personal and small-scale story about a man going to work.

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Critic Lisa Brygger
rated 10

Det er på alle måder en mesterlig film, den Oscar-vindende instruktør Damien Chazellehar skruet sammen med branchens bedste.

Read full review at Cinemazone
Critic Kasper Würtz
rated 8

De undergangseksplosioner og den knasende, blændende hvidhed, der fylder lærredet, når Apollo 11 letter og ryger i kredsløb, sender ørerne med ud på stjernetogt og får dig til at gribe efter sikkerhedsbæltet.

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Cast & Crew

Damien Chazelle
Director
John F. Kennedy
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ciarán Hinds
As Robert R. Gilruth
Shea Whigham
As Gus Grissom
Lukas Haas
As Michael Collins
J.D. Evermore
As Christopher C. Kraft Jr.
Jason Clarke
As Ed White

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* Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong * Claire Foy as Janet Shearon Armstrong, Neil's wife * Jason Clarke as Ed White, astronaut and friend of Armstrong's who died in a fire during a test flight for Apollo 1 * Kyle Chandler as Deke Slayton, astronaut and NASA manager who played a key role in selecting crew members for Apollo missions * Corey Stoll as Buzz Aldrin, astronaut who accompanied Armstrong on the moon landing during Apollo 11 mission * Christopher Abbott as David Scott, astronaut who was part of the backup crew for Apollo 8 mission that orbited Earth instead of landing on Moon due to delays caused by issues with their spacecraft's service module electrical power system testing procedures (which would later become known colloquially among some engineers within Nasa at "No bucks no Buck Rogers"). They became friends over time after working together extensively within various training programs run out of Houston Texas where they both lived - Houston being home base not just for many other key figures involved but also Mission Control itself!

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First Man was released in theaters on October 18, 2018.