"Cole Davis" (Channing Tatum) is the launch director at Cape Canaveral and is charged with getting the Apollo 11 mission to the moon (and back!). Thing is, with the Vietnam war in full swing the public have rather lost interest in the space race with the USSR. Presidential adviser "Moe" (Woody Harrelson) hits on the idea of bringing in marketing specialist "Kelly" (Scarlett Johansson) to spruce things up and get the public - and the US Senate - more engaged with the project before it runs out of...
Read Full ReviewNot for me. I found <em>'Fly Me to the Moon'</em> to be a disappointment. A sure sign of that being the case is that I don't have any positives for this movie. Well, OK, Scarlett Johansson is good, but there honestly isn't any other element to this that I can say I enjoyed. Johansson's co-star Channing Tatum feels miscast, I like the guy as an actor but here I didn't feel like he fit - visually his character didn't look or sound like someone out of the 1960s, in my eyes at least. None of t...
Read Full Review“Fly Me to the Moon” is so generic and sanitized that it feels like a blanket, sterilized television sitcom designed to appeal to the masses in middle America. Director Greg Berlanti‘s throwback romance has its moments, but even the chemistry between the leads a few flashes of creativity can’t save the overlong, draggy film. Set against the backdrop of NASA’s historic Apollo 11 moon landing in 1969, former con artist Kelly (Scarlett Johansson) is hired by President Nixon’s clandestine staff m...
Read Full Reviewby Sam Cooke
Actual footage and new footage created to tell the story of the Space Race between Russia and America; Different missions as they progressed on both sides
by Rob Cairns
Astronauts walk onto the spacecraft; (repeats) Astronauts land on the moon
by Arthur Conley
Kelly and her partner arrive in Florida, and check into a hotel; A huge pool party is in full swing; Kelly gets to her room which is right beside the raging party
by Eric Hachikian
Cole drives up to Wolfie's Restaurant
by Sam Cooke
Cole pulls up and enters NASA employee favorite; Kelly at the bar with a martini; She and Cole notice each other
by Etta James
Kelly and ruby sip martinis and get work done
by Eddie Floyd
Montage; Kelly and Ruby start to discuss their marketing strategy for NASA
by Arthur Conley
Strategizing about the 4 Senators and how to get at least 3 of their votes
by Clarence Carter
The party is in full swing; Cole shows Kelly Jenny; The crowd is dancing as Ruby asks Don to dance; Kelly and Cole sit on the roof with the party below and the moon above
by Love You
The party continues as Cole and Kelly sit outside looking up at the moon and talking about the launch