Movie Review # 684: Fly Me To The Moon (2024)

And now, ladies, and gentlemen, today, we review a comedy that stars Channing Tatum, Scarlett Johansson, and Woody Harrelson. Presenting to you all my review of Fly Me To The Moon!

Plot: During the 1960s, when the Space Race occurred, a relationship between NASA director (Scarlett Johansson) that’s in charge of the Apollo 11, and a marketing specialist forms. This happens in order to attempt to fix NASA’s public image by faking a “back-up” fake moon landing, with the help of a con artist (Woody Harrelson) Will the plan work in the end?

Well, I have to tell you guys this! Fly Me To The Moon is a really fun film. First of all, this film is a great example of how you do a parody, and do it right. I mean to do a parody of a real life event such as the first astronaut to land on the moon, it worked really well. Oh, and did I forget to mention that there are plenty of good laughs, and jokes that help make this movie even more fun? The movie also does a fantastic job of capturing the period of the 1960s, with its music, composed by Daniel Pemberton in this case. The characters are also great, and likable. Channing Tatum, and Scarlett Johansson as Cole Davis, Kelly/Winnie Jones respectively, they work great together. Not only is the relationship well established, but the two have excellent chemistry every time they are on screen together. What’s more is that their relationship is well-written, and can likely be relatable to any relationship in real life. And man, Ray Romano, and Woody Harrelson as Henry Smalls, and Moe Berkus respectively, they both play very interesting roles, especially the latter character. In addition to all of this, the premise was very interesting, and may make you ask some very interesting questions in regard to the whole deal of landing on the moon afterwards. One other thing to mention is that, when you learn why some of the characters act the way that they do, especially the main ones, it will probably serve as a reminder to not be so quick to judge people by their actions, but still call them out on them when they’re making wrong decisions.

With all those things mentioned, what weaknesses does this film have? Well, for one, some of the characters didn’t seem to feel as developed as they could have been. I mean they’re developed decently well. Some of that just seemed to have potential to be a little better. This also leads me to the other flaw of this film. That being that the ending, and characters could have maybe come around full circle more so than they did in the end.

And that’s my review for Fly Me To The Moon. Despite there being a couple flaws in this film, Fly Me To The Moon is a fun film with a creative premise, fun characters, and so much more. If you like films with people like Tatum, and Johansson, then all the more reason to this film. It’s just disappointing that Fly Me To The Moon didn’t perform as well as other films that came out around the same time have not been. So, if you want a comedy like this one, go see it, and see what you think!

Final Grade: A-