Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood

2022 99 min ★ 7.0 Animation, Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction

A man narrates stories of his life as a 10-year-old boy in 1969 Houston, weaving tales of nostalgia with a fantastical account of a journey to the moon.

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Cast

Milo Coy

Stan

Jack Black

Grown Up Stan (voice)

Lee Eddy

Mom

Bill Wise

Dad

Natalie L'Amoreaux

Vicky

Josh Wiggins

Steve

Jessica Brynn Cohen

Jana

Sam Chipman

Greg

Danielle Guilbot

Stephanie

Zachary Levi

Kranz

Details

Director

Richard Linklater

Tagline

"A coming of age story.... the way only Richard Linklater could tell it."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Production

Detour Filmproduction, Submarine

Reviews

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tmdb28039023

August 27, 2022

★ 7/10

Apollo 10½ is vintage Richard Linklater — a rotoscopic, wistful, Wonder Years/A Christmas Story slice-of-life set in a very specific time and place, and yet uncannily atemporal and universal (Bewitched, Get Smart, Batman, Gilligan, I Dream of Jeannie, The Addams Family, Hogan’s Heroes, etc., along with a few classic films and historically relevant newscasts, are briefly yet lovingly recreated). ...

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tmdb28039023

August 30, 2022

★ 7/10

Apollo 10½ is vintage Richard Linklater — a rotoscopic, wistful, Wonder Years/A Christmas Story slice-of-life set in a very specific time and place, and yet uncannily atemporal and universal (Bewitched, Get Smart, Batman, Gilligan, I Dream of Jeannie, The Addams Family, Hogan’s Heroes, etc., along with a few classic films and historically relevant newscasts, are briefly yet lovingly recreated). ...

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tmdb62583583

September 12, 2022

Guess I’m a Linklater fan now, I’ve adored all of his features I’ve seen and this is no exception. Kinda ironic that the “10½” part is the weakest aspect of this, the rest of it is such a beautiful and intimate portrait of childhood. Such an intense sense of warmth and memory that I rarely see conjured in film, couldn’t help but be charmed by it. Beautiful movie.