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Moonshot

  • 2022
  • PG-13
  • 1h 44m
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5.6/10
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Cole Sprouse and Lana Condor in Moonshot (2022)
Follow Walt and Sophie as they join forces in order to be reunited with their significant others. The two embark upon a lively journey that winds up taking them both wildly and unexpectedly off course.
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This romantic comedy with a twist follows two college students as they join forces in order to be reunited with their significant others, embarking on a lively journey that takes them wildly... Read allThis romantic comedy with a twist follows two college students as they join forces in order to be reunited with their significant others, embarking on a lively journey that takes them wildly off course.This romantic comedy with a twist follows two college students as they join forces in order to be reunited with their significant others, embarking on a lively journey that takes them wildly off course.

  • Director
    • Christopher Winterbauer
  • Writer
    • Max Taxe
  • Stars
    • Cole Sprouse
    • Zach Braff
    • Peter Woodward
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.6/10
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    • Director
      • Christopher Winterbauer
    • Writer
      • Max Taxe
    • Stars
      • Cole Sprouse
      • Zach Braff
      • Peter Woodward
    • 80User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Cole Sprouse
    Cole Sprouse
    • Walt
    Zach Braff
    Zach Braff
    • Leon Kovi
    Peter Woodward
    Peter Woodward
    • Gary
    • (voice)
    Henson Milam
    Henson Milam
    • Marie
    Lukas Gage
    Lukas Gage
    • Dalton
    Sarah Stipe
    Sarah Stipe
    • Girl #1
    Kabby Borders
    Kabby Borders
    • Girl #2
    Lana Condor
    Lana Condor
    • Sophie
    Mason Gooding
    Mason Gooding
    • Calvin
    Drez Ryan
    • Brandon
    Christine Adams
    Christine Adams
    • Jan
    Chelsea Rivera
    Chelsea Rivera
    • Drunk Girl
    Emily Rudd
    Emily Rudd
    • Ginny
    Jac Huberman
    • Angie
    • (voice)
    • …
    Najah Bradley
    Najah Bradley
    • Gate Attendant
    Kathrine Barnes
    Kathrine Barnes
    • Flight Attendant
    Michelle Buteau
    Michelle Buteau
    • Captain Tarter
    Cameron Esposito
    Cameron Esposito
    • Tabby
    • Director
      • Christopher Winterbauer
    • Writer
      • Max Taxe
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    5dochands

    Rom com to Mars. Why call it Moonshot?

    This is predictable and silly. Not worthy of review. My only question is if they are on a shuttle to Mars why is the movie called Moonshot? Asking for a friend.
    5krs-92202

    Yep.

    After closing it once and walking away, I came back because no one else expressed how much this was would have been a movie on Disney. I guess because the male lead still acts like he did when he was on Disney. There were funny parts, I loved the Captain (Michelle Buteau), but not enough good parts to make this above a just average movie.
    4IonicBreezeMachine

    An underwhelming romance featuring two unlikable characters with no chemistry and rather underwhelming comedy

    In 2049, mankind has successfully colonized Mars with applicants able to either purchase commercial tickets or apply for the a work program. Assistant barista and slacker Walt Scott (Cole Sprouse) having been rejected 37 times and finding his "dream girl" Ginny (Emily Rudd) is now going to Mars finally decides to stowaway on the latest ship to mars using the unwitting help of Sophie Tsukino (Lana Candor) whom he tricks into bringing through the boarding gate so he can sneak in on the escape pods. Shortly after liftoff, Sophie quickly discovers Walt and realizing that security will connect his presence to her reluctantly helps hide him so she isn't placed on a no-fly list and kept from reunited with her boyfriend Calvin (Mason Gooding). Over the course of a month Walt and Sophie serve as reluctant roomates with their relationship developing over time.

    Moonshot comes to us from producer Greg Berlanti's Berlanti-Schechter Filmsin the second feature film produced for HBO Max following 2020's unpregnant. The movie is the first major release for director Chris Winterbauer and writer Max Taxe with Winterbauer's previous credits being mostly short films and a feature called Wyrm which appears to have never been released. On paper the film seems like an okay setup for a light sci-fi comedy romance film, but in execution it falls flat with two leads who don't fit as a couple despite the movie's attempt to make them.

    Cole Sprouse plays Walt as a slacker who hasn't accomplished anything and somehow thinks going to Mars will fix all his problems. He meets a random girl, Ginny, at a party and takes this as "love" and uses it as an excuse to trick someone into helping him stowaway. Lana Condor plays Sophie who's tightly wound, abrasive, and condescending and seems and the character despite having more drive than Walt by comparison carries airs of superiority that honestly just grated on me. Both these characters are awful and their chemistry is virtually non-existent. At the relative "height" of their "romance" Walt and Sophie never feel like they go above mildly tolerating each other let alone romance especially in comparison to ancillary characters like Cameron Esposito's Tabby and Sunita Deshpande's Celeste who make you wonder "why are we not watching a movie about these two?".

    Moonshot evokes the feel of a number of other similar movies with bits of Wall-E, Silent Running, or even more recent films like Love and Monsters and it just doesn't come anywhere close to the level of these movies you can't help but compare it to. Maybe if our two leads had the slightest bit of chemistry to them or endeared themselves, but they don't. Even in the third act nadir Sophie still has more chemistry with Calvin than with Walt and the movie wants us to root for Sophie and Walt as a couple. The one element I can say kind of worked was Zach Braff as space entrepreneur Leon Kovi whose whole gimmick basically boils down to laughing at how much of an idiot Walt is and his turning Walt into an interstellar punchline by Memeing while a little pandering was probably the high point of the humor in this movie which probably speaks to how inert the humor truly is. There are also some moments of visual wonder and genuine awe in the movie tat almost work, but most of the time the setting isn't fully exploited and it might as well be a cruise ship for all it effects the plot.

    Moonshot is not good. It features two unlikable characters portrayed by actors with no chemistry and pales in comparison to similarly themed films that are better. Zach Braff's brief performance at the end was kind of entertaining and there's individual moments that almost work, but this is one you can skip without missing much.
    6a_filmcritter

    fresh premise but could be better

    This film follows the same template as most romcoms, the two pretend to be boyfriend-girlfriend, despite disliking one another, but then they can't help but fall for one another ...except this takes place in space.

    Moonshot is definitely tailored for young viewers, and in that sense it is entertaining, funny, and cute. I found the beginning to be weird or slow, but once they get into space things start to pick up. I also thought the chemistry could be better between the two, as some romantic scenes felt too forced. But they are meant to be a quirky and 'different' couple from most romcom couples, and I thought they were able to pull that off together.
    5anaaannya

    One time watch film!

    Moonshot was supposed to enchant me, but it never did. Condor's natural charisma should carry this, but Sprouse's Ryan Reynolds Lite chatter-snark grinds it to a halt. Goofy omnipresent robot voices interject one-liners, unmemorable supporting characters come and go, and the obligatory pseudo-philosophical two-blips-in-the-vastness-of-the-universe moments are more corny than profound. Such things aren't good or funny enough to take our attention away from the painful reality that our two protagonists are so thin and generic that their love story is dormant.

    Among the hilarity, Moonshot primarily featured some light drama centered on two young people trying to figure out who they are and what they want to be, culminating with Walt giving Sophie advice about her relationship with another Mars-dwelling Dude. If properly executed and written, it would be a good starting point. However, the film tries to combine two genres by juxtaposing lightly combative banter and forced tender moments against Ikea Basics Spaceship backdrops, which, despite establishing a more cheery and optimistic tone than the usual austere dystopian-future fodder, feels like two ideas crudely stapled together. After seeing this, I honestly believe that Wall E and EVE had more chemistry and a better storyline than this film and lead casts.

    In short, if you have nothing to do and nothing to watch one evening, you can stream it. Because- Moonshot appears to be a different kind of rom-com, but it tells the same old story. For me, it is only a one-time watch film.

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    • Trivia
      The board game being played by Sophie's family while on Mars is Terraforming Mars, a real game released in 2016.
    • Quotes

      Leon Kovi: You remind me of a young me, Walt. Emotionally, that is. Intellectually, it's more of an apples to... whatever a much smarter fruit is. What's a smarter fruit, Walt?

      Walt: Papaya?

      Leon Kovi: Papaya! Yes! I'm the papaya. Do you know why the papaya came to Mars, Walt?

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    • Release date
      • May 12, 2022 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 문샷
    • Filming locations
      • Georgia, USA
    • Production companies
      • Berlanti Productions
      • Entertainment 360
      • Good Universe
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 44 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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