First Man

2018 Directed by Damien Chazelle

One giant leap into the unknown

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

Ryan Gosling Claire Foy Jason Clarke Kyle Chandler Corey Stoll Patrick Fugit Christopher Abbott Ciarán Hinds Olivia Hamilton Pablo Schreiber Shea Whigham Lukas Haas Ethan Embry Brian d'Arcy James Cory Michael Smith Kris Rey Gavin Warren Luke Winters Connor Blodgett Lucy Stafford J.D. Evermore Leon Bridges Steve Coulter Skyler Bible William Gregory Lee Choppy Guillotte Braydyn Nash Helms Edmund Grant Callie Brown Show All…

Alternative Titles

第一人, O Primeiro Homem, El Primer Hombre, El Primer Hombre En La Luna, First man (El primer hombre), First Man El primer hombre

drama history

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Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 34

oops i forgot to "review" this it's really good and i cried like a banshee at the end (which is starting to happen more and more as my brain wilts in my old age) and then i've spent the last week trying to sort out if Chazelle actually earned that ending and then i realized i don't think i care? i dread having to have that conversation for the next 5 months, but such is the life i've chosen.
anyway, the music fucks. that much i know for sure.
Review by adrianbalboa ★★★ 145

i'm not gonna try and claim that movies about emotionally unavailable white men aren't/can't be interesting. i'm not saying biopics can't be interesting. my favorite movie for the past 7 years has been the social network. but, in 2018, is a neil armstrong biopic called FIRST MAN really the MOST interesting story to tell? i think it's strange that damien chazelle watched moonlight win best picture two years ago and then didn't take into account any of what made made it more relevant/BP-worthy than la la land (which is not to say he needed to take inspiration from moonlight, he's free to do his own thing, and he's amazing at it, but) some of the minor/side-stories seemed like they had…
Review by Sean Baker 31

Technically really solid. Linus Sandgren really rocks the cinematography on this. He loves his Camtec Vintage Series Ultra Primes.
Here's an article on it: www.camtec.tv/news/2017/7/18/linus-sandgren-fsf-on-joy-camtec-vintage-ultra-primes-in-icg-magazine
Saw it on the big screen at DGA West which means I did not see the end sequence in IMAX. But honestly, I've never fancied format changes (that alter the aspect ratio) in films so happy to see it all at 2.39.
Review by demi adejuyigbe ★★★★ 12

It’s incredible how half of this movie is a plaintive, quiet drama that might read to some as boring (i mean, it’s from one of the writers behind The Post) and the other half of this movie is tense, close-quartered action that had me literally leaning forward and clutching my chest with one hand while I bit the nails on my other hand down to the fucking skin. This one is gonna stress people out. Chazelle really went all out to prove he’s not a one-trick pony, and he nails it. There’s so little about this movie that would ever suggest it’s from the same guy that made Whiplash and La La Land, but ya gotta give it up to…
Review by Jay ★★★½ 1

neil: i love you to the moon and back
janet: prove it then bitch
Review by Roberto_ ★★★★ 7

la la landing
Review by josh lewis ★★★★ 16

an engineer witnesses the death of a child and and can't help but see it as a failure of technical precision and imagination. he willfully isolates himself in an effort to prove it, and through sheer obsessive will and technical process orchestrates a relatively pointless and performative but nonetheless very cathartic and very real miracle to see it through. he achieves the metaphysical and by the end is still isolated. what a sad fucking movie.
Review by sree ★★★★ 1

fucked up if true
Review by Patrick Willems ★★★½ 1

Man, being an astronaut looks way less fun than I used to think.
Review by kevinyang ★★½ 72

This year's Dunkirk in that cold, monotonous filmmaking gets praised for its restraint and minimalism when in reality it just has no idea how to translate a compelling real life story. You can sense the push and pull between Chazelle and Singer throughout. The former is clearly straining for some semblance of wonder and artistry, some approach that will transcend the realm of the biopic and unite the film under a grand yet grounded emotional tapestry; unfortunately, with the exception of a scene at the end, this just mostly results in a bunch of perfunctory navel gazing that will undoubtedly be compared to Malick. Meanwhile, Singer is perfectly content with working squarely in the realm of a generic, Point A to Point…
Review by truman ★★★★½ 5

tired: stanley kubrick faked the moon landing
wired: damien chazelle faked the moon landing
Review by Lucy ★★★½ 11

“it’ll be an adventure”
in all honesty? i was way too tired to experience this fully. and a little too predictable for me at times, but i figured it would be. the style isn’t what i thought it would be though: a little gravity, a little arrival, even a hint of the tree of life. and the score is SO fresh. give me time, i’m definitely planning to rewatch it when i can

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Review by bigchuggles ★★★★

Now I've a bias here because I am just fascinated by the moon landings and think they're man's greatest achievement so I really enjoyed this. The casting of Ryan gosling as Neil Armstrong is perfect and I would die for him. Overall pretty decent.
Review by Thatdudewhowatchesmovies ★★★

First Man tells the events one of Planet Earth grandest achievements, the moon landing. Yet the film is less a conventional Hollywood biopics and more a personal insight into leading man Neil Armstrong’s life and family and his personal struggles to gain the confidence to carry out this colossal mission due to a tragedy they suffered.
First Man has almost every element that I easily fall head over heels for in films. I understand one can draw criticism toward biopics for the fact that they can lack imagination and are an easy convention for industry producers and filmmakers, as the narrative is essential placed for them. I sympathise, but I also, being a history lover, adore chapters of the past…
Review by Christian Kin ★★★★

La la land but its houston instead of Los Angeles
Review by AlmiightyBerto ★★★★

If you don't believe the moon landing actually happened you're a fucking idiot
Review by FilmsWithEric ★★★★½

Gosling, space, AND test flights? Swoon
Review by Keenano ★★★★

78/100
Review by vexli_ ★★★

مافيه اي حرق بالمراجعة👍🏻
عمل جيد جدا ومتعوب عليه تصويريا وموسيقيا وانتاجيا بلا ادنى شك وابداع كبير من الممثلين يستحق المدح صراحة
ابداع الممثلين بأدوارهم كان جدا ملفت راين قوسلينق بدور رائد الفضاء (نيل ارمسترونغ) وكلير فوي بدور زوجته كانت مبدعه جدا
نجي لتشازيل والشغل العظيم اللي سواه اخراجيا رهيببببب رهيب ومن ناحية الموسيقى التصويريه برضوا رائع
لكن المشكله الفعليه هي في سرد القصه على مدار ساعتين و٢٠ دقيقه واللي تعتبر جيده (اقصد القصه) لكن طريقة سردها في عديد من اوقات العمل كانت ممله جدااااااا ومشاهد نوعا ما مكرره بالعمل كثير وكل شوي يعيدها بس بازمنه مختلفه، وايضا مشاهد كلاسيكيه نوعا ما وشفناها بكل اعمال الفضاء كثير من الاوقات راح تلقى نفسك زهقت
عمل يستحق المشاهده عموما وممكن ياخذ اكثر من تقييمي ذا عند شخص ثاني وبالنهاية لولا اختلاف الاذواق لبارة السلع
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Review by BlairCullen ★

This film is about as dull as Ryan Goslings performance
Review by Niño ★★★★

75/100
Review by Kyle ★★★★

I don’t think I have what it takes to go to the moon. I’m no Lukas Haas
Review by Darragh Scanlon ★★★★½

Whole not his best written film or film in general . Holy fucking shit the presentation is fucking phenomenal ahhhhhhhhhh
Review by daltonse ★★★★½

Confused by the ratings, because I thought this was phenomenal. I loved the score, I loved how it was shot - more personal than spectacle, yet it still looked pretty spectacular. The acting was brilliant as well. I didn’t know a lot of the behind the scenes stuff and it all just added to what was already an incredible event. Yeah, good stuff. Pity it was all fake and Neil Armstrong was a lizard.