Apollo 13 (I) (1995)
Critic Reviews
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100
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USA Today Staff [Not Credited]
"The Right Stuff" will endure as the more ambitious movie, but this book-faithful, 2-hour team effort shrewdly keeps its eye on the ball.
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100
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ReelViews James Berardinelli
Perhaps the most impressive feat of this film is sustaining white-knuckle tension even though the chain of events is well-known.
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100
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Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
Ron Howard's film of this mission is directed with a single-mindedness and attention to detail that makes it riveting.
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100
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The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
You can know every glitch that made this such a dangerous mission, and Apollo 13 will still have you by the throat. [30 June 1995]
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100
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Time Richard Corliss
The result is that rare Hollywood achievement, an adventure of the intelligent spirit. From lift-off to splashdown, Apollo 13 gives one hell of a ride. [3 July 1995]
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90
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Newsweek
By sticking resolutely to the facts of the most amazing rescue mission of all time, the movie builds tremendous suspense, even though most people will know how it came out.
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88
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The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen
The direction may not be flashy, but it is controlled and confident; the frames unfold with a no-nonsense, nuts-and-bolts realism that, in this era of laser-blazing Batplanes, seems downright welcome.
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78
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Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
It's a riveting, nail-biting, two-buckets-of-popcorn return to form for Howard.
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70
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Variety Todd McCarthy
It's exceedingly linear structure, while unavoidable, renders it rather methodical and shallow in characterization.
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70
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TV Guide Magazine
Curiously empty and instantly forgettable.
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