{"id":136076,"date":"2024-07-10T17:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollywoodintoto.com\/?p=2040673"},"modified":"2024-07-10T17:09:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T16:09:02","slug":"fly-me-to-the-moon-delivers-a-seriously-silly-rom-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/10\/fly-me-to-the-moon-delivers-a-seriously-silly-rom-com\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Fly Me to the Moon\u2019 Delivers a Seriously Silly Rom-Com"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Fly Me to the Moon” hijacks the mother of all conspiracy theories for our rom-com age.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ’60s-era film follows a love story entangled in a fake moon landing scheme.<\/p>\n

Sound silly? It is until it isn’t. And then it is again.<\/p>\n

“Fly Me to the Moon” offers some retro charm, two appealing leads and a rom-com structure that won’t make your eyes roll. That’s increasingly rare of late. You’ll have to swallow the film’s meandering tone to soak in its old-school pleasures.<\/p>\n

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Scarlett Johansson stars as Kelly Jones, a marketing whiz tasked with making NASA both hip and worthy of government cash. The Space Race is on, but not every politician is eager to steer enough greenbacks to emerge victorious.<\/p>\n

Leave it to Kelly, whose beauty and guile reduce grown men to quivering puddles.<\/p>\n

Cole Davis (Channing Tatum) is an exception. <\/p>\n

Sure, they have a meet-cute moment early in the film, but as NASA’s launch director, he doesn’t like how Kelly bends the truth to get things done. Little does he know she’ll do more than bend it soon enough.<\/p>\n

She’s coerced into staging a faux moon landing by a mysterious operator (Woody Harrelson, having a blast) just in case the actual mission fizzles.<\/p>\n

Will Cole and co. deposit a man on the moon? Can Kelly convince enough bureaucrats to pick up the tab? How often will the film take pot shots at President Richard M. Nixon, whose Watergate chicanery is still years away?<\/p>\n

Very often, to answer the latter question. The film also mocks people of faith, another sign you’re watching a 21st-century production.<\/p>\n

Otherwise, “Moon” delivers a more thoughtful brand of rom-com. Yes, you’ll laugh, mostly thanks to sly supporting turns by Harrelson and Ray Romano. The latter plays a NASA veteran who has more on the line than mere hubris.<\/p>\n

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