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At the weekend I went to see First Man, the story of the first lunar landing in 1969. Despite knowing the outcome it was still a gripping film and Ryan Gosling as Neil Armstrong held centre stage throughout the 2 hours and 20 minutes.

To achieve success it displayed Neil Armstrong as totally focussed on his work, without emotion and his wife handled their relationship with great intelligence managing to balance family life with the passion he had for his mission. At times I thought the film could have been moved along and it is possibly 30 minutes too long. The cinematography was excellent with great visuals throughout. In summary it was good but not a great film.