The weekend has arrived and it’s time for another handpicked OTT selection from us for your weekend binge-watch needs. This time, we give you a highly rated animated sci-fi adventure film which you might have missed watching. We are talking about Richard Linklater’s ‘Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood’. The film is streaming in India on the Netflix OTT platform.
Set in the year 1969 in Houston, Texas, ‘Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood’ focuses on the iconic first moon landing event which happened in the same year and place. The film’s story is narrated from two perspectives. From the point of view of the astronaut and through the eyes of a kid who lives in Houston and who secretly aspires for his own space mission.
Interestingly, ‘Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood’ has been inspired from the life and memories of the Oscar-nominated and BAFTA winning director Richard Linklater himself. Previously, the filmmaker has given us some fine films like ‘Before Sunrise’, ‘Before Sunset’, ‘Boyhood’’, and ‘A Scanner Darkly’ (another must-watch animated film).
On the reviews front, ‘Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood’ is ‘Certified Fresh’ and holds an impressive 91% critics score on reviews aggregation portal Rotten Tomatoes. On another popular reviews aggregation website Metacritic, the movie has garnered a metascore of 79, indicating ‘Generally Favourable Reviews’.
In case you are still unable to make up your mind about watching ‘Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood’ on Netflix, you can watch the movie’s trailer to get a better idea. Have a great weekend and Happy Bingeing!
‘Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood’ Trailer –