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- Moonshot is a 2022 American science-fiction romantic comedy film directed by Christopher Winterbauer and written by Max Taxe.
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Mar 31, 2022 · Cole Sprouse and Lana Condor have a meet-cute en route to Mars in the young adult rom-com “Moonshot,” streaming on HBO Max.
Moonshot is a 2022 American science-fiction romantic comedy film directed by Christopher Winterbauer and written by Max Taxe. It stars Cole Sprouse, Lana Condor, Mason Gooding, Emily Rudd, and Zach Braff.
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Mar 31, 2022 · A penniless stowaway meets an uptight rich girl aboard a spaceship to Mars in this retro-futuristic YA throwback to classic rom-coms.
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By Matt Fowler
Posted: Mar 31, 2022 2:00 pm
Moonshot premieres Thursday, March 31 on HBO Max.
It's too bad Moonshot didn't come out a month ago, during the closest thing we have to an official "rom-com season," as it's a sly and witty "enemies-to-more" comedy that nicely blends genre tropes with sci-fi snark. Starring Riverdale/Zack & Cody's Cole Sprouse and Deadly Class' Lana Condor, Moonshot, which is mostly set aboard a transport spaceship to Mars (no, not the moon), is peacefully sweet while also infused with a light subversive edge.
Moonshot isn't all left turns, though. It still very much adheres to the genre's trappings and delivers the comfort food you'd expect. Sprouse's Walt is an unfocused fly-by-the-seat-of-his pants guy while Condor's Sophie is the anxious plan-oriented type, and while it's not the best look to have an extraordinary woman fall for a supremely average dude (Walt's mediocrity is a humorous running joke), the movie still has the good sense to have him be the one to want to follow and support her.
For most of his life, Walt has only had eyes for Mars, idolizing space explorer Leon Kovi (Braff, being delightfully dickish), while also getting rejected from Kovi's Mars project dozens of times due to his severe lack of skill in any and every necessary science. Sophie is a genius in her field and the two mix like oil and water at first, yet both make huge impulsive decisions to head to Mars for love. For Sophie, it's to see her long long-distance boyfriend Calvin (Gooding) and for Walt, it's to keep in touch with (ostensibly) the first girl to ever show him any interest (Rudd).
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Moonshot is smart enough to never villainize the other love interests and instead actually makes them feel like good fits for Walt and Sophie at the outset, so much so that you might not even want Walt and Sophie to fall in love at first; you just want them to be with their respective partners/objects of affection. The entire middle part of the story is just the two of them trying to not get in trouble after Walt sneaks aboard the Mars craft. He doesn't want to get arrested and she doesn't want to get caught with a stowaway. The love element here sneaks up on you, in a good way, as it becomes clearer that their actual reasons for going to Mars aren't really what they think they are.
Moonshot uses its otherworldly elements to shine a spotlight on two central characters in search of family and in need of belonging. It plays it satisfyingly safe with the love story while mixing in a bit of bite with the sci-fi elements (along with the romantic backdrops of spacewalks and galactic horizons). Cole Sprouse and Lana Condor are a fun ...
Mar 30, 2022 · HBO Max's new film Moonshot is a young adult sci-fi romance about love on Mars that works largely because of the magnetism of star Lana Condor and Cole Sprouse.
Mar 23, 2022 · Moonshot is a key example of the kind of film streaming has given a new life to; a quirky little sci-fi romantic comedy starring two YA darlings and an impressive supporting cast.
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