Directed by Damien Chazelle
Starring Ryan Gosling, Claire Foy and Jason Clarke
Running time: 2 hours and 21 minutes
MPAA rating: PG-13 for some thematic content involving peril, and brief strong language

by Dan Scully (a regular contributor at Cinema Seventy-Six)

Marketing for First Man touts Damien Chazelle’s latest as the story of humankind’s first trip to the moon. The fateful day way back in 1969 when the dreams of John F. Kennedy came to fruition and we put a couple of meat bags on that giant ball of cheese in the sky! Before the film started, I pictured men in short sleeved button-up shirts with thin black ties and thick framed glasses, yelling into headsets, gesturing wildly, and ultimately cheering as their giant wall monitor confirms what we in the audience already know: Man has landed on the moon!