The Right Stuff
Taste attributes: dramahistoryespionagepoliticalrobots/ai/spacehistoricalbiographyadventureslowunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelinearbig & variedall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalryrescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs
"How the future began."
Boxlist takeExpect an expansive, heavy historical drama, intricate rather than simple. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: very intricate · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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What lines up
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
- Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
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Synopsis
A chronicle of the original Mercury astronauts in the formation of America's space program: Alan Shepherd, the first American in space; Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; John Glenn, the straight-arrow 'boy scout' of the bunch who was the first American to orbit the earth; and the remaining pilots: Deke Slayton, Scott Carpenter and Wally Schirra.
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1983
- Runtime
- 193 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- The Ladd Company
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
