Moonshot, HBO Max's space rom-com between Cole Sprouse and Lana Condor, misses the mark even with a surefire set of tropes. JacobOller's review:
The great trope of a confined romance of convenience sparking on a long-distance trip, like on a transatlantic crossing, has long complicated the cinematic lives of charismatic, magnetized yet seemingly incompatible people. Taking that to the stars, the final frontier for everything including narrative contrivances, is a logical progression. Space tourism is here and the kind of space travel that would mirror past generations’ oceanic voyages palpably nears.
In this way, the destination doesn’t matter. It rarely does in these kinds of movies. But it’s almost exhausting how littledoes to separate Walt stowing away on say, a steamliner, from smuggling onto a spaceship. The aesthetics are barely distinct; the lingo only slightly altered. It’s simply an excuse to confine Walt and Sophie together in the same room for 35 days, pretending to be a couple, where their relationship inevitably turns from snarky disdain to a begrudging crush.
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