Apollo 11 review – eye-opening documentary is a five-star triumph

An exceptional, vibrant restoration of never-before-seen footage results in one of the most astounding films about space ever madeThe documentary Apollo 11 starts, as the famous mission did, in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Trucks ferry massive rocket props, machinery grinds as it would in any construction zone, the sky is a crystal blue.

The scene is, in a word, vibrant — so startlingly alive that for the first few minutes, I wasn’t sure if I was watching footage from 1969 or a Nasa promo shot from last year.Related: Greta review – Isabelle Huppert torments Chloë Grace Moretz in dim-witted thriller

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