Overview
Experience the wonder of childhood dreams colliding with historic milestones in space exploration.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- wistful
- nostalgic
- warm
- nostalgic family viewing
- lazy weekend
What critics said
Critics broadly praised the film's sweetly nostalgic, deeply personal perspective, distinctive rotoscoped animation, and affectionate recreation of childhood and the space age.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The film uses rotoscoped imagery to render Stan's childhood world, family life, and the Apollo mission with a textured realism.
The moon landing is presented both through NASA's mission perspective and through Stan's suburban boyhood experience of watching history on television.
Stan's covert astronaut training and moon mission fantasy are interwoven with detailed recollections of family, school, television, and Houston life.
NASA, the moon landing, suburban Houston, family routines, and period popular culture are treated as parts of one shared household atmosphere.
Films like Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood, and why
A Christmas Story
shared wistful childhood perspective, period nostalgia, and warm coming-of-age storytelling
The Wonder Years
shared semi-autobiographical suburban childhood memories and playful imaginative voice
Waking Life
shared rotoscoped animation, intimate family observation, and reflective memory-driven storytelling
The Tree of Life
shared historical milestone viewed through an ordinary child's eyes, combining nostalgia with national spectacle
Movie Details
- Director
- Richard Linklater
- Release Date
- 2022-03-24
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 7.0 / 10 (344)
Cast
- Milo Coy
- Jack Black
- Lee Eddy
- Bill Wise
- Natalie L'Amoreaux
- Josh Wiggins
- Jessica Brynn Cohen
- Sam Chipman
- Danielle Guilbot
- Zachary Levi
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood about?
- A wistful rotoscoped coming-of-age memory turns the 1969 moon landing into both a national spectacle and a suburban boy's secret adventure.
- What is Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood.
- What did critics think of Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood?
- Critics broadly praised the film's sweetly nostalgic, deeply personal perspective, distinctive rotoscoped animation, and affectionate recreation of childhood and the space age.
- Which films are like Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood?
- Films with a similar feel include A Christmas Story, The Wonder Years, Waking Life, and The Tree of Life.
- How long is Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood?
- Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood?
- In United States, Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
