So What's The Story?

The Aeronauts brings a story inspired by the heroic and true events. That of which brought mankind closer to the moon and stars than ever before. The scientist James Glaisher who longs to prove that the weather can be predicted decides to fly in a gas-powered balloon. To do so, he needed a pilot, luckily at a party, he meets air balloon pilot Amelia Rennes. Who at first hesitates due to her husband's death on her last flight, but then agrees to help him. Together they must get through the dangers of flying higher than anyone has ever gone before as they fly beyond the cloudline.

Is It Worth Your While?

There have been many great films about flying, Sully (85% SWEET), Airplane! (80% SWEET), but almost none were as unique as this. First, we have the directing by Tom Harper, director of Wild Rose (No Score Yet). It's very difficult to handle a film such as this, especially when your 2,000 feet of the ground sometimes while filming. That's right, they flew into the sky for some shots of the film. The planning of each scene was precise and ready to inject pure adrenaline into the viewer. After an action-packed scene, Tom Harper expertly places a calm or heroic type scene to help you relax. Although sometimes I wondered if the movie would be better off without the backstory scenes and just them flying, they needed the plot to build. Next, I thought that the visuals were impressive and the cinematography was beautiful. The storm scene showed rough and intense effects. Whilst scenes such as the butterflies in the sky scene were peaceful due to the immediate change in character and the setting. This was something they did well. The effects were able to smoothly transition and adapt from one scene to another and worked well with the committed cast. Third and finally, we have the script and story. The story, although not paying homage to the actual Felicity Jones character Dr. Henry Tracey Coxwell, they managed to structure it well. The script was moving and made the characters unique traits pop. Overall, impressive directing, good visuals and a solid script and story are what formulated a great film.

How Was The Cast?

Not only was this stellar group of cast members committed, but also some of the best work of the year. First, we have Felicity Jones as Amelia Wren, and Eddie Redmayne as James Glaisher. Eddie Redmayne and her have done some amazing work together over the years, The Theory of Everything (85% SWEET). Together they have proven to be one of the most amazing duos of the decade. While the rest of the cast including Himesh Patel do what they can in the small roles they have, the two stars are the ones to look at. They're complex characters were handled well in the hands of the two extremely talented leads. They produced raw emotion in scenes of danger and were always alert.

Aging 'The Balloon’

The Aeronauts has scenes of extreme peril and danger, but also scenes of heroics performed by Amelia Wren. Portraying a great role model for young women. Most scenes are calm and beautiful. However, the characters get frostbite and are seen fighting against the climate which only grows colder and colder as they continued upwards. Overall, I recommend this film for kids aged 11 and up.

By: Quinn Marcus