The direction may not be flashy, but it is controlled and confident; the frames unfold with a no-nonsense, nuts-and-bolts realism that, in this era of laser-blazing Batplanes, seems downright welcome.

Rick Groen

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

The Right Stuff will endure as the more ambitious movie, but this book-faithful, 2-hour team effort shrewdly keeps its eye on the ball.

Staff [Not Credited]

USA Today

It's a riveting, nail-biting, two-buckets-of-popcorn return to form for Howard.

Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle