The Aeronauts

  • Rated PG 13
  • 1hr 41m
  •  (204)
  • 60

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Tom Harper

Producer:

Tom Harper, Richard Hewitt, David Hoberman

Writer:

Tom Harper, Jack Thorne

Release Date:

Dec 6, 2019

Runtime:

1hr 41m

Synopsis

In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren (Felicity Jones) teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher (Eddie Redmayne) to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly higher than anyone in history. While breaking records and advancing scientific discovery, their voyage to the very edge of existence helps the unlikely pair find their place in the world they have left far below them. But they face physical and emotional challenges in the thin air, as the ascent becomes a fight for survival.

Cast

  • Felicity Jones
  • Vincent Perez
  • Phoebe Fox
  • Lewin Lloyd
  • Himesh Patel
  • Eddie Redmayne
  • Robert Glenister
  • Tim McInnerny
  • Thomas Arnold
  • Tom Courtenay

Did You Know?

Trivia

  • Felicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne previously starred together in The Theory of Everything (2014). They are good friends in real life
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Goofs

  • Amelia Wren pronounces "caelum certe" with hard C's. This is the current, "reconstructed Classical" pronunciation; however, in the 1860s the standard Latin pronunciation used would have been with soft C's.
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Quotes

    • James Glaisher: You are the only person who could fly us higher than anyone has ever been.
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#intense
#greatcast

Great lead actors, riveting plot and marvelous visuals.

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#slow
#actionpacked
#surprising
#inspiring
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I didn’t expect all the action elements but it was a very good movie!

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Metacritic

60
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Based on 37 Critics
5.5

USER SCORE (45)

Mixed or average reviews based on 45 Reviews
48
Dec 5, 2019

The Aeronauts is a film flawed from its first concept. By blending fact and fiction so freely, Thorne and Harper turned a story of scientific discovery into a muddling romantic adventure that crashes and burns.

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Metacritic review by Kristy Puchko
Kristy Puchko
IGN
90
Sep 9, 2019

A thrilling, action-packed, wide-vista yarn from the sharp quills of Jack Thorne and co-writer and director Tom Harper, this Amazon-backed project is deceptively simple yet surprisingly deft.

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Fionnuala Halligan
Screen Daily
80
Sep 4, 2019

The Aeronauts achieves impressive elevation as a bracing and sympathetic account of two early and very different aviators who together reached literal new heights in a perilous field of endeavor.

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Metacritic review by Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
The Hollywood Reporter
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