Film Review: Moonshot is an offbeat romcom that struggles to hit escape-velocity

“Exploration is how we discover where we truly belong,” Walt tell us, which suggests that Walt truly belongs in a spaceship’s equivalent of a hidey-hole under the stairs.

Fri, 29 Apr, 2022 - 15:00

Declan Burke

★★★☆☆

Set in 2049, the teen romance sci-fi road movie Moonshot (12A) opens with barista Walt (Cole Sprouse) stowing away on a mission to Mars to pursue the girl of his dreams. (“Exploration is how we discover where we truly belong,” Walt tell us, which suggests that Walt truly belongs in a spaceship’s equivalent of a hidey-hole under the stairs.)