Synopsis
What if Apollo 11 never actually made it? What if, in reality, Stanley Kubrick secretly shot the famous images of the moon landing in a studio, working for the US administration? This is the premise of a totally plausible conspiracy theory that takes us to swinging sixties London, where a stubborn CIA agent will never find Kubrick but is forced to team up with a lousy manager of a seedy rock band to develop the biggest con of all time.
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Cast
- Rupert GrintJonny
- Ron PerlmanKidman
- Robert SheehanLeon
- Stephen Campbell MooreDerek Kaye
- Eric LampaertGlenn
- Kevin BishopPaul
- Tom AudenaertRenatus
- Erika SainteElla
- Jay BenedictColonel Dickford
- Kerry ShaleMr. White
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
This is a cheeky, madcap romp, with exaggerated views of 1960s American stereotypes about Brits and vice versa, featuring terrific performances by Perlman and Grint, a most unlikely and most likable buddy duo. - 63
Slant Magazine
The whole isn't greater than the sum of its parts, but the various detours coalesce into an amusing wannabe-cult curio. - 60
Village Voice
Nothing in Moonwalkers matches Perlman's performance, but he frequently elevates desperate-to-please gags to stoner-comedy greatness. - 50
Austin Chronicle
Moonwalkers blends a strange mélange of Swinging Sixties, drug-addled humor with that slow-motion, gangster gunplay that Guy Ritchie trademarked in his early work. - 42
The Playlist
Moonwalkers takes a brilliant idea and runs it to the ground thanks to a confused and illogical screenplay, an atonal execution, and a bizarre addiction to Tarantino-level gleeful ultra-violence awkwardly crammed into what was obviously supposed to be a biting satire. - 42
The A.V. Club
By the umpteenth scene where the “joke” is that one of the characters is on drugs, the movie’s strained wackiness becomes wearisome. - 30
Los Angeles Times
A famously crackpot conspiracy theory, psychedelic humor and arty ultraviolence make for dreary bedfellows in the scattershot British comedy Moonwalkers. - 30
The New York Times
Though Mr. Grint and Mr. Perlman both come off credibly, the movie is practically laugh-free.
