★★★☆☆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.) When his hiding place is rumbled by Sophie (Lana Condor), an astrophysics major, Walt agrees to impersonate Sophie’s boyfriend Calvin (Mason Gooding) so that she won’t alert the authorities. Will their mutual animosity give way to tenderness, understanding and a burgeoning romance? Things do perk up when the lesser-spotted Zach Braff pops up as a megalomaniac genius, delivering just enough zany energy to make this one worth your while.

Source: Irish Examiner April 30, 2022 01:50 UTC