Sally

Name: Sally
Genre: Biography, History, Romance, Documentary
Released: June 16, 2025
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 75

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National Geographic Documentary Films | Release Date: June 16, 2025 | Not Rated

Summary: Sally Ride became the first American woman to blast off into space, but beneath her unflappable composure, she carried a secret. Revealing the romance and sacrifices of their 27 years together, Sally’s life partner, Tam O’Shaughnessy, tells the whole story of this complicated and iconic astronaut for the first time.

Genre(s): Biography, History, Romance, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 103 min

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Bob Strauss

Jun 16, 2025

Utilizing plentiful archival footage, contemporary commentary, recent interview observations from people who were there and some dramatized recreation, director Cristina Costantini gets some sly laughs, edged with appropriate anger, out of the sexist mindsets Ride deftly steered her career through in the 1970s and ’80s. Read full review

Ethan Padgett

Jun 18, 2025

Sally is a perfect portrait of an American icon, proving that anyone can achieve their dreams with passion and grit. Read full review

Lisa Kennedy

Jun 18, 2025

While Ride and O’ Shaughnessy never wed. Her candor here marries a spectacular professional saga with the personal love story convincingly. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Sherin Nicole

Jun 17, 2025

With “SALLY,” Costantini delivers a doc that speaks to the heart and goals of someone who redefined what it means to break barriers. Read full review

IndieWire Kate Erbland

Jun 18, 2025

Yes, Ride’s life was rife with tensions, both personal and professional. So how do we build a film around that? Carefully. Perhaps too carefully. Read full review

Jeannette Catsoulis

Jun 18, 2025

Sally, a welcome but unadventurous documentary about the astronaut Sally Ride (who died in 2012), wraps a risk-taking personality inside a risk-averse package. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Jan 30, 2025

Does great justice to an extraordinary astronaut and reluctant icon, but also repeats the error made so often by media of Ride's era, in centering other people’s perspectives over her own. Read full review

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