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The Right Stuff (2020)

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The Right Stuff (2020)

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Disney+ | Release Date: October 9, 2020

Summary: NASA's Bob Gilruth (Patrick Fischler) and Chris Kraft (Eric Ladin) select seven men: John Glenn (Patrick J. Adams), Alan Shepard (Jake McDorman), Captain Gordo Cooper (Colin O’Donoghue), Wally Schirra (Aaron Staton), Scott Carpenter (James Lafferty), Deke Slayton (Micah Stock), and Gus Grissom (Michael Trotter), to become the first AmericanNASA's Bob Gilruth (Patrick Fischler) and Chris Kraft (Eric Ladin) select seven men: John Glenn (Patrick J. Adams), Alan Shepard (Jake McDorman), Captain Gordo Cooper (Colin O’Donoghue), Wally Schirra (Aaron Staton), Scott Carpenter (James Lafferty), Deke Slayton (Micah Stock), and Gus Grissom (Michael Trotter), to become the first American astronauts in space in this series based on the Tom Wolfe book of the same name (that also became a film with the same name).… Expand

Genre(s): Drama, Science

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Collider Drew Taylor

Oct 6, 2020

Season 1 Review: Nothing feels gratuitous and there isn’t anything even remotely shocking. It’s just more mature and well rounded; these characters are messy and flawed and full of contradictions, and the show isn’t afraid to engage with those less pleasant aspects of their lives. As a dramatic series, it’s phenomenal; it’s frequently touching and just as thrilling. Read full review

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RogerEbert.com Roxana Hadadi

Oct 7, 2020

Season 1 Review: A surprisingly compelling workplace drama once it dives into the strained interpersonal relationships between the American men competing to be the first in space. Read full review

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Chicago Sun-Times

Richard Roeper

Oct 7, 2020

Season 1 Review: While it would be next to impossible to duplicate the shining brilliance of Philip Kaufman’s 1983 theatrical adaptation of the same material (IMHO the best astronaut movie ever made), show creator Mark Lafferty has delivered a visually striking, well-acted period piece that plays like “Mad Men: The Flyboys Edition.” Read full review

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The Oregonian

Kristi Turnquist

Oct 8, 2020

Season 1 Review: [The actors are] all perfectly fine, and Adams and McDorman are at times, better than fine. The rest of the cast is solid, with good work from actresses who play the all-too-often long-suffering wives of the Mercury Seven. ... “The Right Stuff” feels like a band playing the hits we’ve already heard way too many times already. Read full review

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IndieWire Leonardo Adrian Garcia

Oct 23, 2020

Season 1 Review: “The Right Stuff,” much like the space program whose story it aims to tell, stumbles out of the gate to a slow and uneven start, but there are moments where, against all odds, you can see Lafferty and co. putting it together. Read full review

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Wall Street Journal

John Anderson

Oct 9, 2020

Season 1 Review: Solely on its own merits, the series, a presentation of National Geographic (airing on Disney+), is a perfectly serviceable drama about a rococo period of American history and the complicated, high-flying, surprisingly unlikable people who flew the Mercury space missions of the 1960s. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times

Robert Lloyd

Oct 8, 2020

Season 1 Review: “The Right Stuff” is not bad, or even boring, just thin and unconvincing. Its budget shows, in the negative sense, and its best points are to be found here and there in small things — individual performances, selected exchanges and assorted old gewgaws and gadgets that decorate the screen. Read full review

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spadge1976

May 18, 2021

Lots of scotch and bourbon drinking going on, and a surprising lack of commitment and dedication from most of the astronauts. Great stuff!

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Lucas565

Dec 14, 2020

Uma das melhores séries que eu já assisti eu recomendo ela é ótima mesmo muito

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JDDallas1

Nov 20, 2020

MY GOD BUT THIS IS BORING! To be fair they got the time period right: clothes, cars, music, locales, etc. and this can be hard and adds to the budget..but Jeez I wish they'd spent a lil more on SPFX.

I loved the 1983 film and thought IT did a great job of capturing the AWE of what these menMY GOD BUT THIS IS BORING! To be fair they got the time period right: clothes, cars, music, locales, etc. and this can be hard and adds to the budget..but Jeez I wish they'd spent a lil more on SPFX.

I loved the 1983 film and thought IT did a great job of capturing the AWE of what these men were doing..among the first humans in space (yes I know Russians were first..and this maybe this is something that could be explored one day..THEIR version of "The Right Stuff"..although in fairness it would prolly be called "Comrade, The Party has decided we're gonna shoot you into space..and you're going to do it OR we're gonna kill you and your family"..but that doesn't make for a catchy movie title now does it?

After the 1st episode that had a very small taste of the "Mach 2 with your hair on fire" mindset these guys had that made them AMAZING..by episode 3 I was thinking Jeez when am I gonna see more of that? Then realized the tagline for the series was "The Race to see Who would be First in Space" I began to see that Disney+ wasn't kidding. The series wasn;t gonna be some grand Space spectacle but rather the backstories of only 3 of 7 the "Mercury 7"astronauts..and the admin decisions that went into deciding who would be first. But yet..this is recorded history..anyone with access to the internet can quickly find out WHO (of these 3) went first. Did find some of the infighting and backstories to be interesting but still not sure what was fact and what was artistic license for dramatic effect.

Waiting on last episode to drop..and MAYBE they'll blow budget on this one and I'll come back and amend my critique..but 7 weeks into this?

I'll watch Episode 8 ..but even if it's good..I doubt I'm gonna sign up for Season 2… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: October 9, 2020
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  S1:E8. Flight
  Air Date: November 20, 2020
- tbd
  S1:E7. Ziggurat
  Air Date: November 13, 2020
- tbd
  S1:E6. VOSTOK
  Air Date: November 6, 2020
- tbd
  S1:E5. The Kona Kai Seance
  Air Date: October 30, 2020
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  S1:E4. Advent
  Air Date: October 23, 2020
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  S1:E3. Single Combat Warrior
  Air Date: October 16, 2020
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  S1:E2. Goodies
  Air Date: October 9, 2020
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  S1:E1. Sierra Hotel
  Air Date: October 9, 2020