At a sorry time when most movies are about nothing, Fly Me to the Moon, a rom-com set in the chaos and cross purposes of the heroic Apollo 11 moon landing, deserves attention because even though it is a sad, silly, over-produced disappointment, at least it’s about something. Not very much, I’m afraid, but something.

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FLY ME TO THE MOON ★★(2/4 stars)
Directed by: Greg Berlanti
Written by: Rose Gilroy
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum
Running time: 132 mins.

The fatal tragedy that killed the astronauts in the deadly Apollo 1 disaster in 1961 so devastated the world that by the time NASA was ready to launch Apollo 11 in 1969, public enthusiasm had waned and Congress was reluctant to continue the financing. Underfunded and understaffed, the future of the space program was in serious jeopardy, but President Richard Nixon was so desperate to beat the Russians and get the........

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