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The Challenger Disaster
2013 90m PG-13
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History
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Factual drama exploring the truth behind the space shuttle Challenger's 1986 disintegration.
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Directed By
James Hawes
Written By
Kate Gartside
Studio
Science Channel
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Cast of The Challenger Disaster
William Hurt
Richard Feynman
Bruce Greenwood
General Kutyna
Joanne Whalley
Gweneth Feynman
Brian Dennehy
Rogers
Kevin McNally
Mulloy
Eve Best
Sally Ride
Langley Kirkwood
Avionics Engineer
Henry Goodman
Dr. Weiss
The Challenger Disaster Reviews
Newsday
Verne Gay
Hurt is genetically incapable of turning in a substandard performance -- whether in Damages, or name-your-favorite-Hurt-flick, or even in this quiet, intelligent film.
AV Club
Zack Handlen
Where a more traditional approach could've easily been bogged down by sentiment, The Challenger Disaster's levelheaded tack allows for a specific understanding of the decisions and shortsightedness that caused the catastrophe.
San Francisco Chronicle
David Wiegand
The film is both dramatically viable and instructive. Yes, we learn about science, but perhaps more important, we also learn about standing your ground no matter what challenges you face.
New York Daily News
David Hinckley
It's not just a good story, it's a good story well told.
New York Times
Neil Genzlinger
That it succeeds as well as it does can be credited largely to William Hurt, who manages to make the physicist Richard P. Feynman interesting all over again.
Hollywood Reporter
Tim Goodman
Credit the Science Channel with figuring out that this story had the kind of smarts and scientific elements at its core to be a great fit and perfect fodder for its foray into scripted material.
Washington Post
Hank Stuever
The film is an appropriately somber and smoothly told account of the Washington politics and cross-agency obfuscation that nearly derailed the commission's investigation into the disaster.
Variety
Brian Lowry
Ultimately, at a time when the cinematic designation "true story" frequently requires a litany of mealy-mouthed disclaimers, that level of fidelity alone would make Challenger Disaster a trip worth taking.
New York Post
Michael Starr
It's both a learning experience and an emotional reminder of what can go wrong in that gray area separating man and machine.
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mark Dawidziak
You don't need to in any way qualify the positive assessment of this film. It's impressive work by any standards.
AARP Movies for Grownups
Austin O'Connor
The solemn inquiry into the cause of a tragic accident is turned into a nifty, shifty whodunit. Or, more precisely, a whatdunit.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Rob Owen
The Challenge Disaster suffers somewhat from its attempts to create added dramatic intrigue... The film never offers proof either way, and it's an unnecessary embellishment that too strictly conforms to conspiracy archetypes.
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