The Aeronauts

The Aeronauts gives priority to production design over engaging storytelling, and the film never recovers from its exceptionally bland script.

[The] breathtaking spectacle of it all is glorious.

Yes, women belong in balloons. They also belong in good movies, and it's a shame this isn't one.

While at times the film does reach great heights, a certain indecisiveness about what exactly it is, The Aeronauts often finds itself adrift in the moments it gets off the ground at all.

Dull, plodding, and formulaic.

...if you're a grown woman watching The Aeronauts, you may feel-as feisty as Jones' performance is-that you're being talked down to. It's as if women don't have enough adventure stories of our own.

...a beautifully-realised tribute to a brave woman who pioneered the science of ballooning, Amelia Wren&#59; the knowledge that Wren didn’t actually exist somewhat lets the air out of the balloon of Tom Harper’s fancy film.

The Aeronauts proves an enjoyable, if somewhat lightweight, experience.

If this film were a seventy minute, close quarters thriller set in an air balloon, maybe it would be something exciting. As is, it's more of a halfhearted attempt at winning awards.

...an erratic endeavor that admittedly grows more and more absorbing as it unfolds...