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2023·122 min·Released

A Million Miles Away

“It takes more than a dream to reach the stars.”

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The life of engineer and former NASA astronaut José M. Hernández, the first migrant farmworker to go to space.

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Michael Peña

Michael Peña

José Hernández

Rosa Salazar

Rosa Salazar

Adela

Julio Cesar Cedillo

Julio Cesar Cedillo

Salvador

Veronica Falcón

Veronica Falcón

Julia

Juanpi Monterrubio

Juanpi Monterrubio

José (Age 7)

Garret Dillahunt

Garret Dillahunt

Sturckow

Sarayu Blue

Sarayu Blue

Kalpana Chawla

Bobby Soto

Bobby Soto

Beto

Ashley Ciarra

Ashley Ciarra

Marisa

Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson

Clint Logan

Jordan Dean

Jordan Dean

Weissberg

Michelle Krusiec

Michelle Krusiec

Miss Young

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Victoria@alai.com

Written on 9/16/2023

**Incredible movie on so many levels.** Almost anyone can relate to starting wherever you are in life and daring to dream of achieving your deepest underlying desire. This movie shows how often these accomplishments happen in part due to an earlier generations' sacrifice and dream as well. The production, acting, story, graphics, and more were and are top shelf. Bravo to the astronaut who lived and wrote this inspiring story.

Brent Marchant

Written on 9/25/2023

As uplifting tales of inspiration and motivation, movies about underdogs and beating the odds have become increasingly popular in recent years, especially when based on true stories. And this latest Amazon Prime Video offering is yet another offering to come out of that genre. Writer-director Alejandra Márquez Abella’s biopic about the life of José Hernández (Michael Peña), the first individual from a migrant farm worker background to go on to become a NASA astronaut, chronicles the impressive journey of a young Mexican-American from the agricultural fields of California to the flight deck of the Space Shuttle Discovery. The film provides a comprehensive view of this unlikely hero’s life from his often-disrupted childhood to his career as a Lawrence Livermore Laboratory engineer to his tenacious efforts at becoming a space-faring explorer, an uphill battle during which the odds were often stacked against him, both professionally and as a dutiful husband, father and son. It’s a moving story, the kind of picture that makes a good viewing choice for impressionable, wide-eyed grade school students with big dreams of their own. However, it’s also extremely formulaic in its storytelling approach, precisely hitting all of the requisite high and low points in just the right amounts and at just the right times. The downside in this is that it becomes predictable, at times blatantly obvious, even without knowing the particulars of the protagonist’s story, seriously undercutting any meaningful attempts at narrative originality. The picture is also a little on the long side; in its sincere attempt to be thorough, it sometimes incorporates so much detail that the story’s more incidental moments start to bog down the flow of the film. To its credit, this release has its delightful moments of unexpected humor and features fine performances by its capable cast, even if the material they’ve been given to work with at times seems a little lackluster, despite the underlying heroic nature of the story. “A Million Miles Away” is certainly a decent watch, but don’t be disappointed if you don’t feel like you’ve been rocketed into orbit by the picture’s end.

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Astronaut Training is Not Easy

Astronaut Training is Not Easy

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Making the Film

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