Michael Peña

Rosa Salazar

Julio Cesar Cedillo

Veronica Falcón

Juanpi Monterrubio

Garret Dillahunt

Sarayu Blue

Bobby Soto

Ashley Ciarra

Eric Johnson

Jordan Dean

Michelle Krusiec

Emma Fassler

Carlos S. Sanchez

Isaac Arellanes

Emy Zuriel

Xochiquetzal Martínez

Leonardo Granados

Marilyn Uribe

Jorge Briseño

Mercedes Hernández

Michael Adler

Gerardo Trejoluna

Alex Briseño

Peter Theis

Fermín Sánchez

Francisco Barreiro

Isabel Aerenlund

Constantino Caso

Dylan Hall

Dave Collins

Steve Kisicki

John Michael DeWall

Vanessa Hernández

Blake Webb

Rosa María Hernández

Esther Véale

Erick Blackmer

José Luis Vargas

Luis Daniel Villareal Larrainzar

Tonatiúh Márquez Guadarrama

Keyland Morones

Matías García

Alejandra García

Camila Vega Juárez

Jaime Benítez

Linn Deivi Simon

B.U. Valentina Martínez

María Luisa Serrano

Alison de la Rosa

Varena Espejo

Saulo Mata

Emilio Sámano

Daniel Rocha

Sam Harrison

Lucas Solustri

Flavio Martín Sausen

Rodoslav Hgyza

Javier Tovar

Stella Mutrux

Dontre Conerly

Esteban Aguilar

Mía Álvarez

Jimena López

Kristen Contreras

Wilson Oxil

José Hernández

Camilo Lara

Bettina Gilois

Hernán Jiménez

Alejandra Márquez Abella

Mark Ciardi

Campbell G. McInnes

Kyle Convissar

Andrea Gamboa

Mark Anthony Little

Benito Martinez

Stacy Perskie

Rick Telles

Hervé Schneid

David Soto

Osvaldo Santana

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**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

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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A review by Victoria@alai.com

Written by Victoria@alai.com on Sat Sep 16 2023

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