Monday Morning Maybe

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From the Earth to the Moon

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1958 | 101 min | Science Fiction, Adventure

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With just 38% on Rotten Tomatoes, soft box office and little lasting buzz, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Right up the alley of fans of stories set among the stars and readers who like to compare the book and the screen version. Much of it plays out in space, so the scale is part of the thrill. Sits nicely alongside 2001: A Space Odyssey or The Martian. Adapted from a book, so readers can compare notes.
The mood
Exciting.
The pace
Never drags, at 1 hr 41 min.
What might put you off
  • Made in 1958: an older pace and style.
  • Skip it if you like your stories firmly grounded in the real world.

Set just after the American civil war, businessman and inventor Victor Barbicane invents a new source of power called Power X. He plans to use it to power rockets, and to show its potential he plans to send a projectile to the moon. Joining him for the trip are his assistant Ben Sharpe, Barbicane's arch-rival Stuyvesant Nicholl, and Nicholl's daughter Virginia. Nicholl believes that Power X goes against the will of God and sabotages the projectile so that they cannot return to earth, setting up a suspenseful finale as they battle to repair the projectile.

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsWeak

    38% on Rotten Tomatoes

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Reach & staying powerBelow par

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactBelow par

    About 14K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Byron Haskin

  • Joseph CottenVictor Barbicane
  • George SandersStuyvesant Nicholl
  • Debra PagetVirginia Nicholl
  • Don DubbinsBen Sharpe
  • Patric KnowlesJosef Cartier
  • Carl EsmondJules Verne
  • Henry DaniellMorgana
  • Melville CooperBancroft
  • Ludwig StösselAldo Von Metz
  • Morris AnkrumPresident Ulysses S. Grant