A sensitive documentary about actor Val Kilmer's career, who broke out in the 1980s and in 2020 began to recover from cancer, leaving him with lifelong consequences. 'Val' brings together footage that the artist has recorded over four decades, telling his entire journey to this day. Like most biographical productions, it is one of those stories that move us and are able to fill celebrities with layers, which end up showing themselves completely different from what the media paints and frames about them. 'Val' is a great movie to understand more about Val Kilmer's personality and also his struggles, after all, being famous is not the solution to any problem, quite the contrary, it is the promotion of new adversities.
Damien Chazelle (of 'La La Land') brings his more human and less heroic vision of Neil Armstrong, the first man to step on the moon. With empathy and closeness, the film presents us the man, his fears, problems, losses, qualities and flaws - while reconstructing the events of the space race that took Apollo 11 to land on the arid satellite in orbit around Earth. Although it does not look like the director's previous projects, it is a feature capable of captivating those who seek both historical narrative and those who want to see the human adventure.