'The Aeronauts,' which is headed to Amazon Prime Video after a brief run in theaters, refuses to take off.
The virtues of “The Aeronauts” are real but they are almost exclusively visual. Despite the hard work of acclaimed actors in what sounds on paper like a strong story, the drama presented is determinedly earth-bound.
That would be the “inspired by true events” story of British scientist James Glaisher and his determined quest in the year 1862 to go higher in a balloon than the record-holding French, higher in fact than anyone had ever gone before.As its title indicates, much of “The Aeronauts” takes place in a balloon floating above England.
The drama attached to the images, however, resolutely refuses to catch fire despite strenuous efforts in that direction. It feels, almost against its will, like a Boys Own family adventure, a Saturday matinee special rather than an involving drama for adults.“The Aeronauts” starts with a woman in a rush to get to a balloon ascent in London’s Vauxhall Pleasure Garden. Amelia Wren is not a spectator, she is one of the people going up, but we soon see that she has her doubts.
Wren and Glaisher meet in the aftermath of the husband’s death. He needs her help to get up in the air but she insists, “I am not a coachman for hire.” An impassioned plea by Glaisher’s friend John Trew eventually brings her around.
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