Although I had fun watching Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, I enjoyed the first film more than this one. Maybe it's because the characters were still fresh in the first part, and Groot wasn't yet reduced to a twig. Vol. 2's plot is also more chaotic and far-fetched. It just didn't grab me as much as part one, but it's certainly not a bad production.

I hoped The Man in the Moon would be a poetic, tragic drama about broken hearts in an atmospheric 1950s setting, accompanied by nostalgic crooners. Something like the Belgian Crazy Love (1987).

But The Man in the Moon turned out to be an irritatingly sugar-coated, hackneyed, all-American goody-two-shoes family ties story, filled with clichés, filmed like a sun-drenched orange juice commercial, and accompanied by shiny, happy music that makes you want to bitch-slap the responsible composer.

Great movie, with top class performances by both Tom Hanks and the Somalian actors. A tense drama that leaves you on the edge of your seat, with the added dimension of the film being based on a true story, although you wish these things wouldn't happen for real.