Summary
With extraordinary access, BLAST exposes a world of risky, hardcore, scientific adventure. The story follows an international team of astrophysicists trying to launch a multi-million dollar telescope on a NASA high-altitude balloon.
Good for
- Date night
- Family movie night
- Friends night
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- You want something to laugh at
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences a little warmer than critics (+6)
Critics 67Audiences 73GoodWatch 69
Tomatometer67%
IMDb7.3
Running time
1 h 18 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −18 min on the typical 96
typical 9678Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 21 countries
+11Released
2008
April 22, 2008
18 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 1
- Paul Devlin Director
Tropes
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