What are critics saying about Thirteen Lives, Ron Howard's telling of the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue?

Ron Howard is set to direct Thirteen Lives, a drama based on the true story of the 2018 Tham Luang cave rescue. William Nicholson, the Oscar-nominated writer of Gladiator, will pen the screenplay, which will feature the kind of high-stakes drama that propelled Howard's Apollo 13 to nine Oscar nominations. They even share a number in common, so perhaps it'll bring good luck, for a change. Thirteen Lives follows the boys soccer team from Thailand who became trapped in a cave for more than two weeks when heavy rains partially flooded the cave, blocking their way …