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- [New] | Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Project Hail Mary has some nice images and music. It is also far longer than it needs to be and is fast slipping into the most overrated film of 2026.
- Alex Bentley @ CultureMap Dallas
- Excerpt: Project Hail Mary is a crowd-pleaser in all the right ways, delivering plenty of thrilling action and funny moments while also digging deep into science nerd elements. With a movie star like Gosling in the lead and successful filmmakers like Lord, Miller, and Goddard behind the scenes, the film makes an early case for being one of best of the year.
- Andrea Chase @ KillerMovieReviews.com
- Excerpt: A perfect confluence of story, writing, arresting visuals that don’t overshadow the action, a sublime sound design, and direction that finds every salient beat to create that suspense, tension, and wonder at not just discovering the unknown, but in also understanding it.
- Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: The Lego Movie directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller seem unsure if they’re making a cutesy derivative space adventure or a serious scientific exploration, tonal schizophrenia exacerbated by an excessive run time.
- Scott Davis @ The People’s Movies
- Excerpt: Project Hail Mary is an utterly spellbinding triumph. Smart, heartfelt, supremely entertaining and visually engrossing
- Jason Flatt @ But Why Tho
- Excerpt: Project Hail Mary is a completely perfect movie. From start to finish, it is undeniably captivating, poignant, and gorgeous. Grace, Rocky, and the rest of the supporting cast provide enormous heart, as well as some of the funniest banter in memory.
- David Gonzalez @ The Cinematic Reel
- Excerpt: Project Hail Mary is pure sci-fi nirvana. The epitome of the IMAX experience. Lord and Miller craft a story that feels both grand and intimate, leaving me completely enthralled. It transforms the loneliness of space into something profoundly human, grounding its spectacle in the essential need for companionship.
- Mark Hobin @ Fast Film Reviews
- Excerpt: A must-see, crowd-pleasing sci-fi spectacle. It’s often funny but also rooted in the power of a wonderful friendship.
- Kristian Lin @ Fort Worth Weekly
- Excerpt: Maybe Project Hail Mary’s starry-eyed optimism is out of step with the culture, or maybe it’s what we need even more than we did in 2015. I don’t know which, but it’s more than entertaining enough to justify its ticket price and maybe even an upcharge for a premium format.
- Harrison Martin @ Flixfrog
- Excerpt: Project Hail Mary is a cinematic achievement! I can’t wait to see what Lord and Miller do next.
- Nell Minow @ moviemom.com
- Excerpt: “Project Hail Mary” is everything we hope for in a movie, filled with intelligence, humor, heart, and hope. It also has one of the rarest of qualities in a movie: genuine joy.
- Matt Oakes @ Silver Screen Riot
- Excerpt: A deeply cinematic and highly effective adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel, Project Hail Mary is anchored by a strong lead performance from Ryan Gosling and an engaging blend of crowd-pleasing adventure, camaraderie, and glib humor. It’s a film that understands exactly what makes its source material work and delivers it with confidence. It’s just that, at times, that same fidelity leaves it feeling a little too safe, as if in translating the story so well, it forgets to find its own version of it.
- Jacob Oller @ The A.V. Club
- Excerpt: It’s no miracle that the film lands its central relationship, but it is impressive that it feels personal despite its grand sci-fi scope.
- Eddie Pasa @ DC Filmdom
- Allison Rose @ FlickDirect.com
- Excerpt: Project Hail Mary delivers stunning visuals, a compelling story, and one of the most memorable sci-fi duos in recent years.
- Dennis Schwartz @ dennisschwartzreviews
- Excerpt: Crowd pleasing film on space exploration.
- Sebastian Zavala @ MeGustaElCine.com [Spanish]
- Excerpt: It’s not a perfect adaptation of Weir’s novel, but despite its flaws, I don’t think many viewers (and fans of the book) will leave the cinema disappointed.
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