Fresh
Damon has never seemed more at home than he does here, millions of miles adrift. Would any other actor have shouldered the weight of the role with such diligent grace?
Anthony Lane, New Yorker
The Martian
Help is only 140 million miles away
2015 · 2h 21m · PG-13
Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction
Directed by
Ridley Scott
Overview
During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
Director and cast
- Ridley Scott Director
- Matt Damon as Mark Watney
- Jessica Chastain as Melissa Lewis
- Kristen Wiig as Annie Montrose
- Jeff Daniels as Theodore "Teddy" Sanders
- Michael Peña as Rick Martinez
- Sean Bean as Mitch Henderson
- Kate Mara as Beth Johanssen
- Sebastian Stan as Chris Beck
- Aksel Hennie as Alex Vogel
- Chiwetel Ejiofor as Vincent Kapoor
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
91%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's pretty sunny and often funny, a space oddity for a director not known for pictures with a sense of humor.
Soren Anderson, Seattle Times
Fresh
Bringing optimism, nerd-itude and a touch of crazy to his character's solo ordeal -- at one point, scraggly Watney calls himself a "space pirate" -- Damon is the key to the movie's exuberance.
Joshua Rothkopf, Time Out
Fresh
The film is a profound testament to the rare-and underrated-virtue of simply not screwing anything up.
Christopher Orr, The Atlantic
Fresh
The Martian plays to both Scott's strengths and weaknesses. By relegating Mark's predicament to a purely survivalist scenario, he keeps things humming along without ever widening the horizon. But there was an obligation to widen the horizon.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
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