Atom User Reviews for Project Hail Mary

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Sue Lynn

Laughed and cried! Ryan Gosling was out standing and so was Rocky.

MK
Michael Koehlet

awesome movie though reading the book helped fill-in some things that were glossed over or not addressed at all. I'll be seeing it again, soon.

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Trace Chmielewski
#hilarious
#greatcast
#original

Gosling was fantastic, the VFX and practical effects looked amazing, and Rocky is the 🐐. Please see this movie!

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Justin Howard

Predictable and dumb and too long

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Sirenia Puga
#allthefeels
#hilarious
#great

Loved this movie

KP
Khalaun Phillips
#underwhelming
#refreshing

This was a good movie for these reasons, great visual, lighthearted, funniness, and theme. However, I find myself underwhelmed by the storytelling but I haven’t read the book

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Sadie Ellermeier

live laugh cry

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Christie Gammon
#great

Very entertaining! Ryan Gosling was exceptional. The movie made us laugh and cry. Liked the ending.

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Always LearningSomething
#book2movie
#seeingitagain

The visual storytelling and acting were amazing.

JM
James Muniz

🪨

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Katherine Quintero

Great movie! It was very well made and the acting is on point too!! I will admit it is intense, with a lot of emotions, I even got a little teary eyed. Love it!

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Mo O

Horrible

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MadCal D

The right amount of funny and sci-fi, we loved it. This role was made for Ryan Gosling.

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Veronica Plasencia

Bored and long

BD
Ben Douglas

It was pretty boring, never willfully suspended my disbelief.

AW
Alex Wittmer

It rocked

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Steve Curtis

Entertaining enough, but would not watch it again. Glad i only paid $5 to see it on imax via tmobile, would not have wanted to pay full price to see it

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Isabella Barboza

amaze amaze amaze

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Joey Henriquez Jr

Too comedic for my taste. With such high stakes on the line, underwhelming sense of urgency and no real character development. Basically a glorified kids movie.

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Tonya Rogers

I couldn't get into this movie. It started off slow.

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Zoe Telford

Weird!! Don’t waste your time.

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david frank

a little disappointing

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Gabriela Schultz
#hilarious
#mustsee
#familyfriendly

Went into this movie blind, went to see it with my friend that usually tells me to pick the movie. But this time she said we should see this. And it’s now in my top 5 of all time

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Zildjian McPherson
#great
#mustsee
#allthefeels

Great movie with amazing storytelling and even better acting definitely a must watch

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Ben Webb
#mustsee
#familyfriendly
#epic

Great movie! Ryan needs a award for this almost one man show. Didn’t realize that 80% was just him until we left the theater, and that tells you how good a film it is with noticing. Great family movie als.

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Oscar Guerra
#fistmybump
#thumbsdown

Visually wonderful and heartwarming

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Stefan Attaway

unique premise. great visual FX eye candy

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Martha Andreetti

I haven't seen it yet 😕

MM
Michael Molina

if you read the novel, youll appreciate seeing Grace & Rocky on the big screen.

SG
Shanell Grant

I was mostly bored.

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Tim Tengvall

GREAT!!! *****

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manuelaa 

I would like to receive my ticket back. The movie theaters alarm turned on not even halfway through the movie and everyone had to evacuate while the workers stayed inside. Terrible experience

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Patrick Rowe

Great movie! Pretty true to the book and very well done.

SG
Sha Greene

I didn't know what the storyline was. So I kinda got that Tom Hanks stuck on an island feeling. It was my 1st time 4DX, but it was entertaining. However, my mind won't let me buy the storyline. #hmmmmm

CW
Craig Wiper

Did not attend. Decided I didn’t want to watch this movie. Played golf instead.

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Robert Eby

It seemed to drag on.

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NERLANDE CELESTIN

So boring

JG
Jonathan Galvez

Incredible acting by Ryan Gosling! Loved every single moment of this film!

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Patrick Costello

If you haven’t read the book you might find it slow and boring in between the few action moments.

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Deisy Quezada

I did not expect it to be such an amazing movie. It was funny and emotional. I haven’t enjoyed a movie like this in a while, I’m so glad I went to watch with my friends.

PM
Pat Meeks

Long movie that went no where.

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Hugh Davis

great roller coaster of unexpected emotions. great sound

JM
John Murdock

I love rocky

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Sri charan reddy Vuyyuru

Wondering experience

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Ryn Brightbill

it's so good

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David Lee

It was an awesome movie. Prepare to sit in the theater for almost three hours with the previews (the movie started 19 minutes after the hour) but it's worth it. My wife said afterwards that she wasn't sure if she wanted to see a serious movie but that there were enough…

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Edwin Pun

Good, but pacing of events felt a bit odd

JM
Jose Moreno

Perfect amount of action, comedy, and the feels.

MG
mandukhai ganbold

Stupid

RO
Ryan Ondrey

so good and adapted the book really well.

Metacritic

88
Mar 20, 2026

In the most purely pleasurable movie so far this year, Ryan Gosling has a blast as a science guy who rockets into space to save all our asses with jolts, jokes and smarts that won’t quit.

Peter Travers
The Travers Take
90
Mar 10, 2026

Lord Miller's film is a remarkable achievement.

Gregory Nussen
Screen Rant
75
Mar 10, 2026

Over two-and-a-half hours, the duo’s film gazes in wonder at alien engineering, opens its heart to human vulnerability through karaoke, and makes the case that inspiring the next generation (or at least perpetuating its existence) is alluring enough to shake the smarmiest manchildren from their self-imposed exile. Most effectively, though, Project Hail Mary sees a personal sense of humor shine through the bludgeoning grandeur of a AAA sci-fi.

Metacritic review by Jacob Oller
Jacob Oller
The A.V. Club