The Martian

The Martian

2015 film

8.5/10 idmb·

93% rotten tomatoes·

78% meta critic ·

When astronauts blast off from the planet Mars, they leave behind Mark Watney (Matt Damon), presumed dead after a fierce storm. With only a meager amount of supplies, the stranded visitor must utilize his wits and spirit to find a way to survive on the hostile planet. Meanwhile, back on Earth, membe… Release date
October 2, 2015Director : ridley scott
adapted from : the martian
mpaa rating : pg 13
story by : andy weir
critic reviews

Ridley Scott is a brilliant assembler of casts, and he knows how to organize groups so they seem to naturally fit, and can bob and weave in unison with his roving cameras.

Manohla Dargis.new york times.

Excellence in cinema is sometimes a singular achievement: a remarkable lead performance, a dazzling display of directorial panache, a script of sublime wit or clarity.

Christopher Orr. the atlantic ·

An enthralling and rigorously realistic outer-space survival story in which Matt Damon plays a NASA botanist stranded on the Red Planet after a sandstorm forces his crewmates to abort mission. 

Peter Debruge·

Scott and writer Drew Goddard aren’t trying to make an “important” sci-fi movie like Interstellar. They aim lower but blow past their marks.

David Edelstein.