Plot: Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory slowly returns, he soon discovers he must solve the riddle behind a mysterious substance that’s causing the sun to die out. As details of the mission unravel, he calls on his scientific training and sheer ingenuity — but he may not have to do it alone.
This film was Very Good.
Pros: I like how it sped in and out of Ryland Grace’s journey. Ryan Gosling was fun as the lead of this movie. Many of the heart-wrenching moments between Ryland and Allen Rocky felt charming. How it was all shot on film wonderfully. The plot is really simple to follow, and the ending surprised me because I went into this knowing nothing about the plot.
Cons: I didn’t know anything about the supporting characters. It does skip through moments & that it.
Directed by Phil Lord, Chris Miller
Written by Drew Goddard
Produced by Ryan Gosling, Phil Lord, Chris Miller, Andy Weir, Amy Pascal, Aditya Sood, Rachel O’Connor
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, James Ortiz & Lionel Boyce.
Cinematography: Greig Fraser
Edited by Chris Dickens, Joel Negron
Music by Daniel Pemberton
Production companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lord Miller Productions, Pascal Pictures, Open Invite Films, Waypoint Entertainment
Distributed by Amazon MGM Studios (United States and Canada), Sony Pictures Releasing International (International)
Casts:
- Ryan Gosling as Dr. Ryland Grace, an astronaut on a mission to save humanity
- Sandra Hüller as Eva Stratt, Ryland’s superior and the head of the Hail Mary project
- James Ortiz as the voice and lead puppeteer of Rocky, an alien Ryland encounters on his journey. The character was effected through a puppet controlled by a team of five puppeteers dubbed “The Rockyteers”.
- Ray Porter and Meryl Streep provide other voices for Rocky, with Porter reprising his role from the audiobook.
- Lionel Boyce as Officer Carl, a security guard
- Ken Leung as Yáo Li-Jie, the commander and pilot of the Hail Mary
- Milana Vayntrub as Olesya Ilyukhina, the engineer of the Hail Mary
- Priya Kansara as the voice of Mary, the Hail Mary ship[6]
- Liz Kingsman as Annie Shapiro, a backup scientist of the Hail Mary
- Mia Soteriou as Dr. Browne
- Orion Lee as Dr. Li
I highly recommend watching this movie in cinemas.
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident Film reviewer,
Level Best Art Cafe