Overview
- Critics cited by Talk Android hail the film as a must-see and call Ryan Gosling’s performance career-best.
- Phil Lord and Christopher Miller direct the adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel from a screenplay by Drew Goddard.
- The story centers on Ryland Grace, a former teacher who wakes alone on a spacecraft with amnesia and faces a cosmic threat called astrophage.
- Reviewers highlight the friendship between Grace and an alien nicknamed Rocky as the movie’s emotional core without revealing plot turns.
- The Tufts Daily praises the IMAX-scale visuals and humor but notes occasional tonal choppiness compared with more solemn sci-fi.