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Roving Mars

EMAILPRINTWalt Disney Pictures / IMAX Corporation

Roving Mars reviews
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5.7 User Score:

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Based on 12 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Documentary

Written by:

Directed by: George Butler

Release Date:
Theatrical: January 27, 2006
DVD: July 31, 2007

Running Time: 40 minutes, Color

Origin: USA

Summary

RATING: G for General Audiences

The mysterious Red Planet, Mars, has inspired countless science fiction dreams and nightmares. Now, for the first time, experience the reality of the Marc surface as seen through the eyes of two intrepid, death-defying explorers -- Spirit and Opportunity, the Mars Rovers -- in the spectacular new giant screen adventure Roving Mars. (Walt Disney Pictures)

What The Critics Said

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75

USA Today Mike Clark

The movie is more compelling than exciting with one exception: the kind of rocket blast-off sequence for which IMAX screens were seemingly invented.

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75

New York Post Kyle Smith

A splendidly photographed IMAX 2-D film, takes us breathlessly through the process of designing Spirit and Opportunity, the two plucky Mars rovers that have been sending images 300 million miles since they hit the Red Planet in 2003.

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70

Chicago Reader Joshua Katzman

Butler deftly intercuts real footage with CGI, heightening the drama, and the film becomes especially compelling once the robots are launched into space.

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70

The New York Times Nathan Lee

If many of the scenes are fake, however, the thrill of the project is not, and what we do see of the surface - hyperclear photographs on the scale of 100-by-180 feet - is out of this world.

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70

Variety Ronnie Scheib

Helmer George Butler correctly gauges his film's strengths, with the search for life in the universe becoming a heartfelt tribute to a couple of robots.

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70

Washington Post Ann Hornaday

A briskly moving, deeply engaging 40-minute documentary.

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67

Entertainment Weekly Gregory Kirschling

The mission is an impressive coup for NASA - these scientists are smart! - but it doesn't quite slam-dunk as a fully satisfying IMAX experience.

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50

Los Angeles Times Mark Olsen

Not having a way to capture images of the machines at work means that too much of Butler's film -- his credits include "Pumping Iron" and the Imax film "Shackleton's Antarctic Adventure" -- is disappointingly made up of computer simulations.

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50

San Francisco Chronicle Peter Hartlaub

A workmanlike effort -- a precision piece of filmmaking that provides education for children and a refresher course that adults can benefit from as well.

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50

Chicago Tribune Michael Esposito

The sad thing is, even for NASA/space fans, a snooze isn't out of the question despite the film's scant 40-minute running time.

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50

The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

Roving Mars is bound to inspire hordes of young science geeks to dream about sending in their resumes. The rest of us may not feel so excited.

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40

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

Sometimes comes on like a NASA commercial; those logos loom gigantic on the IMAX screen. More troublingly, the film fails to explain how computer animations were combined with actual imagery from the missions.

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 5.7 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Hansel H. gave it an8:
Good photos, good music(Philip Glass), good documentary. Worth every penny. Glad it's on IMAX. If you like space and science, this is for you.

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