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Generally favorable reviews- based on 29 Ratings

  • Starring: Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins
  • Summary: The extraordinary story of the astronauts of the Mars Recovery Mission, the nearly insurmountable dangers that confront the heroic crew on their journey through space, and the amazing discovery they make when they finally reach Mars. (Touchstone Pictures)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 36
  2. Negative: 14 out of 36
  1. One of the most gorgeous science-fiction movies ever - and probably also one of the most realistic in detail and scientific extrapolation
  2. Reviewed by: Gary Thompson
    50
    It's low-energy, and it's also depressing to know that people are still listening to Van Halen 20 years from now.
  3. The picture is equally long on eye-dazzling camera work and New Age sentimentality.
  4. 38
    A $100 million production of a 10-cent script, is so clunkily written, so bereft of any engaging ideas or emotions, you'd think De Palma would have sneered at it on first reading and passed

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Negative: 4 out of 14
  1. This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I think the people who rated this film low,were probably expecting some action film,& dont 'get' what this film is meant to be about,or religious types,who dont their beliefs challenged.This film never claimed to be an action movie.Its a subtle & thought provoking film,that challenges the ideas & presents other theories of what started life on earth.The acting was top notch,& i was gripped from beginning to end.& so what if the Aliens were not bad guys! not every film has to be sinister,& it was refreshing to see the mystery at the end was not sinister at all,but something else.a paragon. Expand
  2. Mission to Mars is a nicely detailed science-fiction exploration movie. It harkens back to the spirit of 1950's Sci-Fi, where slimy monsters and gun fire was not an automatic box-check and the simple wonderment of the stars alone was enough to carry a movie. That said, it's best not to look for any sense of realism in Mission to Mars, as just like all those classic 50's flicks, things aren't developed much past Flash Gorden. If however, you feel like an Errol Flynn style voyage of discovery, Mission to Mars is a delightful ride. Expand
  3. I don' really remember the precise details of "Mission to Mars" (I was a kid back then). But I do still remember the wonderful performance of Tim Robbins as well as his prominent sacrifice for his team. Overall, I believe I liked it. Collapse
  4. Brian De Palma au service d'un film de science-fiction, le tout basé sur des faits scientifiques, était un projet des plus alléchants! Malheureusement, il semblerait que le réalisateur soit resté dans la Lune, nous livrant ici un produit bien en-dessous des attentes et de son talent. A commencer par un scénario, plutôt brouillon et un peu trop hollywoodien (sur les bons sentiments), qui empêche de faire croire à ces faits scientifiques (certaines séquences et révélations étant tirées par les cheveux : le ver de sable, la révélation finale, la nature du "son"...). Avec en plus des effets spéciaux inégaux et un Ennio Morricone pas au mieux de sa forme. Mais il faut bien reconnaître que les scènes spatiales sont bien plus intéressantes que les moments sur Mars, superbement réalisées! Et le casting reste honorable. Malgré cela, le film semble incomplet (pour ne pas dire bâclé et parfois grand-guignolesque), se laissant quand même regarder, mais pas avec l'oeil que l'ont aurait souhaité... Expand

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