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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 23 m

Summary Firmly ensconced in the geeky pantheon of computer legends since high school, Richard Garriott can afford to pursue his dreams - even the wildly improbable ones. For instance, following in his astronaut father's footsteps. NASA won't take you because of bad eyes? No problem! Pioneer your own private space industry and buy a $30 million s...

Directed By: Mike Woolf

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 23 m

Richard Garriott: Man on a Mission

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary Firmly ensconced in the geeky pantheon of computer legends since high school, Richard Garriott can afford to pursue his dreams - even the wildly improbable ones. For instance, following in his astronaut father's footsteps. NASA won't take you because of bad eyes? No problem! Pioneer your own private space industry and buy a $30 million s...

Directed By: Mike Woolf

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
53
40% Positive
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40% Mixed
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20% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
53
40% Positive
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40% Mixed
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20% Negative
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75
Feb 10, 2012
A disarmingly enthusiastic documentary about how its subject eventually found his own way into orbit.
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70
Feb 10, 2012
It's a bit precious in its narcissistic point of view, but still a kick to watch the hopelessly devoted astronaut wannabe fulfill his wildest dream.
By Betsy Sharkey FULL REVIEW
67
Feb 10, 2012
While Man on a Mission doesn't precisely neuter Garriott's weirder ways, it does push them aside for a more boilerplate message of the father/son bond.
By Kimberley Jones FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 10, 2012
The most expensive home movie ever made, is one man's genial account of his trip into outer space.
By Neil Genzlinger FULL REVIEW
40
Feb 10, 2012
It should be mentioned that Garriott's father, Owen, was himself a Skylab astronaut, a fact of which much is made - but that only more obviously shows Man on a Mission for what it is: a puffed-up home movie.
By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW
38
Feb 10, 2012
Oh, the things that money can buy.
By Joseph Jon Lanthier FULL REVIEW
12
Feb 10, 2012
Completely lacking in imagination and purpose, this vanity project might suffice as a home movie, but it's hardly worth the expense and bother of seeing it in a theater.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Beef and Pie Productions
Release Date Jan 13, 2012
Duration 1 h 23 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.manonamissionmovie.com/
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Awards

SXSW Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Park City Film Music Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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