Mars One
ARRAY Releasing | Release Date (Streaming): January 5, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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91
IndieWireJude DryJan 5, 2023
Martins strikes a delicate balance that’s unusually satisfying from a narrative perspective. It’s refreshing to witness characters grow outside the traditional beats of most American dramas. There is an abundance of heroes’ journeys in waking up every day and pushing past surviving to thriving. Read full review
90
TheWrapCarlos AguilarJan 6, 2023
Though they never call much attention to themselves, the expertly illuminated frames of cinematographer Leonardo Feliciano (“Araby”) paint the ensemble cast with purposeful and aesthetically pleasing lighting. Read full review
90
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonJan 5, 2023
Dreams are incubators for dissatisfaction, Martins seems to sigh. Read full review
90
Paste MagazineShayna Maci WarnerNov 15, 2022
Insightful, kind and exceptionally well-acted, Marte Um reminds its characters that they’ll find what they need if they just keep looking. Read full review
83
The Film StageJohn FinkNov 15, 2022
The film’s structure allows us to spend time both together and individually with each character, veering off with them for a day at the office, school, dance club, or park. It is simultaneously a slice of life and a film about the bigger picture. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeJan 10, 2023
Mars One revels in the lives of its characters, taking a leisurely and scenic route to understanding their dreams and realities. Read full review
80
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithJan 6, 2023
The film is quiet, deliberate and low-key, and some may find it underwhelming, but writer-director Gabriel Martins has a novelist’s feel for his characters, taking us under everybody’s skin with deep sympathy for their differing outlooks. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJan 5, 2023
Some not great things happen in Mars One. And there is agony. But there are also the good things done in response that keep families like these soldiering on. Read full review
70
VarietyJessica KiangJan 5, 2023
Tracking the personal anxieties and challenges of the family members as they pursue differently shaped dreams of escape, it is sincerely meant and deeply affectionate toward its decent, striving foursome, but it’s a little disorienting that it should cue up a gut-punch only to deliver a hug. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreNov 15, 2022
It’s quite simple in structure, simply sublime in execution. Read full review
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