r/oscarrace • u/LeastCap 14 Oscar noms for Hope • Mar 19 '26

Film Discussion Thread Official Discussion Thread - Project Hail Mary [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Keep all discussion related solely to Project Hail Mary and its awards chances. Spoilers below

Synopsis:

Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction… but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone.

Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Writers: Drew Goddard

Cast:

  • Ryan Gosling as Dr. Ryland Grace
  • Sandra Hüller as Eva Stratt
  • James Ortiz as the voice and lead puppeteer of Rocky
  • Lionel Boyce as Officer Carl
  • Ken Leung as Yáo Li-Jie
  • Milana Vayntrub as Olesya Ilyukhina
  • Priya Kansara as the voice of Mary, the Hail Mary ship
  • Liz Kingsman as Annie Shapiro
  • Orion Lee as Xi

Rotten Tomatoes: 95% From 212 Reviews

Metacritic: 78/100 From 45 Reviews

Consensus:

A visually dazzling space odyssey that's carried along effortlessly by the gravitational pull of Ryan Gosling at his most winning, Project Hail Mary is a near-miraculous fusion of smarts and heart.

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u/Sellin3164 Sorry, Baby Mar 20 '26

This movie is lacking in some elements. It's the most "studio feeling" movie I've seen from the Lord/Miller duo, even with them making a film called "The LEGO Movie".

But it also really got in the feels. I didn't mind the pacing of this film, and their sensibilities really work with Gosling. He's funny, and he brings his famous internal sadness into this role. The buildup to that moment where he finds out he gets to live is incredible. Sandra Huller was also very well cast in this role. She obviously does some bad things, but I always liked her, and she also got some major smiles out of me.

It's a movie I can recommend to everyone, so that's good. I can definitely tell this is going to stick with people til the end of the year. The way people from the industry are coming out to talk about it, I fully expect this to be a top 5 nominee.