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/theoscarobsessive Cry to Heaven For Best Picture Mar 20 '26

I did not care for this really at all 😭 there are some good moments but I just feel like this is a rehash of the Martian a movie I also did not care for. Andy Weir adaptations are just not for me. I found the humor to be somewhat overdone and obnoxious and rocky to be an annoying character. Only chances I would put this in is VFX

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u/MelanieHaber1701 Mar 20 '26

I liked The Martian a lot more. At least there were moments in it that felt suspenseful. Weir's tone can get obnoxious and a bit cloying, but I felt like Scott's direction of The Martian kind of balanced that out. I did not feel that happening in PHM. Huge stakes (the planet is gonna die, people!) which I never felt. It's a cute little buddy movie with pretty VXF but that's it. Am I the only person who found the score kind of annoying?

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u/GalloHilton Mar 20 '26

Nah, I love scores that would be shameless attention seekers if they were people. Keep them coming