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PROJECT HAIL MARY MOVIE REVIEW
Waking up in deep space on a ship with the only other crew members dead and with no knowledge of how you got there on a one-way trip to save the universe is one of my greatest fears. I’m sure if it was more likely to happen it would rank up there for everyone with darkness, sharks, insects, etc. But it IS happening to Dr. Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) who is, needless to say, displeased. His only companion is the voice of the computer on his ship and it isn’t exactly a social talker. As the ship nears its destination, Ryland remembers in fits and spurts his past and what led him to this situation. There’s a sun-eating particle that will end the majority of life on Earth in a few decades if someone doesn’t go to this far-off location near another sun and figure out why THAT sun seems to be the only one not being dimmed by these particles. Now, a big thing happens to Ryland that is really essential to describing the bulk of the film’s plot, BUT it’s also delightful to discover what it is organically so I’m not going to spoil it for you here, or in the review (we do but with PLENTY of warning ahead of time). Suffice it to say that Chris, Rod, Gene, and Nathan very much enjoyed Project Hail Mary and are so completely unsurprised since every project actually directed by Phil Lord and Chris Miller is a delight. For that matter, so is pretty much every film script by Drew Goddard, who adapted this from the same author who wrote The Martian which he also adapted.
DIRECTED BY: Phil Lord and Christopher Miller
STARRING: Ryan Gosling, Sandra Hüller, Lionel Boyce, Ken Leung, Milana Vayntrub, Liz Kingsman, Orion Lee, Aaron Neil, James Ortiz, Priya Kansara
YOUR REVIEWERS
Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss, Digital Noise, Highly Suspect Reviews, Screener Squad, Deliberations of Doom)
Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas in 1992 where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar and theater management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this community of critics. While Brian eventually followed his heart to a new family, Chris continues on with a cast of colorful folks from all over the country (and a few others).
Nathan Flynn (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)
Nathan Flynn is the resident goofball of OneofUs.Net, often found overly caffeinated, slightly stoned, and ready to unleash the hottest takes imaginable. As the resident Letterboxd Lunatic, his movie opinions are as bold as his love for Top Gun: Maverick — a film he considers less of a movie and more of a religion. When he’s not passionately defending his latest cinematic obsession, Nathan manages a comedy club in downtown Austin, where he’s somehow avoided being heckled… so far. Around here, he’s usually the punching bag, but hey, someone’s gotta do it.
Rod Nunley
An Austin native born military brat, Rod Nunley picked up his first comic book in Holland while waiting for his father to get out of work and was thrust into a world of nerdom. Now a full time single father he spends his days educating his son in the ways of being a geek with great bombast. Teaching his young pasawan the ways of D&D, sci-fi, fantasy books and all the great nerd films and content rivers he himself swam in his whole life. A karaoke singing, photo shoot taking, apartment locating and every doggo/kitty petting fan of all of all things geeky.
Gene Walker (Highly Suspect Reviews)
I’m a musician, comedian and VO actor originally from Pittsburgh, P.A. now living Austin. I was a latchkey kid back in the early 80’s. Once I got home from school, I had control of the tv for two hours until my mom and sisters got home. In the mid 80’s HBO had a series called , “Dream On,” about a guy who would have flashbacks to tv and movie quotes at certain times in his life. Thats me in a nutshell. I have a true love for this and I was always good with quoting and impersonating characters from films and tv. Im not an English major and I didn’t got to school for film, but what I bring to the table is fresh perspective through the eyes of the Average Joe.
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