"Project Hail Mary": An imperfect but beautifully crafted dose of space optimism
While it doesn't quite reach the heights of the novel its based on, this Ryan Gosling-led space epic is a feel-good blockbuster with a great human/alien bromance at the center. By Josh McCormack Andy Weir’s " Project Hail Mary" is a minor miracle of a science fiction novel, balancing hard science, plenty of laughs and a deeply emotional bromance between middle school science teacher-turned-Earth’s savior Ryland Grace and a pentapedal (?) little alien named Rocky. Ditching some of the heavy emphasis on hard science (although it’s still there in the margins) and leaning more into the book’s emotional moments — particularly that aforementioned bromance — the " Project Hail Mary" adaptation might not reach the heights of the novel it’s based on, but it still makes for a visually stunning crowd-pleaser. Leading the proceedings is Ryan Gosling, one of my personal favorite movie stars, who is arguably at the height of his fame thanks to his Oscar-nominated portrayal of...
