IrakliKandelaki
The move is poorly executed. Besides all of the easily noticeable mistakes, most obvious one is a 25+ year old looking actor playing a 16 year old girl, who not only happens to be a professional car thief but a great stuntwoman as well. Landing a plane in the middle of the highway? No problem. Jumping out of a flying plane? Piece of cake. I don't know how, but they made a 19 year old actor look like a 14 year old kid. Those age differences and misuses are very disturbing throughout the whole movie. There are plenty of erroneous stuff but let's not zoom into them at the moment, it can go unnoticed for a regular viewer.The Plot - It's predictable and ambiguous. First of all, who doesn't use proper contraceptives before a flight in the cosmos? How come the mother of the main character is pregnant and still makes it aboard? That's rubbish. Second, not only the finale is obvious, but also the main plot twist (aka who's the father of Gardner).Overall, 6/10. Not that bad, if you just wanna say "Awww cute" in the end.
whartoyo
Gary Oldman's acting was superb,
Asa Butterfield and Britt Robertson were sure NOT disappointing.
I'm quite surprised this movie didn't do well in the box office.
Maybe not enough marketing, because i saw its trailer several times, but I didn't know when it hit the theater.
I can tolerate the plot holes like: how Gardner chatted to one person, and if he gained access to internet, why he was so surprised when he saw a horse.
Detail of the story is too weak for science fiction fans, but okay for young adult movie goers.
And... I just think that Britt Robertson looked too old for Tulsa.
robinssa-98507
A great premise with a some charming aspects of performance from Asa butterfield but otherwise a plot that needs a lot of contrived coinidences to make sense. Convenient that the kid has some sort of magnetic tracker in his chest that also happens to override the door locks, not just on mars but also in earth's nasa headquarters. Also convenient that the apparent child genius on mars turns into a mr bean socially incapable idiot on earth. And when did nasa decide that the best content of a training module on "human sexuality" should be a clip from a 1950s movie?Some entertainment and some charm but overall just too contrived to keep me on board.
rolland-creative
Touching story, beautifully delivered. Love that he kept asking, "what is your favorite thing about earth?"