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This Long Shot Pays Off
Chris Kavan - wrote on 03/27/2026
When the worst thing I can think to say about Project Hail Mary is "Ryan Gosling, why the hell do you wear your glasses like that?" - I guess it's doing almost everything right.
I loved The Martian - one of my favorite sci-fi/comedy/drama films of the post 2000 period - and when I heard author Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary was going to be made into a film, my expectations were through the roof. I have to say, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller do just as well as Ridley Scott in adapting the novel to the big screen and getting Ryan Gosling on board is just the feather in this cap.
The film follows Gosling's Ryland Grace, a disgraced scientist-turned middle school teacher who was laughed out of the big leagues by suggesting life can evolve without water. But when a threat rises in the …
