Mission to Mars (2000)
Critic Reviews
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Chicago Tribune Michael Wilmington
One of the most gorgeous science-fiction movies ever - and probably also one of the most realistic in detail and scientific extrapolation
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50
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Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The picture is equally long on eye-dazzling camera work and New Age sentimentality.
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50
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USA Today Mike Clark
You can feel the movie going wrong in the first scene.
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50
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Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Trying to make sense of this shaggy dog story is like climbing a mountain with glass-smooth sides and quarter-inch toeholds.
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40
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Village Voice J. Hoberman
Halfway through, De Palma literally explodes his narrative to orchestrate a superb deep-space float-opera replete with runaway modules, high-tech lassos, dramatic self-sacrifice, and, in the most surprising maneuver, a montage-driven modicum of actual suspense.
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38
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Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
A $100 million production of a 10-cent script, is so clunkily written, so bereft of any engaging ideas or emotions, you'd think De Palma would have sneered at it on first reading and passed
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30
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Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky
One can only assume all the, ah, good stuff landed on the cutting-room floor, because it sure as hell didn't make it to Mars.
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25
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New York Post Jonathan Foreman
It features well-below-par writing, acting, direction, special effects and music, while oozing a nauseating New Age sentimentality that undermines any tension in the underlying story.
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25
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San Francisco Chronicle Bob Graham
Something so sappy, no one would believe me if I told them. It has to be seen to be disbelieved.
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20
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Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov
De Palma's film is a mess from its anxious start all the way through to its new-agey end, relying heavily on cribs from Kubrick and Cameron and even the recent "Apollo 13."
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