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Roving Mars (2006)
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Reviews Counted:37
Fresh:26
Rotten:11
Average Rating:6.7/10
Consensus: Roving Mars is a decent thrill ride even when it starts feeling like a commercial plug for NASA's failing space program.
Theatrical Release:Jan 27, 2006 Limited
Box Office: $9,959,080
Synopsis: Follow the adventures of NASA's rovers Spirit and Opportunity as the robotic vehicles explore the surface of Mars and transmit images back to Earth. With a score by Philip Glass (THE HOURS, NOTES... [More]
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Reviews for Roving Mars
Manages to present scientific inquiry as an emotional journey, during which two exquisitely designed machines go from being gears and hinges to the embodiment of our best hopes and dreams.
01/26/06
It's shot through with edge-of-your-seat excitement.
10/06/06
It's harder still not to root for anthropomorphized Spirit and Opportunity as time and again they perform like whirring, beeping little robots-that-could, far exceeding the expectations of the people who designed and built them.
02/04/06
Top CriticAwe-inspiring and informative, but it's also entertaining and could trigger the desire for space exploration in a few future scientists-to-be.
01/27/06
If the mission of Roving Mars is to get us jazzed again about outer space, it's mission: accomplished.
01/26/06
The interaction of two amazing NASA roving robots, named "Spirit" and "Opportunity," with the mysterious terrain of Mars is authentically captured by writer/director George Butler on IMAX cameras.
04/16/09
Standard IMAX docu fare: a few talking heads, some lush narration, and a whole heap of impressive visuals.
06/25/07
...has been designed to appeal primarily to viewers with an inherent interest in all things outer space...
01/17/09
Despite audiences knowing the happy ending from the get-go, [director] Butler manages to inject considerable drama.
01/16/09
Probably isn't as enthralling as its makers hoped, but interesting enough to make for good, informative family entertainment.
01/28/06
Why shouldn't the movie be gung-ho about it all? Those plucky little robots, Spirit and Opportunity, have been up there for almost two years now, and they're still sending back dazzling pictures and illuminating data.
01/26/06
Top CriticOnly a series of pics featuring a set of strange little nodes that look like blueberries planted in a pile of red rocks carry any kind of translatable otherworldly kick.
02/01/06
As informative as it is cool to look at, this Imax documentary combines science with special effects that would be the envy of any sci-fi film.
01/26/06
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08/07/08
Capably accomplishes its mission to Mars by blending solid science with sci-fi eye candy.
06/16/06
A splendidly photographed IMAX 2-D film.
01/27/06
Top Critic[P]retty much a big, beautiful ad for NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and so what?
01/26/06
The movie is more compelling than exciting with one exception: the kind of rocket blast-off sequence for which IMAX screens were seemingly invented.
01/26/06
Top Critic[Butler] caught the tense moments at NASA as scientists waited to see whether the robots would land safely. And he got amazing pictures from them of the red surface of Mars pocked with what may be dried-up lake basins and riverbeds.
01/26/06
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