Project Hail Mary

From Andy Weir, the writer of The Martian, this film throws a little more “fiction” into its “science fiction,” but still keeps plenty of “science along for the ride too. Ryan Gosling plays a junior high school teacher who wakes up on a spaceship rapidly leaving the solar system and with no memory of how he got there. He has to use his wits and everything around him to survive and stand a chance of saving the Earth from our sun being extinguished. There will be lots of MacGuyvering and cleverness, some good quippy lines, and maybe even an alien. 

“It’s a masterpiece of a family popcorn movie, with eye-popping hand-crafted production design and outstanding creature design and puppetry work.” -G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
“This is for the most part an absolute space-smash: stupidly entertaining stuff about seriously clever speculative concepts. Hail, Mary!” -John Nugent, Empire Magazine
“Project Hail Mary is a movie that believes it’s possible to save the world. It dares to hope. And that’s more beautiful than all the stars in the sky.” -Liz Shannon Miller, Consequence
“For once, fans’ ‘Did they do the book justice?’ anxieties are misplaced: The movie version of Project Hail Mary is funny, strange, heartening, and completely satisfying.” -Tasha Robinson, Polygon
“A stirring celebration of bravery, camaraderie, and human ingenuity that goes big in every respect, not least of which by recognizing and foregrounding the majesty of larger-than-life movie stardom.” -Nick Schager, The Daily Beast
“With Gosling and Hüller to the fore, Lord and Miller have delivered a cosmic adventure with hope in its heart and a twinkle in its eye. It’s the science-fiction blockbuster we need in these fractious times.” -Philip De Semlyen, Time Out
“With a leading man, Ryan Gosling, who can’t resist showing off his goofball charm and all-round Kenergy, Project Hail Mary is surprisingly shiny and fun for a story about the potential extinction of the human race.” -Nicholas Barber, BBC.com
“Even with intimate knowledge of the book, Lord and Miller’s imagining will have you holding your breath, shedding tears, and sighing with relief.” -Billie Melissa, Newsweek
“Project Hail Mary is a triumphant science fiction adventure. It manages to be smart without alienating those less au fait with the science, and heartfelt without falling into the overly sentimental.” -Linda Marric, Hey U Guys
“Project Hail Mary is one of those old-school popcorn movies with big ideas, the kind of film that Steven Spielberg and George Lucas would have made back in the day and kids of all ages would have obsessed over and bought the toys.” -Brian Truitt, USA Today

Project Hail Mary will launch at The Clyde on it’s national opening day, Friday, March 20, and will play Friday, Saturday & Monday at 7:30 plus Sunday at 2:00 for two weeks.