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12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75USA TodayMike ClarkUSA TodayMike ClarkThe movie is more compelling than exciting with one exception: the kind of rocket blast-off sequence for which IMAX screens were seemingly invented.
- 75New York PostNew York PostA splendidly photographed IMAX 2-D film, takes us breathlessly through the process of designing Spirit and Opportunity, the two plucky Mars rovers that have been sending images 300 million miles since they hit the Red Planet in 2003.
- 70Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayA briskly moving, deeply engaging 40-minute documentary.
- If many of the scenes are fake, however, the thrill of the project is not, and what we do see of the surface - hyperclear photographs on the scale of 100-by-180 feet - is out of this world.
- 70VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibHelmer George Butler correctly gauges his film's strengths, with the search for life in the universe becoming a heartfelt tribute to a couple of robots.
- Butler deftly intercuts real footage with CGI, heightening the drama, and the film becomes especially compelling once the robots are launched into space.
- 50Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneThe sad thing is, even for NASA/space fans, a snooze isn't out of the question despite the film's scant 40-minute running time.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckRoving Mars is bound to inspire hordes of young science geeks to dream about sending in their resumes. The rest of us may not feel so excited.
- 50San Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubSan Francisco ChroniclePeter HartlaubA workmanlike effort -- a precision piece of filmmaking that provides education for children and a refresher course that adults can benefit from as well.
- 40Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternSometimes comes on like a NASA commercial; those logos loom gigantic on the IMAX screen. More troublingly, the film fails to explain how computer animations were combined with actual imagery from the missions.