Mission to Mars

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Mission to Mars

PG

2000

1h 53m

Sci-Fi

Adventure

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The first manned mission to Mars in 2020 ends in disaster when three of the crew are seemingly killed and the fourth, Luke Graham (Don Cheadle), is stranded with no way to contact Earth. Jim McConnell (Gary Sinise), Woody Blake (Tim Robbins), Phil Ohlmyer (Jerry O'Connell) and Terri Fisher (Connie Nielsen) are sent on a rescue mission to find any survivors and determine what happened. The team uncovers startling evidence that Mars may not be a dead planet after all.

Critics Consensus

Beauty only goes skin deep in this shallow but visually stunning film.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

12/26/2010

3/5

So-so sci-fi; may be too intense for some kids.

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Eric Henderson

Slant Magazine

08/27/2006

3.5/4

Mission to Mars' redemptive coda opened the door for the subsequent film's continuing figurative and literal sanguinity.

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Philip Strick

Sight & Sound

12/02/2002

There's some throwaway fancy camerawork at the beginning and a repeat of his shock-shot trick from Raising Cain, but otherwise De Palma's own ride appears to be largely on autopilot.

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Grant Watson

Fiction Machine

07/07/2021

3/10

Derivative, weak, and needlessly simplistic.

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Tony Black

Cultural Conversation

02/16/2021

3/5

A sedate, mournful, yet optimistic journey to the stars.

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

11/30/2020

2/5

Swerves into irreversible stupidity down the stretch, generally plays like a half-formed prequel to "Ancient Aliens," and ends like a Disney ride version of "Ad Astra." But Brian De Palma's hand is all over the sustained tension of the second act.

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K F

@RT29864102 Apr 5

Standard American sugar sweet melodramatic sap. The music is absolutely atrocious.

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Reggie S

@Beebers Feb 26

This movie was hard to watch, sub standard script and confusing plot line and ending.

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Pedro Henrique C

@Pedro2005 Dec 18

Mission to Mars (2000) Honestly, it's a very confusing movie with a totally random and bad ending. I was really enjoying the beginning, but then everything got worse.

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keven q

@kevenquinlan Oct 21

Ugh, this was hard to watch. Miscast, mis-shot, misadventure. All tropes and none of them good. Depalma isn't as good when he was young and hungry. I think he was going for a modern 2001 and this was just not enjoyable at all. Won't keep or ever watch again. This is my 2nd viewing in 2025/ I saw it when it came out and had the same opinion.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Aug 30

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Eric W.

@Jtuess Aug 13

Very entertaining. A great movie to watch on a lazy day off. Maybe some reviews are just posted to show off big words.

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The first manned mission to Mars in 2020 ends in disaster when three of the crew are seemingly killed and the fourth, Luke Graham (Don Cheadle), is stranded with no way to contact Earth. Jim McConnell (Gary Sinise), Woody Blake (Tim Robbins), Phil Ohlmyer (Jerry O'Connell) and Terri Fisher (Connie Nielsen) are sent on a rescue mission to find any survivors and determine what happened. The team uncovers startling evidence that Mars may not be a dead planet after all.

Director: Brian De Palma
Producer: Tom Jacobson
Screenwriter: Lowell Cannon, John Thomas, John Thomas, Jim Thomas, Jim Thomas, Graham Yost
Distributor: Touchstone Pictures, Buena Vista Pictures
Production Co: Spyglass Entertainment, Touchstone Pictures, Jacobson Company, StudioCanal, Red Horizon Productions
Rating: PG (Sci-Fi Violence|Language)
Genre: Sci-Fi, Adventure
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 10, 2000, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $60.9M
Runtime: 1h 53m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Surround, Dolby EX, DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Digital Projection, Scope (2.35:1)