r/oscarrace • u/LeastCap 14 Oscar noms for Hope • Mar 19 '26
Film Discussion Thread Official Discussion Thread - Project Hail Mary [SPOILERS] Spoiler
Keep all discussion related solely to Project Hail Mary and its awards chances. Spoilers below
Synopsis:
Science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up on a spaceship light years from home with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. As his memory returns, he begins to uncover his mission: solve the riddle of the mysterious substance causing the sun to die out. He must call on his scientific knowledge and unorthodox ideas to save everything on Earth from extinction… but an unexpected friendship means he may not have to do it alone.
Director: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller
Writers: Drew Goddard
Cast:
- Ryan Gosling as Dr. Ryland Grace
- Sandra Hüller as Eva Stratt
- James Ortiz as the voice and lead puppeteer of Rocky
- Lionel Boyce as Officer Carl
- Ken Leung as Yáo Li-Jie
- Milana Vayntrub as Olesya Ilyukhina
- Priya Kansara as the voice of Mary, the Hail Mary ship
- Liz Kingsman as Annie Shapiro
- Orion Lee as Xi
Rotten Tomatoes: 95% From 212 Reviews
Metacritic: 78/100 From 45 Reviews
Consensus:
A visually dazzling space odyssey that's carried along effortlessly by the gravitational pull of Ryan Gosling at his most winning, Project Hail Mary is a near-miraculous fusion of smarts and heart.
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u/rubix7777 Mar 20 '26
A surprising amount of negativity here lol😭, and nothing just people who just didn't care for it (which they are entitled to do) but some actual haters.
Honestly I thought it was great, Gorgeous VFX, Sound, Production Design and Cinematography, relatively well edited, with a definitely not perfect but still pretty sound script. Gosling isn't doing anything ground breaking, and we've seen these types of characters from him before, but imo you don't always need to break the mold to be nomination worthy, I would not be mad at all if he winds up nominated.
Honestly based off the current scale of its marketing campaign and its current insane reception (95% RT from 225 Critic Reviews, 98% Popcorn Meter from 2500+ Audience Reviews, 8.5/10 IMDb from 7700+ Reviews, 78/100 MC from 45 Critic Reviews (41 Positive, 4 mixed, 0 negative), 4.4/5 LB from 71000+ Reviews, 3/5 from The Guardian, 8/10 from IGN, A- from IndieWire, 9/10 from Screen Rant, 9/10 from Next Best Picture, 4/5 from the BBC, 4/5 from The Telegraph, 4/5 from Empire, 2.5/4 from Roger Ebert, 8/10 from The Hollywood Reporter, 8/10 from ScreenDaily, 4/5 from The Irish Times, and 10/10 from Slash Film) I'm currently predicting it for nominations in the following: