Project Hail Mary

Name: Project Hail Mary
Genre: Sci-Fi
Released: March 20, 2026
Duration: 156 min
Rating: 77

2026

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: March 20, 2026

Summary: Science teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) 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 toScience teacher Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) 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.… Expand

Genre(s): Sci-Fi

Runtime: 156 min

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Odie Henderson

Mar 17, 2026

For all its bells and whistles, “Project Hail Mary” is also a lovely, bittersweet character study, a pas de deux between man and alien that elicits a surprising amount of emotions by the time the credits roll. Read full review

William Bibbiani

Mar 10, 2026

Watching Grace and Rocky talking science, doing science and exploring the parallels between their cultures evokes the very best parts of Star Trek. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Mar 20, 2026

Project Hail Mary is more about the wonder of the unknown and the satisfaction of finding new friends. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Mar 10, 2026

The tonal balance between life-and-death stakes and buddy-comedy bonding is sometimes wobbly, but Ryan Gosling gives an open-hearted performance as our planet’s unlikely saviour. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Mar 16, 2026

When you can sell a movie in which you spend a large chunk of time talking to a rock and still manage to be magnetic, you're doing something right. And in "Project Hail Mary," Gosling definitely is. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Mar 10, 2026

Over two-and-a-half hours, the duo’s film gazes in wonder at alien engineering, opens its heart to human vulnerability through karaoke, and makes the case that inspiring the next generation (or at least perpetuating its existence) is alluring enough to shake the smarmiest manchildren from their self-imposed exile. Most effectively, though, Project Hail Mary sees a personal sense of humor shine through the bludgeoning grandeur of a AAA sci-fi. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Mar 20, 2026

Maybe I’m too reluctant to let go of my reactions to the first trailers for it. But “cloying” is a hard sell at 156 often interminable minutes. Read full review

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