Mars
National Geographic | Release Date: November 14, 2016
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59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
IndieWireBen TraversNov 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: The series deserves considerable respect for deftly balancing the two seemingly contradictory storytelling devices. Read full review
83
NewsdayVerne GayNov 11, 2016
Season 1 Review: Mars is interesting, and much more: Quirky, funky, earnest, intelligent, engaging and occasionally melodramatic. Read full review
75
St. Louis Post-DispatchGail PenningtonNov 10, 2016
Season 1 Review: The format is ambitious, and if some parts don’t entirely work, there’s still a lot to like and learn in Mars. Read full review
70
Cleveland Plain DealerMark DawidziakNov 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: What Mars lacks in consistency, it makes up with scope and scale. Read full review
67
Boston HeraldMark A. PerigardNov 14, 2016
Season 1 Review: The talking-head portion plays like a video Kickstarter pitch for Elon Musk’s SpaceX, his private rocket company determined to get man to Mars and keep him there in a sustainable community. The drama plays like a low-budget Ron Howard film, which it is, sort of. Read full review
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