Red Planet: Critic Reviews

72%

MovieWeb: 1 reviews

14%

Rotten Tomatoes: 119 reviews

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

42

[The actors] stand around mouthing dry as Martian dust dialogue.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Stephen Holden New York Times (Top Critic)

30

What human speech manages to break through the tedious, impenetrable jargon is so compressed and weighted with exposition that it feels more like notes for an outline than actual conversation.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Desson Thomson Washington Post (Top Critic)

20

Chuck Pfarrer's screenplay feels older than the Martian hills.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Jay Carr Boston Globe (Top Critic)

Red Planet is a giant roach motel of a movie, where actors check in but don't check out.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Eric Harrison Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

Red Planet seems powered by a 'Cool Stuff' aesthetics -- it's full of bits and pieces that don't add up to anything or make much of an impression.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Tom Sime Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

Red Planet is cluttered with too many threats and too many implausible solutions.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

The story's strong point isn't psychological depth or complex relationships, but brainy scientists trying to think their way out of a box that grows smaller every minute.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Mark Caro Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

The year's second Mars movie isn't as laughable as the first, Brian De Palma's Mission to Mars, but it also offers far fewer signs of life.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Carrie Rickey Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)

Feels a lot like a B-movie from the 1950s.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

75

The next time any movie tells you the Martians are coming, choose the better part of valor: Just duck.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Todd McCarthy Variety (Top Critic)

As dull and arid as a hike through the desert.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Jonathan Foreman New York Post (Top Critic)

Red Planet isn't as bad as the year's first abysmal Martian movie, Mission to Mars, but it's pretty close.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

The cast outclasses the material.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Geoff Pevere Toronto Star (Top Critic)

Atrocious dialogue, gross cliches, absurd plot twists and ludicrous orchestral flourishes.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Robert Horton Film.com (Top Critic)

Despite the persuasive scenery, director Antony Hoffman can't figure out a way to build scenes, or momentum, or much of anything.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

38

Full Review » 11 years ago
Charles Taylor Salon.com (Top Critic)

Red Planet isn't particularly offensive, except in its total mediocrity.
Full Review » 13 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

63

As a human interest drama, Red Planet is more thin than Mars' atmosphere.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Kirk Honeycutt Hollywood Reporter (Top Critic)

Crash-lands in a desert of one-note characters, banal dialogue and a general lack of excitement or tension.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Bob Thomas Associated Press (Top Critic)

A mildly diverting adventure film for those who enjoy thrills and shocks without having to think too much.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

50

There's precious little sense of adventure, suspense or excitement and no sense of fun.
Full Review » 13 years ago
Walter Chaw Film Freak Central

75

Better than you remember.
Full Review » 2 years ago
Felix Vasquez Jr. Cinema Crazed

Full Review » 4 years ago
Mark Halverson Sacramento News & Review

20

Full Review » 5 years ago
Robert Cashill Newsweek

38

Zero gravity.
Full Review » 5 years ago