Fresh
Despite audiences knowing the happy ending from the get-go, [director] Butler manages to inject considerable drama.
Ethan Gilsdorf, Boston Globe
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Roving Mars
Overview
Join the Mars rovers Spirit and Opportunity for an awe-inspiring journey to the surface of the mysterious red planet.
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70%
Tomatometer
Fresh
One of the most educational and entertaining large-format movies ever.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
Not having a way to capture images of the machines at work means that too much of Butler's film ... is disappointingly made up of computer simulations.
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Capably accomplishes its mission to Mars by blending solid science with sci-fi eye candy.
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
Fresh
It's harder still not to root for anthropomorphized Spirit and Opportunity as time and again they perform like whirring, beeping little robots-that-could, far exceeding the expectations of the people who designed and built them.
Bob Townsend, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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