Whatever's shoddy or limp about Mission to Mars, however conspicuous while the film unfolds, all becomes admirably pale as the full viewing experience recedes and the good stuff emerges in proud bas-relief.
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07/14/09
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Mission to Mars (2000)
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Reviews Counted:109
Fresh:26
Rotten:83
Average Rating:4/10
Consensus: Beauty only goes skin deep in this shallow but visually stunning film.
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: In 2020, a group of astronauts headed by Luke Graham (Don Cheadle) set out to be the first humans on Mars. After they've landed, they investigate a strange noise near an unusual rock formation, and... [More]
Starring: Gary Sinise, Tim Robbins, Don Cheadle, Jerry O'Connell
Director: Brian De Palma
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08/07/08
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12/30/06
Top CriticMission to Mars' redemptive coda opened the door for the subsequent film's continuing figurative and literal sanguinity.
08/27/06
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07/24/06
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06/24/06
The race for the worst movie of the year is on!
05/26/06
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12/06/05
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08/23/03
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05/28/03
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05/20/03
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02/08/03
Typically, while a good screenplay only requires a single author, this unimaginative, derivative dreck required at least four, even with the massive cribbing from 2001: A Space Odyssey.
12/08/02
There's some throwaway fancy camerawork at the beginning and a repeat of his shock-shot trick from Raising Cain, but otherwise De Palma's own ride appears to be largely on autopilot.
12/02/02
The too-many-cooks rule applies to this script, which borrows wantonly from sci-fi classics of the past.
10/15/02
If Brian DePalma's Mission to Mars were a book, it would have a yellow cover and the title '2001 for Dummies.'
09/03/02
It's the waste of the impressive ensemble cast on cheap, pedestrian dialogue and a tabloid-style hypothesis of Martian civilization that makes this Mission impossible to watch.
06/05/02
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