Project Hail Mary Review (2026) — 85% Celluloid Score
Directed by Phil Lord & Christopher Miller · 2026 ·
Project Hail Mary (2026) earns a 85% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.
Calculated from 4 available inputs: Celluloid editorial rating, Metascore, Letterboxd and IMDb. Audience sentiment is shown separately and never changes the composite. See how we calculate scores.
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- MGM+
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Where to watch Project Hail Mary by country
| Country | Streaming on |
|---|---|
| India | Prime Video |
| Indonesia | Prime Video |
| Japan | Prime Video |
| Malaysia | Prime Video |
| Nigeria | Prime Video |
| Philippines | Prime Video |
| South Africa | Prime Video |
| Thailand | Prime Video |
| Turkey | Prime Video |
| United Arab Emirates | Prime Video |
| United Kingdom | Prime Video, MGM+ |
| United States | Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+ |
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Why this score?
- Celluloid's editorial rating is exceptional (95/100).
- Audiences widely enjoyed it (96%).
- Metascore is generally favorable (79/100).
- Letterboxd diarists rate it highly (4.1/5).
- IMDb users score it 8.2/10.
Best for
- Viewers who want a well-regarded sci-fi, adventure, comedy pick
- Epic-length viewers who want a big-screen experience
Not ideal for
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Is Project Hail Mary worth watching?
Yes — Project Hail Mary earns a 85% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
Celluloid Verdict
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller turn Andy Weir's bestseller into the year's most crowd-unifying sci-fi event — Ryan Gosling's everyman charm and Rocky the alien's unlikely friendship deliver a 95%/96% critic–audience lock that Metacritic and IMDb midyear lists both crowned essential.
Celluloid editorial verdict
Critics and audiences are closely aligned on this one.
What is Project Hail Mary about?
A disoriented middle-school science teacher wakes aboard a deep-space vessel with no memory of how he got there — only a mission briefing that humanity's sun is dying and he may be the last hope to save it. As Ryland Grace pieces together his past and his purpose, an unlikely friendship with an alien engineer named Rocky becomes the emotional spine of a survival story that balances hard science, wit, and genuine wonder.
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Critic Reviews
Project Hail Mary Review: Ryan Gosling and an Alien Save the Sun — and Maybe Cinema
★★★★★
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller turn Andy Weir's space-survival novel into 2026's most unanimously loved blockbuster — Gosling's teacher-turned-astronaut and Rocky the alien are the year's defining unlikely friendship.
A masterpiece of accessible sci-fi — the year's highest Celluloid Score among English-language tentpoles, now streaming on Prime Video with every ounce of its theatrical wonder intact.
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