NASA Mars mission PR tool

Rating: 6/10 (4 October 2015)

The film is quite happy-clappy to the point that I'd say there is a strong possibility it was sponsored as a PR tool by NASA in preparation for the huge public expenditure they'll need for the real-life mission
To underline the above, we were never shown how deadly the Martian surface is (certainly they were never going to let one of the crew die!) and so I never felt any great peril. Watney didn't appear to feel he was in any great danger eitheralmost as if he was in a movie. Lol.
The crew were pretty forgettable and the landscapes were not alien or stunning enough.
The ending was particularly Disney happy-clappy.
Overall it was quite good but its not one I'll put on my to-buy list.