The main character, Mark Watney, is stranded on Mars and needs to use his intelligence and materials at hand to survive long enough to be rescued.

Rating: 10/10 (2 October 2015)

I read the book and I loved it. I was super excited to see this film and it did not disappoint. Of course the movie is going to be in a different format than the book since a great majority of the book is Mark Watney's point of view (which would be really boring if we just saw him talking the whole movie). Despite the change in format and a few minor changes to some of the scenes, it was a great movie. It was funny, thrilling, and heartfelt. The movie removed about 90% of the technical explanations so if you read the book and you were looking forward to that, you will be disappointed.
My girlfriend is not into sci-fi movies but she came out of the movie talking about how much she loved it. It seems as though it can make anyone fall in love with science despite their background. All-in-all, I would say, go see the movie and bring your friends (no matter what their background is).