Some of this Martian stuff is better than a lot of Earth bound crap, except Star Wars.

Rating: 8/10 (25 February 2016)

I wasn't even going to bother watching this because I'm not the biggest fan of the genre but after watching the reference to it as a comedy in the Golden Globes I thought, why not.
It's not a comedy, thankfully. Being humorous doesn't mean comedy. It's a really well done piece of work and I have to tip my hat to the casting department for the line-up. They all worked well. However, this is obviously Damon's best role, to date and I get the impression he was quite comfortable to play himself and it seems he might be OK, marooned on Mars.
This is nothing like a lot of other generic types, which is why I wasn't going to watch it, originally. Instead it doesn't dwell on morbidity, which lifts the film far beyond my original preconceptions.
It runs for 2hr+ but I think they got the timing just about right, whereas they could have turned this into a real yawn and I'm glad they resisted the temptation.
All-in-all, a very good film and worth a watch.