Project Hail Mary, from Goddard and the directing team of Christopher Miller and Phil Lord, is a little like Interstellar but with the Spielbergisms turned up to 11. It is the most perfectly crowd-pleasing movie I’ve ever seen in my life: the comedy is carefully calibrated to generate laughs on demand; the emotional well it draws from is deep and produces tears with precision; and it’s smart without feeling preachy or condescending. Indeed, it’s so successful I almost dismissed it as manipulative while I was watching it. And then I realized that if I was being manipulated, I didn’t really care. ...
[Rocky's] like a precocious scamp in craggy form. The little rock creature is like TARS crossed with E.T. and filled with the Tasmanian Devil’s energy; he’s the most enchanting puppet1 in a live-action film . . . maybe ever? It’s almost unfair how much Goddard, Lord, and Miller make us care about this walking, talking pile of rocks; every choice they make doesn’t just work, it pulls us further into the world of the film, gives us greater emotional resonance.
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