So-so sci-fi; may be too intense for some kids.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 26, 2010

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Mission to Mars' redemptive coda opened the door for the subsequent film's continuing figurative and literal sanguinity.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 27, 2006

There's some throwaway fancy camerawork at the beginning and a repeat of his shock-shot trick from Raising Cain, but otherwise De Palma's own ride appears to be largely on autopilot.

| Dec 2, 2002

Despite a few breathtaking snapshots en route, it can't quite figure out the aesthetic itinerary -- where it's heading and why.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 22, 2002

Nothing in this lackluster set piece is particularly novel or interesting.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000

De Palma's picture brings neither the wit nor the emotional derring-do of the subsequent movies to its account of not one but two tragedy-plagued flights to Mars.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jan 1, 2000

On so many levels, a risibly bad movie.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

This film is mind boggling and stupid, a derivative piece of doo-doo that's an embarrassment for all involved.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Mission to Mars is sentimental, corny, and at times irredeemably campy.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Mission to Mars gets lost in mystical mumbo jumbo.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 1, 2000

A movie as cold and distant as the Red Planet itself.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 1, 2000

In the presence of profound questions, the filmmaker goes profoundly shallow.

| Original Score: C- | Jan 1, 2000

There doesn't seem to be an original moment in the entire movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 1, 2000

It gets worse before it gets better.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Brian De Palma's sci-fi venture is a a sickening waste of money and talent.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Jan 1, 2000

At its best, Mission to Mars is a visually inspiring motion picture that takes you to another world and shows off the amazing sights.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Mission to Mars establishes a new gold standard for embarrassing alien encounters.

| Jan 1, 2000

Mainly coarsens 2001 in its mix of cosmic consciousness and 'naturalistic' product placement.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000

Mission to Mars is blandly directed by Brian De Palma.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2000