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PROJECT HAIL MARY MOVIE REACTION – GRACE & ROCKY'S FRIENDSHIP MOVED US TO TEARS!! - REVIEW

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With Project Hail Mary becoming one of the most anticipated sci-fi adaptations in years, we’re reacting to the emotional space epic starring Ryan Gosling, based on Andy Weir’s bestselling novel from the author of The Martian — featuring first contact, impossible survival odds, and one of the most lovable sci-fi characters ever created. Project Hail Mary Full Length Movie Watch Along & Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects - Limited Time Offer – You Need Fiber. Yes you! Boost your fiber with Huel today using my exclusive offer of 15% OFF online with my code REJECTS at https://www.huel.com/REJECTS. New Customers Only. Thank you to Huel for partnering and supporting our show! - Gift Someone (Or Yourself) An RR Tee! https://shorturl.at/hekk2 John Humphrey, Andrew Gordon & Tara Erickson react to Project Hail Mary, including humanity’s desperate mission to save Earth, the shocking first-contact reveal, Grace’s emotional journey through space, and the unforgettable friendship with Rocky. John Humphrey, Andrew Gordon & Tara Erickson dive into this massive sci-fi adventure with their full reaction, recap, commentary, breakdown, analysis, and spoiler review!! Based on the bestselling novel by Andy Weir (The Martian), Project Hail Mary stars Ryan Gosling (Blade Runner 2049, Barbie) as Ryland Grace, a middle-school science teacher unexpectedly tasked with saving humanity after the sun begins mysteriously dimming. Along the way, Grace encounters Rocky — an alien engineer from another star system — leading to one of the most emotional and unique friendships in modern science fiction. The reaction especially focuses on the film’s scientific problem-solving, the emotional isolation of deep space, the suspense surrounding the Astrophage threat, and Rocky quickly becoming an instant fan-favorite character. John, Andrew & Tara react heavily to the movie’s mix of humor, heart, tension, and large-scale cosmic stakes. The film also stars Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest) as Eva Stratt and features direction from Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The LEGO Movie). Blending hard sci-fi, emotional storytelling, survival tension, and unexpected friendship, Project Hail Mary has already become one of the most talked-about sci-fi stories in recent years. #ProjectHailMary #RyanGosling #SciFi #MovieReaction #AndyWeir #Rocky #TheMartian #ReactionVideo #ScienceFiction #FilmReaction #firsttime Follow *Andrew Gordon* https://www.youtube.com/@MovieSource https://www.instagram.com/agor711/?hl=en https://twitter.com/Agor711 Follow *Tara Erickson* https://www.youtube.com/@TaraErickson https://www.instagram.com/taraerickson/ https://twitter.com/thetaraerickson 00:00 Checking In! 1:49 Project Hail Mary Reaction 59:53 HUEL 1:02:05 Project Hail Mary Movie Reaction 1:31:04 Project Hail Mary Movie Review Intense Suspense by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ RR Clips & Shorts Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@ReelRejectsClips Follow TheReelRejects On The Socials: IG: https://www.instagram.com/reelrejects/ TT: https://www.tiktok.com/@thereelrejects?lang=en TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thereelrejects FB: https://www.facebook.com/TheReelRejects/ Music Used In Ad: Hat the Jazz by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Head Editor: https://www.instagram.com/prapermedia Supervising Producer: https://twitter.com/nerdchronic?lang=en Co-Editor: Greg Alba Co-Editor: John Humphrey Music In Video: Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Follow & Listen to Us Wherever You Get Your Podcasts!! - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3XHMwbveiznxSOGxN9XT0M - Google Podcasts: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vc3Rhci13YXJzLXRhbGs - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-reel-rejects-tv-movie-recaps/id1616339990 - Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Apocalypse-Podcast/B08JJP58FG Ask Us A QUESTION On CAMEO: https://www.cameo.com/thereelrejects Follow GREG On INSTAGRAM & TWITTER: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/thegregalba/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/thegregalba PLAYLISTS: Trailer Reactions & Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bIhJVeYWw9ZsLdoAQFpx38s2hhyFgDe Movie Reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bIhJVeYWw-comtadVs8b9JsZEWHUyr8 Movie Talk (News, Spoiler Reviews, & Film Rumors!!!): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bIhJVeYWw8fPQ-21NVSb2IOwIiHbVt8 Youtube Video Reactions & Discussions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-bIhJVeYWw_qwcPsN_vOxXC6IVzrOQYG

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@dracodracarys2339 2026-05-12

Avatar: "The aliens have to be humanoid for audiences to relate to them and empathize with them!" Project Hail Mary: "This is a faceless rock spider who eats with his butt, and you are going to love him."

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@daveemerson6549 2026-05-12

We need more movies that help us believe in the potential of human ingenuity.

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@Yoshinatorsaurus 2026-05-12

Absolutely beautiful film, and an Imax experience I'll never forget. I never thought I'd cry over a rock, but here we are.

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@RichardCraycroft-f4y 2026-05-12

In The Martian, the whole world pulls together to save a single astronaut. In Project Hail Mary, a single astronaut attempts to save the whole world.

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@thedarkknight2221 2026-05-12

*Things that had to be sadly cut from the film:* 1) Rocky is 291 years old and his race can live up to 689 years, and Rocky was sadly alone on his ship for 46 YEARS, so Rocky was already alone on that ship before Grace was even born! And his people, as seemingly far more advanced than humanity, did not know about other things humans knew about such as radiation and relativity. So he didn’t know that because his ship had traveled to Tau Ceti faster than they had theorized, and because they were nearing light speed, time for them moved slower than back on their home world. 2) Grace was given the amnesiac drug because Eva Strat knew that Grace by nature would want to finish the mission and help save the world. Because after Stratt told him he was going he was threatening to sabotage the mission out of spite, so by wiping his memory of being forced into doing this mission he would be completely dedicated to completing the mission. 3) In order to breed enough Astrophage to make enough fuel to reach Tau Ceti, most of the Sahara desert was actually turned into a solar powered breeding ground, also in order to buy enough time for the Hail Mary to complete its mission and send its findings back, the governments of the world actually had to nuke Antarctica in order to release enough trapped methane gas to create enough greenhouse gases to warm the Earth long enough for the Hail Mary crew to complete their mission. It’s actually a very heartbreaking scene in the books because the idea is proposed by a scientist who devoted his entire life to fighting human made climate change, and is now using that same knowledge to essentially endanger the planet while saving it.

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@MitchFace 2026-05-12

3:13 to show you how much they condensed from the book we just skipped about four chapters by him just looking out a window 😂

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@rhiannas.9151 2026-05-12

31:03 this scene cracks me up bc in science class really young we’re always taught to “waft not sniff” and ryland is here with a phd and just sticks his face right in it lol

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@MichalKaczorowski 2026-05-12

I cried like a baby in the theater and I'm crying again.

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@greekfountain9303 2026-05-12

The funeral scene is so powerful. At that point we don’t know anything about the dead astronauts except that they were loved. And that’s enough. I love humanity

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@ReelRejects 2026-05-12

Rocky might already be one of our favorite sci-fi characters EVER hit LIKE & SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/user/TheReelRejects?sub_confirmation=1” - Full Length Watch Alongs & Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/thereelrejects - Limited Time Offer – You Need Fiber. Yes you! Boost your fiber with Huel today using my exclusive offer of 15% OFF online with my code REJECTS at https://www.huel.com/REJECTS. New Customers Only. Thank you to Huel for partnering and supporting our show! - Gift Someone (Or Yourself) An RR Tee! https://shorturl.at/hekk2

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