It's science time!
The sun's going out, but hey, it has it's time, no biggie. Except people are upset about it, so fire off a space craft to deal with it. We find out this as the ship arrives, with only a 33% successful no death rate, and flashbacks giving how this was set up. While we find out the backstory, Grace is there, working out what he can do and what support he can get from around him. I'm sure, as this is Andy Weir, that there's no problems at all.
Yeap, this is the book as the movie. I read the book a few years ago, and this hits a lot of the beats. Some parts are glossed over, but mostly it works (except the link from the Petrov Line to the Astrophage, that could have been a bit more explicit). However, knowing what is going on meant that it did feel like the movie dwelt far too long on some sequences, and although they are already skipping some parts, it could easily be trimmed out more.
Ryan Gosling is fine, and gets to act in a range of hair and beard styles. I would like some behind the scenes information to see if he acted against someone crouched down or if it was pure CGI.
I think I prefer the book, which can lean more into sitting with the problems and the bigger issues, but as a movie of the book, this is pretty accurate.
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