With all the hype and various snippets I thought this film was going to be a lot more stark and gripping than it actually was. The dialogue contains cringes at every corner and so much of the script is simply ridiculous and completely unbelievable.

First of all. Why on earth would NASA have established a space station on Mars with NO method of communication with Earth whatsoever? This simple goof bugged me the entire movie.

Secondly, Jeff Daniels as the head of NASA? Really? I was expecting Lloyd Christmas to jump out from somewhere. Actually I wish he did. Sending Lloyd on a mission to Mars would have been a lot more entertaining than this nonsense.

Thirdly, when Damon accidentally blows a whole in the hub, he jerry rigs it with some cling wrap and duct tape and the hub magically re-pressurizes. Haha! give me a break. I think this film must take the movie-going population for idiots.