There’s no question, expectations for Project Hail Mary are high. The book-to-screen adaptation’s source material is a beloved Andy Weir novel, it stars Ryan Gosling, and it was directed by Spider-Verse masterminds Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. It feels like a home run based on that information alone. However, according to Gosling’s wife, Eva Mendes, it isn’t a great movie; it’s a “masterpiece,” and she explained why.
Project Hail Mary will be released on the 2026 movie schedule on March 20; however, some famous folks have gotten to screen the sci-fi flick that’s led by Ryan Gosling early. Edgar Wright, Josh Gad and more posted their praise for the film, deeming it a “dazzling but very human epic” and the “first masterpiece of 2026,” among other things. It would seem Eva Mendes concurs with these claims, too, as she wrote on Instagram:
