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Watching stranded astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) use his intellect to survive on the surface of Mars, while people from all walks of life cooperate to get him back to Earth, is an engrossing ...

Ridley Scott's 2015 sci-fi movie The Martian features one of Matt Damon's most charming performances to date.

All right, for those of you who remain, welcome. Most of the commentary about the movie — which stars Matt Damon as an astronaut stranded on Mars — is about the science of it all.

An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive and can survive until a potential rescue.