Red Rover (film)

Red Rover
Directed byShane Belcourt
Written byShane Belcourt
Duane Murray
Produced byShane Belcourt
Duane Murray
StarringKristian Bruun
Cara Gee
CinematographyShane Belcourt
Edited byLuke Higginson
Music byAnthony William Wallace
Production
company
The Story Attic
Release date
  • November 30, 2018 (2018-11-30) (Whistler)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Red Rover is a 2018 Canadian science fiction romantic comedy film, directed by Shane Belcourt.[1] The film stars Kristian Bruun as Damon, a depressed and lonely geologist who decides that the solution to his problems is to apply for a Mars to Stay mission, when he meets and falls in love with Phoebe (Cara Gee), a musician who is involved in the promotional campaign to solicit mission volunteers.[2]

The cast also includes Meghan Heffern, Anna Hopkins, Morgan David Jones, Joshua Peace, Laura Wilson and Sugith Varughese.

The film premiered on November 13, 2018, at the Whistler Film Festival,[3] and was screened at the 2019 Canadian Film Festival,[4] before being released commercially in 2020.[1]

Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 71% of seven critics' reviews are positive.[5]

Several critics, including Chris Knight of the National Post[1] and Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail,[6] criticized the film for resurrecting the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope popular in independent films of the early 2010s.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Chris Knight, "Romantic comedy is rocket science in Red Rover". National Post, May 14, 2020.
  2. ↑ Liam Lacey, "Red Rover: 'Meeting cute' while planning the ultimate in self-isolation on Mars". Original Cin, May 12, 2020.
  3. ↑ Victor Stiff, "Whistler Film Festival Unveils Its 2018 Slate". That Shelf, November 2, 2018.
  4. ↑ Andrew Parker, "Canadian Film Fest Review: Red Rover". TheGATE.ca, March 18, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Red Rover". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved May 10, 2026.
  6. ↑ Barry Hertz, "Canadian rom-com Red Rover resurrects the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, with unbearably quirky results". The Globe and Mail, May 11, 2020.
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