Red Rover is a 2018 Canadian science fiction romantic comedy film, directed by Shane Belcourt.Chris Knight, "Romantic comedy is rocket science in Red Rover". National Post, May 14, 2020. 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.Liam Lacey, "Red Rover: 'Meeting cute' while planning the ultimate in self-isolation on Mars". Original Cin, May 12, 2020.
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,Victor Stiff, "Whistler Film Festival Unveils Its 2018 Slate". That Shelf, November 2, 2018. and was screened at the 2019 Canadian Film Festival,Andrew Parker, "Canadian Film Fest Review: Red Rover". TheGATE.ca, March 18, 2019. before being released commercially in 2020.
Critical response
Several critics, including Chris Knight of the National Post and Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail,Barry Hertz, "Canadian rom-com Red Rover resurrects the Manic Pixie Dream Girl, with unbearably quirky results". The Globe and Mail, May 11, 2020. criticized the film for resurrecting the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope popular in independent films of the early 2010s.
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