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Mankind's earliest settlers on the Martian frontier do what they must to survive the cosmic elements and each other.
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| TheWrapRonda Racha PenriceUnlike many previous films and TV shows that ponder the possibility of life on Mars, “Settlers” is thoughtful and nuanced, with Rockefeller posing extremely difficult (and resonant) questions about entitlement and even the future of human existence. |
| PolygonRoxana HadadiRockefeller only repeats other science fiction, rather than inventing big ideas of his own. |
| Film ThreatAlex SavelievWith Settlers, Rockefeller and his crew have created a striking little treatise on our misguided ambitions. |
| Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayThe core question Settlers asks is who “deserves” to occupy this inhospitable planet. To Rockefeller’s credit, he doesn’t offer any pat answers. |
| VarietyGuy Lodgen the ranks of cinematic journeys to Mars, Settlers ranks among the less fancifully and lavishly invented, yet it’s all the more effective for its earthly restraint: You can change the planet, Rockefeller suggests, but humanity stays pretty much the same. |
| The GuardianPeter BradshawSettlers isn’t perfect: some of the storytelling beats aren’t hit as clearly as they could have been. But it’s a quietly impressive piece of work. |
| The New YorkerAnthony LaneTense and firm at either end, it sags in the middle like a mattress. Also, the grownups are pretty dull and flat, their mood set to maximum glower; luckily, we have Remmy—played first by Brooklynn Prince and later, as a teen-ager, by Nell Tiger Free—to steer us through the doldrums and to energize the plot. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreWith Settlers, the filmmaker takes us on a journey as much internal as extra-terrestrial. |
| Slant MagazineWilliam RepassSettlers allows for weighty themes to play out inside a cramped domestic setting, wary of easy answers or moral platitudes. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperUltimately, though, Settlers is more about setting a mood and painting a picture of hopelessness than explaining what happened before the story, what’s happening beyond the borders of the compound and what lies ahead for Remmy. It feels incomplete. |
