Red Rover (film)

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.

[1] Several critics, including Chris Knight of the National Post[1] and Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail,[5] criticized the film for resurrecting the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope popular in independent films of the early 2010s.

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