2022 · documentary · space · robot
Good Night Oppy
Directed by Ryan White1h 45m2022
The inspirational true story of Opportunity, a rover that was sent to Mars for a 90-day mission but ended up surviving for 15 years. Follow Opportunity’s groundbreaking journey on Mars and the remarkable bond forged between a robot and her humans millions of miles away.
Our read: Good Night Oppy (2022) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded documentary · space · robot entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle documentary / space, grounded in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- cosy
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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