The Martian (2015)
The Martian is the rare mainstream science fiction film that treats its science as the point instead of as decoration. Drew Goddard adapted Andy Weir's 2011 novel.
Actor: Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels has moved between Dumb and Dumber and The Squid and the Whale without apparent difficulty, which very few actors manage in either direction.
Terms of Endearment and The Purple Rose of Cairo established the serious work, and Gettysburg gave him Joshua Chamberlain in the film’s best sequence.
He founded and runs the Purple Rose Theatre Company in Chelsea, Michigan, writing many of its plays, and won an Emmy for The Newsroom. He is also a working folk musician.
