The film tells the story of the experiences of Major Syrtis during the first Christmas on a newly-colonized Mars. Coyne has described the film as "Maybe Eraserhead or Dead Man crossed with some kind of fantasy and space aspects, like The Wizard of Oz and maybe A Space Odyssey, and set at Christmas-time. The story that unfolds is intended to hint at childlike magic within a tragic and realistic situation.
Christmas on Mars has generally received mixed reviews.
Review of Christmas on Mars (2008)
By Private U (13,627) on 14 Feb 2009
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By Ronnie Scheib (420) for Variety (12,700) on 21 Sep 2008
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Review of Christmas on Mars (2008)
By Joan Anderman (16) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 31 Oct 2008
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Christmas on Mars was released in 2008 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 62 reviews, giving Christmas on Mars (2008) an average rating of 58%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 62% and users giving an average score of 63%.
With a score of 58%, Christmas on Mars is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2008, which stands at 56%.
Other movies from 2008 with similar scores include films like Twilight, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull and Smart People.
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