Very well executed

Highly Overrated But Still Good

This movie was so-so. It had it's moments, but wasn't the greatest.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

A seven-man crew of international specialists formed by Commander Andre Vishniac (José Sancho); engineer Luca Baglioni (Vincent Gallo); doctor Jenny Johnson (Maria de Medeiros); astrobiologist Fidel Rodrigo (Joaquim de Almeida); pilot Susana Sánchez (María Lidón); geologist Herbert Sagan (Danel Aser); and pilot Lowell (Johnny Ramone) travels to Mars to explore the planet. On the arrival, Lowell stays in orbit in the mothership while the crew lands on Mars. However their spacecraft crashes on the planet and Vishniac breaks his neck. They learn that they are stranded in Mars and Lowell returns to Earth to bring a rescue team. Soon Luca calculates the oxygen, water and supplies and concludes that there are enough for only two of them survive until an eventual rescue team comes to Mars twenty six months later. They decide that the engineer Luca and doctor Jenny should be the ones to stay in the spacecraft due to their specialties. Susan, Rodrigo and Sagan wear their spacesuits to explore the planet and die. But while there is life, there is hope."Stranded" is an anguishing low-budget sci-fi developed in very slow pace that builds up tension. The plot is realistic and the pragmatic Luca is a hateful but coherent character. The beautiful cinematography shows the arid landscape of Mars as a hopeless environment for human life. The surprising conclusion gives hope to the survivors to be rescued one day alive. My vote is six.Title (Brazil): Not Available

So I was recommended this movie on Netflix due to a couple other low-budget indie-ish sci-fi movies that I've seen. After watching the first half-hour, which consists of pretty wooden acting and laborious exposition, I put this movie aside. The next day I went to IMDb.com, and the user reviews encouraged me to keep on going.This turns out to be a wise recommendation. Yes, the acting and line-reading is, for the most part, pretty amateurish. At points it reminds the viewer of a high school play. However if you accept that these are meant to be ordinary people in unusual circumstances, you can get beyond this.Action picks up after that first half-hour, when the astronauts leave their spaceship. This is not "action" in a conventional sci-fi movie: events happen slowly and with plenty of time in between. This is meant as a compliment. The movie shines in the exterior scenes, and it brings meaning back to the spaceship scenes.This is not a big-budget CGI-filled movie, but again this is meant as a compliment. After that first half-hour, which in retrospect is necessary to set up the astronauts' predicament, the movie does an excellent job at telling a story and making the viewer wonder: how would I act and feel under similar circumstances?Bottom line: definitely worth a watch.

As many have commented, the acting is "the pits." The captain is not the least bit credible, and the scientist is so over-the-top that he would never be approved by the "powers that be" to be part of a spaceship crew. Not that the others deserve Oscars either, but these two in particular stand out as utterly ridiculous as far as a poor marriage of actor and role. However, that having been said, you could do a lot worse. For those willing to endure those low-budget made-for-TV movies on Sci Fi channel, I suspect you would certainly find this quite watchable. It actually does create a bit of suspense, or at least curiosity, as to how it will play out. True, numerous elements of the story lack credibility - how quickly would real astronauts give up trying to find workaround solutions? (as the group here seemingly does instantly - didn't they see "Apollo 13"?) How readily would people agree, based on the captain's orders, *****SPOILER HERE simply march outside of the space ship to (presumably) certain death? And what about that hokey ending about finding an ancient Martian civilization? Well, okay, that was fun. Speaking of which, if you like "space stuff" and can endure low-rent acting, sets and seen-it-all-before story lines, you could do a lot worse than this film.

Don't listen the haters. Although I think Gallo is a terrible actor and about as annoying as Gilbert Godfried (sp?) this is actually a very good film.I'm guessing that some voices were dubbed and some not, hard to tell from the version I caught on Showtime. Without spoiling too much, this movie pretty much hits it all - the life / death choice dilemma, aliens, life on other planets, some pretty great sci-fi mixed with a decent drama.Don't let any of the negatives put you off - and don't stop watching it because the start is slow. Once it picks up you'll be very glad you kept watching.