"Roving Mars" is a 40-minute documentary short film produced by Disney and written and directed by experienced documentary filmmaker George Butler ("Punping Iron"). The question how much you will enjoy this one here all comes down do how much you like science, astronomy and exploration films. I myself am not too big on all these subjects, so I did not enjoy it too much. I also believe that people have intruded enough in areas where they have no business being with, which is why I cannot share the scientists' joy in this film when they get the robot to Mars and receive a signal. The narrator here is Oscar winner Paul Newman in one of his final works as a (voice) actor. All in all, I give this one a negative verdict as I did never really feel entertained. But maybe you will if you are more into this kind of films.

On January 4, 2004 Sean O'Keefe, Director of NASA, announced the "Spirit" had landed. Three years earlier the scientists and researchers at NASA Jet Prepulsion were assigned to build two identical robotic rovers to send to Mars and feed data back to Earth. The two rovers were named "Spirit" and "Opportunity", which were successful in presenting a brand new view of what Mars is really like...and actually proving at one time there was water on the mysterious planet. This 40 minute documentary is directed and narrated by George Butler. Shot in IMAX and with life-like animation, ROVING MARS answers decades old curiosity about the soil and terrain of Earth's closest planetary neighbor. You just wish you had a longer glimpse. A wonderful tool for classrooms.

this documentary about the mars Rovers mission to Mara is very interesting and well done.we learn just what it takes to build these machines and then how much is involved in making sure they are not going to malfunction while in space or once they are on the planet.the animation sequences are very well done.the only drawback for m,is that the film is too short,at just under 40 minutes.otherwise,this a really engaging documentary.one thing that struck me though was that the scientists all believe there will be manned mission to Mars in the foreseeable future.i think that is being overly optimistic.anyway,for me Roving mars is an 8/10

This had the _opportunity_ to be a great documentary. It started with less of the crappy motivational speeches and some bits of actual science. They showed the construction phases of the two rovers that went on Mars and the animations were great.I expected this to turn into a detailed log of the travels of the two rovers and the emotions involved and the science and engineering decisions that were made. But the film ended abruptly, after only 38 minutes. The rovers landed and finished their mission in less than 10 minutes of film time.What was a great concept and a refreshing presentation style ended up in mediocrity. And what was Paul Newman doing narrating the beginning of the film? God, he sounded old.