Ryan Gosling plays a science teacher who goes to space to save mankind and befriends an alien in the sci-fi adventure "Project Hail Mary."

He’s here and he’s beautiful! That’s how critics are reacting to “Rocky,” the breakout star of Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s first directing effort in 12 years, Project Hail Mary.

Ryan Gosling leads "Project Hail Mary" as Ryland Grace, a molecular biologist and teacher who ends up being tasked to help save the Earth from certain disaster ... and who becomes the only surviving p...