India, March 20 -- There's a new Ryan Gosling film in theatres-and no, it's not a rom-com. Project Hail Mary is here, and early reactions suggest it might just be one of his most exciting projects yet.

Directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the film sees Ryan step into the role of Ryland Grace, a middle school science teacher with a background in molecular biology who wakes up alone on a spaceship with no memory of how he got there. What follows is a high-stakes, science-heavy journey with flashes of humour that keep things engaging. Ryan himself has acknowledged, to BBC, that there is "dense science" in the film, but adds that the overarching "humour helps move [it] along".

If early reviews are anything to go by, audiences are f...