Good Night Oppy

Just kidding, though Opportunity, the real-life rover explorer nicknamed Oppy, could pass for him. Oppy doesn’t chirp and sing like WALL-E, but it certainly captures your heart and mind as it traverses Mars in this documentary. As wide-eyed NASA engineers explain, the 5-foot-2-inch robot geologist was meant to scout Mars for only 90 days after its 2003 launch. But for 15 years Oppy sent breathtaking footage and evidence of water and possible life. The film truly shines when the Earth-based crew forges emotional connections with the scrappy rover from a world away. Oppy’s final resting place, by the way, is Mars’s Perseverance Valley—a poignant ending for the little rover that not even Sorkin or Ephron could script. (In theaters Nov. 4; streaming on Amazon Prime Video Nov. 23) —MR