> Consider the possibility that your opinions are not universal.

Critic and audience reactions are generally positive:

> On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 94% of 326 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "A visually dazzling space odyssey that's carried along effortlessly by the gravitational pull of Ryan Gosling at his most winning, Project Hail Mary is a near-miraculous fusion of smarts and heart."[47] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 77 out of 100, based on 55 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[48] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.[49]

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Hail_Mary_(film)#Criti...

I heard children loved the rock...

Now go to IMDB:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12042730/reviews/?rating=1&ref_...

sort by worst review and you will see the comments and reviews make a lot of sense...If you believe like some of commentators this is a 10/10 movie, you also probably believe these reviews are not manipulated...