If you love Winslet or Elba or you read the book, then you should see this movie. Elba and Winslet are both excellent, and when the saga continues beyond where most other movies would have it end, they provide the glue that holds the increasingly diffuse project together. My Movies. Confirm current pricing with applicable retailer. All transactions subject to applicable license terms and conditions. Screen Pass. Forced to trust each other to survive the extreme elements, they begin a perilous journey through hundreds of miles of wilderness, each discovering a strength they never knew possible.
Director :. Hany Abu-Assad. Producer :. It is the story of a surgeon and a journalist surviving an airplane crash and fighting for survival in the snowy mountains. Sadly, there were nonetheless scenes and moments that did not work out so well, like the arguments mostly, especially the first when he hear Elba's character accuse Winslet's that it is indeed her fault and that she holds him back. This came out of nowhere really and went very much against all we witnessed before in terms of the characters and their mannerisms and justifying this scene with how much of an extreme situation they were in is not enough for me personally, at least not the way it was elaborated on in here.
I don't know how it is handled in the book as I have not read it which you should always consider when checking out this review. Sadly, in terms of the romance, this was so bad at times that you could call it a negative deal-breaker almost and I could not blame you. The only thing that could have made it worse and more unrealistic would have been if they depicted Winslet's man as an unlikable character.
But the melodramatic elaboration on Elba's character's wife's terminal illness and Winslet's character listening to the tape repeatedly and of course being caught red-handed were very much on the cringeworthy side. The very last shot is a perfect example of a feel-good ending too that felt very much for the sake of it.
I'd have preferred the film ending the very moment she answers the call when he finally calls her. As for the music. It was good how there was basically no soundtrack at all in the critical scenes in the icy mountains and when we heard music later on, it was not too convincing for me. There are so many areas where the film could have needed a lot more subtlety.
Another example of that would be the tearjerker reference to the dying girl photo that really destroys the nice idea of him asking her to take a photo of him, the last one, in case he dies.
What else? A thumbs-up to Bridges delivering a good supporting performance early on and Mulroney always liked him, he's older than I remembered doing the exact same thing later on. Both made the most of their material. And so did the dog, so this one's for canine lovers too. I guess that would be all. I really wish they could have not turned this at times into a film on the level of a stupid romantic comedy, especially the restaurant scene towards the end was painful to watch almost.
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When they realized the aid would not come, they set out on a dangerous journey hundreds of miles from the desert, pushing each other and discovering a force they never knew. Idris Elba and Kate Winslet were eventually cast. At the beginning of the movie the camera has image review, a feature not found on film cameras and it also has auto focus capabilities something not found on a Leica M4-P.
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Cardi B User reviews Review. Top review. Elba, Winslet and a dog in snow. What could go wrong? A classic boy Idris Elba meets girl Kate Winslet story, only this time it begins with the plane crashing into mountains, and they have to make their way down without, you know, freezing or starving to death.
I haven't read the original novel by Charles Martin, but the movie starts as simple but inventive mix of classic story types such as boy meets girl and survival, with even some light but good verbal humor thrown in. The makers don't want to expose the general direction early on, so for most of the time we concentrate on survivors overcoming the harsh conditions.
For example, some of the basic points of survival stories are not adequately explained - how the duo always have strength to find and carry food, or how they manage to keep the dog alive and healthy who survived the crash too. The dog just disappears and is re-insertedwhere convenient. There's even scene which hints they had to climb down a steep cliff but never have equipment to take the animal with them.
Or even take care of themselves, for the matter. Anyway, all these niggles don't quite break the suspense but don't exactly help to uphold it either. And it wouldn't be a problem at all if the story would not be so mainstream the two's backgrounds and relationships would benefit from some depth The makers even go as far as adding some true Hollywood style flashbacks which don't fit at all.
Not to mention that these lay bare the general direction that they story has tried to hide the whole time. Luckily, it's mostly about Elba and Winslet who don't disappoint, giving solid if workmanlike performances to bring the material alive.
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