Alive

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Alive

R

1993

2h 7m

Drama

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Stranded after a plane crash in the Andes mountains, individual members of Uruguay's rugby team respond differently. Group leader Nando (Ethan Hawke) tries to keep everyone's spirits up; medical student Roberto (Josh Hamilton) diligently treats cases of frostbite and gangrene; loose cannon Antonio (Vincent Spano) gradually loses his composure. Once all available food stuffs run out, the group faces a terrible dilemma: eat one or more of their deceased teammates, or die.

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David Denby

New York Magazine/Vulture

Not every good story needs to be made into a movie.

Dec 31, 2019

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Marshall is a good technician, but there's no sense of artistic adventure in his sometimes exciting, sometimes draggy movie. He's content to scratch the surface of a great and harrowing story.

May 29, 2018

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: C-

Sep 7, 2011

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Joe Lipsett

Murder Made Fiction Podcast - Bloody Disgusting

A traumatizing but ultimately uplifting story about the human spirit. 1993 means that the cast is uniformly white (and a little generic), but the powerful elements of the real life story, including the crash, the avalanche, and the trek out, all work

Rated: 3/5

Feb 11, 2025

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David Nusair

Reel Film Reviews

...an overlong yet mostly satisfying true-life tale...

Rated: 3/4

Mar 1, 2024

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Jenn Adams

Bloody Disgusting

Usually classified as a drama, Alive is an authentic recreation of this harrowing ordeal and one of the best examples of true survival horror ever committed to film.

Rated: A

Feb 18, 2023

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John H

Very good movie on the Uruguay crash. A bit Hollywood but still a good film of a unreal situation

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/21/24

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Carlos

No doubt this is a great movie

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/09/24

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R Z

This is one of those movies where the dialog would sound OK in a book, but spoken out loud it just sounds weird. Like at the beginning when the mom says, "The mountains look like big teeth."

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/23/24

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Audience Member

It was 1972 and it was called the Miracle of the Andes based on the Piers Paul Read biography The only known stars here are John Malkovich, a young Josh Lucas, and Ethan Hawke This centers on an Uruguayan rugby team flying to Chile for their next tournament Unfortunately the plane ends up crashing into the mountains and each member reacts differently The leader Nando tries to keep everyone's spirits up; medical student Roberto diligently treats cases of frostbite and gangrene; loose cannon Antonio gradually loses his composure Once all available food supplies run out, the group faces a terrible dilemma: eat one or more of their deceased teammates, or die It's a struggle to maintain their composure and figure out a way to survive with one another or all perish The film seems very realistic in terms of its scenario, has a decent assortment of actors, and dramatic music A harrowing and disturbing look at the struggles of survival among many

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/24

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Marshall P

A great movie about endurance, faith and the power of friendship. I have watched it many times!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/04/24

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Bethany R

It's a beautiful lovely sad tragic amazing movie. I cried a lot when I was kid watching on VHS tape❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/23/23

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Synopsis

Stranded after a plane crash in the Andes mountains, individual members of Uruguay's rugby team respond differently. Group leader Nando (Ethan Hawke) tries to keep everyone's spirits up; medical student Roberto (Josh Hamilton) diligently treats cases of frostbite and gangrene; loose cannon Antonio (Vincent Spano) gradually loses his composure. Once all available food stuffs run out, the group faces a terrible dilemma: eat one or more of their deceased teammates, or die.

Director: Frank Marshall
Producer: Robert Watts, Kathleen Kennedy
Screenwriter: John Patrick Shanley, Piers Paul Read
Production Co: Touchstone Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 1, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $36.3M
Runtime: 2h 7m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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