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In SURVIVE, Julia and her loving husband celebrate their son's birthday on their boat in the middle of the ocean. When a violent storm nearly capsizes them, the family awakes in a desert land. Earth has undergone a tragic polarity reversal, draining water from the oceans. The family must race to safety before the water returns all while battling hungry creatures from the abyss that hunt for fresh flesh.
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Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com Between the premise and the lively score, “Survive” is decent enough B-movie background noise that closely mirrors “Dante’s Peak” until something truly remarkable occurs... Rated: 3/4 Jan 10, 2025 Full Review Phil Hoad Guardian This directorial pep, along with invested performances across the board, allows Survive to build a sense of family vulnerabilities that is rawer than the standard cheap audience-identification tactics usually used in blockbuster disaster movies. Rated: 3/5 Jan 7, 2025 Full Review John Serba Decider Pick a tone, Survive! Its push-pull between plausible terror and outright silliness is about equal, for better or worse. Jun 29, 2025 Full Review Alejandro Lingenti La Nación (Argentina) Being a low-budget film, Frédéric Jardin...had to resort to his imagination, for lack of resources. And it must be said that he responded well to that requirement. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Feb 5, 2025 Full Review José C. Donayre Guerrero EscribiendoCine Survive is an emotional tale that, through the connections between the members of a family, offers an absorbing vision of the survival genre [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 6/10 Jan 31, 2025 Full Review Joel Harley Starburst But there’s no accusing Survive of being dry, swinging for the fences in a narrative that plays out somewhere between The Day After Tomorrow and Mad Max. Rated: 3/5 Jan 23, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Their's good stupid and bad stupid. This was good stupid. Idk why people care about technicalities? Just enjoy it n shut your pie hole.😂😂 Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 07/07/25 Full Review Audience Member UND PLÖTZLICH WAR DAS MEER WEG Ein schöner Familien Ausflug mit dem Boot wird schnell zum Horror Trip. Denn die Pole der Erde verändern sich schlagartig und sorgt dafür das das Meer verschwindet. Gestrandet mitten im Ozean muss sich die kleine Familie schnell etwas einfallen lassen, denn das Meer wird wiederkommen und ist unaufhaltsam. Survive - Gestrandet im Ozean geht ca. 90 Minuten und ist ab 16 Jahren freigegeben. Wir haben hier einen Sci-Fi-Thriller mit unteranderem Andreas Pietschmann (Dark) in der Hauptrolle als Familienvater. An sich ist die Idee echt nicht verkehrt, denn du hast nen interessantes Szenario mit den umgedrehten Polen, man hat den Survival Aspekt das man im trockenen Ozean überleben muss und die aufkommenden Gefahren wie das Meer, anderen Menschen und Tiere. Allerdings wird hier so schnell durch gehetzt das nie Zeit bleibt mit den Charakteren zu fühlen. Wieso das ganze passiert bleibt natürlich auch im Dunkeln, woher soll auch ne Familie die Infos mitten im Ozean bekommen? Die Gefahren sind gut inszeniert, einmal der Mensch der für einen tollen Überraschungsmoment sorgt denn ich nicht hab kommen sehen, dann die Tiere die tief im Meeresboden schliefen und nun wach sind und die Hitze sowie die ständige Suche nach Ressourcen. Die Story ist jedoch äußerst dünn und steckt voller Plot Begünstigungen die einen mit den Augenrollen lassen. Das Finale zeigt den unbedingten Willen zu überleben, egal was sich einem in den Weg stellt. Jedoch fehlte mir die Spannung, denn auch wenn den Eltern permanent was passiert macht man mit den Kindern nichts außer die Tochter kotzen zu lassen. Am Ende bleibt ein Werk das von der Grundidee Potenzial liefert, aber man macht man den Vorlagen so gut wie nichts, die Geschichte ist viel zu schnell vorbei und über die Figuren weiss ich hinterher genauso viel wie vorher. Von den ganzen Fragezeichen die einem permanent übern Kopf schweben will ich gar nicht anfangen. Von mir bekommt der Film 4,5/10 Punkten. Nette Ansätze aber mau umgesetzt, da war definitiv mehr drin. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/02/25 Full Review Audience Member The premise of this movie is cool and the actors are good. The cinematography is also done very well. That said, it's one of those movies where the decision making by the characters is infuriating, and the events that occur throughout are too far fetched/unexplainable for it to be believable, even apart from the already far fetched main events. Fun watch, but I found myself annoyed at it several times. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 07/01/25 Full Review kitty c Seriously 🙄. Extremely annoying to watch. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 06/25/25 Full Review Koi P Suspensful and terrifying. Good character development which made it more horrifying because I cared about the characters. The antagonist was realistic. The scenery did not resemble the ocean floor but they tried. You get the gist. The garbage being piled in groups was humorous but the point was made. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/19/25 Full Review tm11999 M bad things happen and the pretty belgian girl who fits her pants quite nicely manage to survive the unexplainable happenings. the daughter is also very appealing. watch this, even w/out rhyme or reason. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/17/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In SURVIVE, Julia and her loving husband celebrate their son's birthday on their boat in the middle of the ocean. When a violent storm nearly capsizes them, the family awakes in a desert land. Earth has undergone a tragic polarity reversal, draining water from the oceans. The family must race to safety before the water returns all while battling hungry creatures from the abyss that hunt for fresh flesh.
Director
Frédéric Jardin
Producer
Marc-Etienne Schwartz, Marc Stanimirovic
Screenwriter
Alexandre Coquelle, Mathieu Oullion
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co
Monkey Pack Films, M.E.S Productions
Genre
Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi
Original Language
French
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 10, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 10, 2025
Runtime
1h 30m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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