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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 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 Erik Childress Movie Madness Podcast The film begins with a silly alarmist set piece and then tries to up the stakes by fast tracking the fall of humanity in survivalist situations until finally arriving at becoming Starship Troopers – with crabs! Silly. Rated: 1.5/4 Jan 16, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Paul S Don't waste your time on this atrocious nonsense. The premise is an interesting one; wasted by diabolical dialogue, even worst acting, and disjointed illogical (frankly just stupid) story telling. At least the camera operators functioned appropriately. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/20/25 Full Review Terry F Waste of my time! DO NOT WATCH!! Could not even finish it. Poor script, poor direction, poor acting. Rotten Tomatoes it a 71%! What is wrong with you people!!! Do you not know what a good movie looks like! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/13/25 Full Review Andy J If you’ve just watched this movie and decided to look at the reviews for giggles, I’m truly sorry for your 90 minutes or suffering. However if the premise of daft parents, idiot kids, killer crabs, lost oceans and actors with poor skill and some linguistic confusion gets you going then by all means, go ahead! Just don’t mention the zombie-terminator who tries to kill them all. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/12/25 Full Review Benny C Simply a « do not watch ». Yes it was a low budget and they tried their best, but my main concerns are not about funds, its about how the story is poorly written, no character development at all, bad music, mid acting, ect… Sometime we feel like they use the gore scenes to fill in holes in the story. Me and my friends just had some good laughs at the end because of how funny everything was.. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/11/25 Full Review S. S You would be hard pressed to find a single scene which made sense. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/07/25 Full Review Sarah F Is there a way to make this review lower? I don't know where to start, it was that bad. The way the mother just throws the empty pistol when she runs out of ammunition. 😆😅 Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/07/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Frédéric Jardin

Director

Émilie Dequenne

Julia

Andreas Pietschmann

Tom

Lisa Delamar

Cassie

Lucas Ebel

Ben

Arben Bajraktaraj

L'homme au harpon
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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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