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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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Richard S The story doesn't make sense. Spoilers to follow. From the beginning the ocean drains due to a polarity swap. That doesn't make sense. Then half the film is about a deranged man hunting the family. I'm not buying that he landscape is a drained ocean either. Then there are killer crabs that "Go crazy" from the oxygen. Okay? This whole film is dry Rated 3 out of 5 stars 06/04/25 Full Review Dabi K Stupid stupid stupid and very stupid characters if I could give it 0 star I would stupid movie Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/02/25 Full Review Samuel L Thats baaaad so so bad nothing make sens its cheap its ugly, dont watch this attempt at film making. I will rather watch a 10h video of a blanc wall ! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/22/25 Full Review Mark W The number of things wrong with this film are too many to list but here are my highlights. The premise whilst the earth's poles do switch over time and I can accept that this might effect technically, it would not, could not, change gravity and cause the oceans to move onto land. Their survival solution wouldn't work and the guy in the submersible that was on the sea floor would die from the instant decompression. The film starts in English and their boat flies a US flag but once daddy dies its all French. The characters make really stupid choices for apparently intelligent people, at least 1 is a doctor. The dessert landscape would take years to develop not a few hours Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 05/21/25 Full Review David R It's entertaining enough despite the over acting, the sloppy direction and the juvenile writing. The tight budget was mostly used in wrong ways and for every decision taken there was a better one. I wish that movie had been directed by Quentin Dupieux. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 05/19/25 Full Review Luc G Stupidest movie ever. Characters are not believable. Their actions make no sense. The environment made no sense. I really wanted to like this movie, the trailer looked really cool! I almost made it to the halfway mark before I couldn't take it anymore. Bleh. What a waste of time. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/29/25 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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