The 33

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The 33

PG-13

Released Nov 13, 2015

2h 5m

Drama

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Disaster strikes on Aug. 5, 2010, as a copper and gold mine collapses in Chile, trapping 33 men underground. With more than 2,000 feet of rock in their way, members of a rescue team work tirelessly for 69 days to save the seemingly doomed crew. Beneath the rubble, the miners begin an epic quest to survive, contending with suffocating heat and the need for food and water. With family, friends and the rest of the world watching, it becomes a race against time and a true test of the human spirit.

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Critics Consensus

The 33 offers an appropriately inspirational account of real-life heroism, but its stirring story and solid performances are undermined by a flawed focus and an overreliance on formula.

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

While the elements that do not work frustrate, the stuff revolving around those who truly deserve to be labeled as heroes thankfully never does.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 22, 2016

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Scroll.in

There is plenty of drama and suspense in this true-life story, but the screenplay relies too heavily on formula and is swathed in Hollywood sentimentality.

Jun 21, 2016

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Max Weiss

Baltimore Magazine

Corny as it was, I cried when the men were rescued.

Rated: 2.5/4

Jun 12, 2016

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Jaime Grijalba

Vague Visages

Based on a real story that happened in Chile (filmed in part here and with some Chilean actors), this is the worst case of whitewashing in recent years, as well as being the film that contains Juliette Binoche’s worst performance ever, and that’s a sin.

Dec 1, 2023

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Riggen certainly still employs a plentiful creative license to dramatize and compress this trauma into two hours, but the lionizing on one end and the vilifying on the other is remarkably low.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 4, 2023

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

“The 33” hits nearly every disaster movie tick. I still enjoyed the film overall, but I kept waiting for it to do something unique. It never quite does.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 25, 2022

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Orin D

The negative reviewers with the complaints about Hollywood formulaic approach and sentimentality didn't watch the same film that I just watched. This was a fine well acted and well scripted film. Enjoy it!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/25

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Rosana B

Com apenas um vilão (os proprietários da Mineradora, que tinham conhecimentos das mazelas que as infligia) e vários heróis (Mario Sepúlveda, engenheiros, técnicos), um lindo filme e linda homenagens a esses guerreiros sobreviventes, "rádio é inútil, kit médico vazio, poços de ventilação sem escadas, pouca comida armazenada." Mesmo ciente do desfecho chorei horrores quando leram a msg dos 33 vivos e quando os resgataram, lindo e emocionante, 3 pilares: solidariedade, a esperança e o bom humor. A San José Mining Company foi considerada inocente de negligência criminosa e os mineiros nunca foram indenizados. No entanto, eles permanecem irmãos até hoje. "Nos ensina quais são os três elementos que podem salvar vidas, mesmo nas situações mais inconcebíveis de privação: a solidariedade, a esperança e o bom humor. Que sirva de lição para nossas vidas — cheias de ar, espaço, alimento e liberdade. “Gracias a la vida!”"

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/18/24

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Aurora A

This is a good movie in so many ways, don't read the bad reviews and just enjoy the story.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/24

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luciano o

Inspiring and well crafted film. Loved it

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/12/23

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Audience Member

Interesting true story and well acted, but overall not well done. It evokes an emotional response at times (family learning they're alive) but fails completely at other moments, like the last supper, which is awkward and almost embarrassing to watch.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/12/23

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Audience Member

I enjoyed this one overall, good inspirational true story of survival after disaster strikes in a Chile mine. Good cast to support the story too.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/13/23

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Synopsis

Disaster strikes on Aug. 5, 2010, as a copper and gold mine collapses in Chile, trapping 33 men underground. With more than 2,000 feet of rock in their way, members of a rescue team work tirelessly for 69 days to save the seemingly doomed crew. Beneath the rubble, the miners begin an epic quest to survive, contending with suffocating heat and the need for food and water. With family, friends and the rest of the world watching, it becomes a race against time and a true test of the human spirit.

Director: Patricia Riggen
Producer: Mike Medavoy, Edward McGurn, Robert Katz
Screenwriter: Mikko Alanne, Craig Borten, Michael Thomas
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Phoenix Pictures, Alcon Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Some Language|A Disaster Sequence)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 13, 2015, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 22, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $12.0M
Runtime: 2h 5m

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