The Revenant

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The Revenant

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2016

2h 36m

Adventure

Western

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While exploring the uncharted wilderness in 1823, frontiersman Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) sustains life-threatening injuries from a brutal bear attack. When a member (Tom Hardy) of his hunting team kills his young son (Forrest Goodluck) and leaves him for dead, Glass must utilize his survival skills to find a way back to civilization. Grief-stricken and fueled by vengeance, the legendary fur trapper treks through the snowy terrain to track down the man who betrayed him.

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Critics Consensus

As starkly beautiful as it is harshly uncompromising, The Revenant uses Leonardo DiCaprio's committed performance as fuel for an absorbing drama that offers punishing challenges -- and rich rewards.

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Judy Berman

Flavorwire

Ultimately, The Revenant suggests no deeper or more nuanced truths than a medieval morality play.

Sep 21, 2017

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Candice Frederick

Reel Talk Online

Iñárritu continues move away from his earlier work, which I still prefer, to bring a more Hollywood-digestible tale like this one that blends themes of spirituality, primal instinct and humanity.

Rated: A

Sep 1, 2017

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Sara Michelle Fetters

MovieFreak.com

As a feat of filmmaking chutzpah, it's one of 2015's most intriguing offerings.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 16, 2016

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

This film plunges its serrated edge of grit, snow, blood, and dirt into your chest for 156 arm-rest-clenching minutes.

Rated: 5/5

Jul 28, 2025

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JD Duran

InSession Film

What is important is that he beautifully represents these ideas of mercy and faith in a way that I found profound and satisfying.

Aug 2, 2024

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Denise Pieniazek

A Sala Llena (Argentina)

The Revenant exposes the cruelest of humanity and its revenge, regardless of culture or origin. In terms of the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, we must ask ourselves in the film, who represents “civilization” and who represents “barbarism”?

Rated: 6/10

Jan 14, 2024

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Conor F

Great film. Up there with Di Caprio's best.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/26/25

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Mark V

As brutal as it is beautiful, The Revenant has to be one of the best movies of the decade. Great performances by Leo and Tom Hardy as usual in this epic story about a man seeking revenge.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/05/25

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N P

This film is a work of art.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/14/25

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Elizabeth S

An insult to anyone who lives in South Dakota. It is not tropical rainforest. The real Hugh Glass survived in prairie land in a harsh winter. Did you even send a scout to Lemmon SD? Completely flat prairie land. Such a Hollywood rip off of South Dakota history. Lazy! Leonardo please quit sucking!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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Spike D

Together, Iñárritu and Sakamoto beautifully capture the mood of the untamed wilderness, elevating a straightforward revenge story into something almost biblical in scale and tone.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/17/25

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sam I

Don't know why it's a 78% with the powers that be. Me, I'm putting at 89+ in my view. The story is shown as a murky, cold adventure with an evil force (Hardy) walking the perimeter. The bear scene is pretty amazing and terrifying. The determination of the main character is what sets the story above the usual. Worth a look for sure. Hardy is a monster, a good one.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/16/25

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Synopsis

While exploring the uncharted wilderness in 1823, frontiersman Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) sustains life-threatening injuries from a brutal bear attack. When a member (Tom Hardy) of his hunting team kills his young son (Forrest Goodluck) and leaves him for dead, Glass must utilize his survival skills to find a way back to civilization. Grief-stricken and fueled by vengeance, the legendary fur trapper treks through the snowy terrain to track down the man who betrayed him.

Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu
Producer: Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon, James W. Skotchdopole
Screenwriter: Mark L. Smith, Alejandro González Iñárritu
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: M Prods, Appian Way, New Regency Pictures, Anonymous Content
Rating: R (Brief Nudity|A Sexual Assault|Violence|Gory Images|Language|Strong Frontier Combat)
Genre: Adventure, Western
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 8, 2016, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 22, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $183.6M
Runtime: 2h 36m
Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos, Dolby Digital, SDDS, Datasat
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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