United Kingdom |
Empire
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"Not exactly light entertainment and it can drag in places but when the drama is cranked up, it really works." |
POS
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United States |
Entertainment Weekly
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"Alive is an unsettling contradiction: a well-intentioned gross-out movie. It may be the first film in history to say that cannibalism is good for you" |
NEG
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United States |
The Hollywood Reporter
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"Despite some minor Hollywood flourishes, this Buena Vista release is a superb and unflinching glimpse into the reserves of the human spirit" |
POS
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United States |
The New York Times
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"The real problems of 'Alive' have less to do with queasiness-inducing potential than with pacing (...) Mr. Shanley's screenplay injects an element of pretension that would have worked better if the basic story had more vigor." |
NEU
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United States |
Rolling Stone
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"Alive draws considerable power from staying more human than heroic." |
POS
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United Kingdom |
Time Out
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"Skilfully crafted and doggedly performed, the film pushes too hard and too far; it strives for the inspirational but falls well short of inspired." |
NEU
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United States |
ReelViews
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"Despite being broadly classified as an "adventure", it has depth and breadth that would put many dramas to sham (...) this is a film that has to be seen to be experienced, even by those who know the entire story." |
POS
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United States |
Boston Globe
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"Pictorially, Alive is breathtaking. But there's no real exploration of character or primal drives." |
NEU
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United States |
Seattle Times
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"This sobering account of a 1972 Andes plane crash has a spiritual quality that makes the tougher aspects of the story easier to handle." |
POS
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United States |
Chicago Tribune
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"'Alive' represents one of Hollywood's increasingly rare attempts to create a religious drama, but that novelty aside, the film is stiff, overlong and frequently risible." |
NEG
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United States |
Los Angeles Times
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"'Alive' does everything it ought to except the one thing you really want with a story like this, and that is transcend its materia" |
NEU
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United States |
Chicago Sun-Times
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"The movie characters complete their dreadful ordeal, but somehow, walking out, we feel the real Andes survivors would not quite recognize themselves (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)" |
POS
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United States |
Common Sense Media
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"Intense, based-on-a true-story survival tale is riveting." |
POS
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United States |
TV Guide
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"Director Frank Marshall mounts the story as tastefully as possible, given the subject matter, but it never seems to have much point and is sometimes unintentionally silly." |
NEU
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