Les Survivants

Dealing with the difficult issue of cannibalism, the filmmakers dealt with this in a tactful manner. It really makes you think how you would cope if you were in the same situation. At times the film can drag on a little bit but seems to come to an abrupt conclusion. That said it would have been difficult to tell this true better than this film did. 6/10

This is a movie that brings to you a never seen before real life situation that you might not have even imagined about. Awesome acting, great storyline and amazing editing outline the movie. And the fact that its based on a true story just adds to the charm. The acting is great and the story is strong enough to link the viewer to the characters. The director has done a commendable job. Specially some of the scenes are truly touching. Neither the movie has been stretched beyond repair nor it has been shortened enough to pull the charm out of it. Its just perfect. Watch and u will never forget. Strongly recommended for all movie lovers.

Apparently a very accurate recreation of the true plane crash and consequent struggle for survival of a Uruguayan rugby team in the Andes. It is relentlessly tragic, and never lets you forget the true horror of the situation. The opening plane crash is one of the most terrifying sequences I've ever seen in a movie. If Alive was presented as an in-flight movie I think I'd pass out...

I am approximately the same age as these men. I remember when this happened in 1972 thinking how awful it all was UNTIL I read the book and saw this film!! These were privileged yuppie kids with attitude who were on a winter jaunt while the rest of us were toiling at our 3 jobs to put ourselves through college! The great thing about the film is it doesn't smooth over their idiocy. Everyone in it is selfish. Everyone is egotistical. The pleasure is in watching them one by one bite it! So, if you like movies where horrible teenagers get torn apart by monsters (Jaws, Halloween, House) you'll enjoy this film! I can't think of a better group of selfish individuals to have something like this happen to!! Too bad any survived.

The 1993 film version of the book Alive captured important spiritual aspects of the Andes survival epic that were lacking in the book by P.P. Ried. The shift of leadership from Antonio to Nando is especially instructive for leaders. Taking only small liberalities with the actual events, the movie brilliantly portrays a true story that stands as one of the great inspirational tales of the 20th century.

This movie painfully stretches into two yawn-filled hours a story that wouldn't be out of place of the back pages of a tabloid (or a segment on Dateline NBC, which it has been). Imagine the thrill of being trapped in a claustrophobic, monotonous, icy environment! Of hearing the condescending platitudes of colleagues! Of freezing or starving to death! The excitement of cannibalism! Aside from the movie's just plain awfulness, the story isn't exactly timely -- much less in need of re-telling, and it completely overlooks the fact that the victims weren't commiserating in English. It is an irredeemably huge waste of time.

Dramatised account of a South American rugby team whose plain crashes over the Andes. The survivors are a mixed bunch, some natural leaders, some natural followers, but all are very, very afraid. Perched on a mountainside, cut off from the rest of the world, they have to learn to cope with surviving in extreme conditions, eventually having to make the ultimate decision to start to eat their dead team mates just to stay alive. Yummy. An extreme tale, told well and with subtlety, never really glorifying the revulsion of the act the survivors had to commit. Well acted and well scripted, though at times stretching credulity a little, this is a good movie.