Synopsis
The amazing true story of a Uruguayan rugby team's plane that crashed in the middle of the Andes mountains, and their immense will to survive and pull through alive, forced to do anything and everything they could to stay alive on meager rations and through the freezing cold.
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Cast
- Josh HamiltonRoberto Canessa
- Bruce RamsayCarlitos Páez
- Ethan HawkeNando Parrado
- Vincent SpanoAntonio Balbi
- John NewtonAntonio Vizintín
- David KriegelGustavo Zerbino
- Kevin BreznahanRoy Harley
- Sam BehrensJavier Methol
- Illeana DouglasLilliana Methol
- Jack NoseworthyBobby François
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ReelViews
Despite being broadly classified as an "adventure", it has depth and breadth that would put many dramas to shame. Well-produced, acted, and scripted, this is a film that has to be seen to be experienced, even by those who know the entire story. - 75
Rolling Stone
Alive draws considerable power from staying more human than heroic. - 67
Austin Chronicle
Alive is no Oscar-challenger, certainly, but it does treat a very dicey incident with the even-keeled direction the story deserves. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
WQhat would it really be like to huddle in a wrecked aircraft for 10 weeks in freezing weather, eating human flesh? I cannot imagine, and frankly this film doesn't much help me. - 60
Empire
Not exactly light entertainment and it can drag in places but when the drama is cranked up, it really works. - 58
Entertainment Weekly
As engrossing as it is, the movie still tells only half the story: the other, nobler half. - 50
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Despite much fervent talk of the beauty of the mountains and the closeness of God, Alive peters out. [25 Jan 1993, p.55] - 50
Newsweek
Marshall is a good technician, but there's no sense of artistic adventure in his sometimes exciting, sometimes draggy movie.