Synopsis
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
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Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprioHugh Glass
- Tom HardyJohn Fitzgerald
- Domhnall GleesonCaptain Andrew Henry
- Will PoulterJim Bridger
- Forrest GoodluckHawk
- Duane HowardElk Dog
- Arthur RedCloudHikuc
- Melaw Nakehk'oPowaqa
- Grace DoveHugh Glass' Wife
- Lukas HaasJones
Recommendations
- 100
The Guardian
What is so distinctive about this Iñárritu picture is its unitary control and its fluency: no matter how extended, the film’s tense story is under the director’s complete control and he unspools great meandering, bravura travelling shots to tell it: not dissimilar, in some ways, to his previous picture, Birdman. The movie is as thrilling and painful as a sheet of ice held to the skin. - 100
The Hollywood Reporter
Pushing both brutal realism and extravagant visual poetry to the edges of what one customarily finds in mainstream American filmmaking, director/co-writer Alejandro G. Inarritu, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki and a vast team of visual effects wizards have created a sensationally vivid and visceral portrait of human endurance under very nearly intolerable conditions. - 100
Total Film
Astounding. With a director, DoP and cast at the top of their game, The Revenant is a filmmaking triumph. - 83
The Playlist
Though it may feel threadbare for some, Iñárritu’s near exhausting movie is still unforgettably visceral and there’s so much to be dazzled and experientially shaken by. - 80
Time Out London
What makes this more than just a punishing, fearful, expertly crafted thriller focused on one man’s endurance is heavily down to Emmanuel Lubezki’s attractive, thoughtful photography. - 80
Screen Daily
This brutal survival tale is so powerfully engrossing that, despite the clear limitations of his monochromatic, showy approach, the film’s compelling construction tends to override the legitimate criticisms. - 80
The Telegraph
I’m not sure The Revenant is quite as tough and uncompromising as it thinks it is: it's coffee-table existentialism, with psychological brush-strokes so thick they might as well have been put on with a mop. But there’s no question it’s an extraordinary, blood-summoning, sinew-stiffening ride. - 75
IndieWire
No amount of ingenious camerawork and breakneck pacing can obscure a simplistic core.
