The 33
Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.
Director:
Patricia RiggenWriters:
Mikko Alanne (screenplay), Craig Borten (screenplay), 3 more credits »Stars:
Naomi Scott, Cote de Pablo, Rodrigo Santoro | See full cast and crew »Storyline
Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.
User Reviews
A Tale Of Hope
We all remember five
years ago when the story of 33 miners trapped 700 meters underground
caught the world by storm. Everyone was asking: Are they alive? How are
they going to make it out of there?. I think there's no need to say how
it ended. Since then we've gotten tons of news announcing a big budget
film about San José's rescue. The thing everyone's asking right know is:
Is it any good?
First things first: Patricia Riggen. Her
direction is absolutely brilliant, managing to alternate between tense
and emotional scenes almost perfectly. The acting as well is
outstanding, with Antonio Banderas (Mario Sepúlveda) and Rodrigo Santoro
(Laurence Golborne) being the most notable. Also, Cote De Pablo
(Jessica Salgado) brings a big emotional push into the movie with a
beautiful interpretation of "Gracias a la Vida" by Violeta Parra.
Juliette Binoche (María Segovia) was also very good. In general, every
actor and actress in this movie gave a solid performance. The screenplay
is very well written, giving the characters a lot of development and
personality. The soundtrack (Composed by James Horner) is also very
good, mixing chilean instruments with big orchestra compositions that
fit the movie perfectly. The CGI is OK, nothing groundbreaking, but it
gets the job done.
It's not a faultless film though, it has it's
flaws. The are times when the movie loses it's pace and gets slow. Also,
the editing, being mostly very good, it's evident that there where
scenes in the movie that were cut from the final product, an issue that
can leave some viewers confused. There's a little bit of shaky cam as
well, not a big complain, but it can get very disorienting at times.
Overall,
even if it's not perfect, it's still a great movie that succeeds at
telling the story of the 33 miners. Hopeful and inspiring, it's worth
watching at least once.