It's all a bit silly - three weeks in and unwashed they still are a fetching couple - but at least there's no cannibalism and no, they don't eat the dog. By no means original, but Winslet and Elba have plenty of chemistry to keep you invested. Beautiful people, beautiful scenery. It's hard to screw that up. But they really did. Much like the ill-fated flight that opens the film, The Mountain Between Us starts strong, cruises along at a serviceable altitude, and then comes crashing down in the end.
What we get is a weird survival romance with tedious dialogue. I love Winslet, as I'm sure we all do, but after a while her character goes from witty to whiny. If you love Winslet or Elba or you read the book, then you should see this movie. Elba and Winslet are both excellent, and when the saga continues beyond where most other movies would have it end, they provide the glue that holds the increasingly diffuse project together. My Movies. Confirm current pricing with applicable retailer.
All transactions subject to applicable license terms and conditions. Screen Pass. Forced to trust each other to survive the extreme elements, they begin a perilous journey through hundreds of miles of wilderness, each discovering a strength they never knew possible.
Director :. Hany Abu-Assad. Producer :. Chris Weitz , J. Mills Goodloe. All rights reserved. Locked video. Critics Consensus: The Mountain Between Us may be too far-fetched for some viewers to appreciate, but it's elevated by reliably engaging performances from Idris Elba and Kate Winslet.
Previous Pauline Center for Media Studies. August 24, Richard Crouse. Nadeen Lightbody Partygoer as Partygoer uncredited. Hany Abu-Assad. More like this. Watch options. Storyline Edit. After their flight is canceled due to stormy weather, neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Bass and photojournalist Alex Martin hire private pilot Walter to get them to Denver for connecting flights to Alex's wedding in New York and Ben's emergency surgery appointment in Baltimore.
Walter, who has not filed a flight plan, suffers a fatal stroke mid-flight, and the plane crashes on a mountaintop in the High Uintas Wilderness. Ben, Alex, and Walter's dog survive the crash with various injuries.. What if your life depended on a stranger? Action Adventure Drama Romance Thriller.
Rated PG for a scene of sexuality, peril, injury images, and brief strong language. Did you know Edit. However, both dropped out of the project after it was put into turnaround.
Idris Elba and Kate Winslet were eventually cast. At the beginning of the movie the camera has image review, a feature not found on film cameras and it also has auto focus capabilities something not found on a Leica M4-P. By the end of the movie the camera is back to a normal Leica M4-P with a roll of film and a developing scene.
Quotes Ben Bass : The heart's nothing but a muscle. Cardi B User reviews Review. Top review. A film not quite sure what it's trying to be. Idris Elba after scoring a mammoth hit with UK TV's "Luther" has really struggled to make a breakthrough as a leading man into A-grade movies. Although he's had some strong supporting roles "Molly's Game" and "Star Trek Beyond" for example and small bit parts in the Marvel universe, when he has landed a lead role they are in films best forgotton e.
This is seldom down to his performance. Here he is given more of a chance to shine, in what is almost a two-hander with Kate Winslet "Triple 9", "Steve Jobs" for most of the film. And he is the best thing in the film: lots of the brooding look that he is so famous for. Elba plays Ben Bass, a neuro-surgeon stranded at Boise airport who has to get back to Baltimore for an important operation.
Winslett playing Alex Martin, a famous photo-journalist, is stranded with him and equally desperate to travel as she is due to get married in New York the following day. But in terrible conditions, and with a medical emergency, the plane crash lands in the snow of the Rockies, and Ben and Alex together with Walter's Labrador need to struggle to survive in the wilderness.
The problem is that they are an odd couple, and constantly wind each other up the wrong way. It's a well-worn tale that has been portrayed many times before in films like "Alive" and "The Grey", so what makes the film live or die is the quality of the screenplay and the chemistry between the characters.
Unfortunately the former by Chris Weitz co-writer on "Rogue One" is rather clunky, and in the latter case I just didn't feel it.
Winslett's character is just so incredibly whiney and annoying that the thought of Ben doing anything with her other than hitting her with the shovel and feeding her to the dog seems unlikely!
Winslett seems to sense that too, since I never felt she was completely invested in her character. Aside from one impressive monologue, I found it to be a so-so performance from her. The story leaps from improbability to improbability and raises more questions than it answers: in a survival situation should you walk or stay put?
Does an iced-over river have any current flowing under the ice? If they both died, would the audience care? Directed by Hany Abu-Assad, overall if you have a rainy afternoon you need to fill then this a perfectly pleasant movie to veg in front of, but it neither completely satisfies as a romance nor as an adventure flick but falls rather uncomfortably between the two stools.
Details Edit. Release date October 6, United States. United States. Official site. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Chernin Entertainment Twentieth Century Fox. Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 52 minutes. Dolby Digital.
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