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- 2015
- PG-13
- Alcon Entertainment
- 2 h 7 m
- 2015
- PG-13
- Alcon Entertainment
- 2 h 7 m
Summary In 2010, the eyes of the world turned to Chile, where 33 miners had been buried alive by the catastrophic explosion and collapse of a 100-year-old gold and copper mine. Over the next 69 days, an international team worked night and day in a desperate attempt to rescue the trapped men as their families and friends, as well as millions of p...
Directed By: Patricia Riggen
- 2015
- PG-13
- Alcon Entertainment
- 2 h 7 m
- 2015
- PG-13
- Alcon Entertainment
- 2 h 7 m
The 33
55
6.3
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Summary In 2010, the eyes of the world turned to Chile, where 33 miners had been buried alive by the catastrophic explosion and collapse of a 100-year-old gold and copper mine. Over the next 69 days, an international team worked night and day in a desperate attempt to rescue the trapped men as their families and friends, as well as millions of p...
Directed By: Patricia Riggen
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
55
35% Positive
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11 Reviews
61% Mixed
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19 Reviews
3% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 31 Critic Reviews
55
35% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
61% Mixed
19 Reviews
19 Reviews
3% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
The best part is that unlike “Lost,” “Battlestar Galactica” and “The Sopranos,” you won't be left scratching your head about the thrilling, completely satisfying ending.
Despite the predictability of storytelling, The 33 is an undeniably rousing picture.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 47 User Ratings
6.3
51% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
38% Mixed
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18 Ratings
11% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 47 User Ratings
6.3
51% Positive
24 Ratings
24 Ratings
38% Mixed
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
11% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
When the mountain swallowed the 33 men alive...
This is one of the greatest movie of 2015, not because of twists and turns, but pleasingly illustrating a true disastrous event. So don't listen to the negative remarks about it, ignore the low scores and just see it already. Like any flick, it definitely had a few flaws, if you focus it properly, you won't be distracted for those faults in the movie. All the above, bringing that 2010's unfortunate mining tragedy on screen was a success, that's the very important.
It was not a Marvel's superhero movie or a Disney-Pixar's cute animation that has its own large fan base to support. It is not even a Hollywood, but English language movie from Chile. So that's where the critics steered common people in a wrong direction. But as I'm a movie fanatic, I totally recommend it for all. This was not a simple disaster drama, but had a good amount of emotions, suspense, nationalism, light laughs, brotherhood and ultimately a good entertainment.
It is no ones biopic as it was categorised. It is a single real incident based movie, especially the book 'Deep Down Dark'. All the characters had a fair scope and portrayed according to story growth. But it opened by introducing only a few main characters and other supporting ones out of 33 whose story this was based on.
On an ordinary day, those miners started their day as usual. For some, it was their first day and for others it was the final days of their job, but everyone had their own reasons to go into the mountain's deep down. But what they did not know was the mountain was tired of being opened its mouth for the centuries. Finally, she decided to close the mouth by swallowing the 33. But those men stood against the chances they had and fought for their survival, which was finely told in this movie. What happened to them, how it concludes was narrated still the last minute with suspense.
"That's not a rock, that's the heart of the mountain.
She finally broke."
To me there was no mystery left in the main theme, because when this thing happened 5 years ago, I closely followed the event. So I know how it ended and I knew how the movie would end, but surprising parts were the families, media, politics and all the other surrounding events composed together which was a quite fresh perspective that helped the movie to help shape well. So I am telling you, if you think you know this story, you probably wrong on that assumption.
If I want to discuss about negative, that would the language of the movie. I am very-very disappointed with that choice, it must have been in the Spanish. Those Chilean characters speaking English was kind of jokes with their funny accent. It did not work for me, because Chile never was a commonwealth member. If Indian, Malaysian or Sri Lankan character speaks English would make sense. I know they wanted it to be an International product, so did they chose Internationally recognisable actors like Antonio Banderas and Julliette Binoche. Yes, on that aspect it paid off well.
The movie almost got me on its emotional side, I did not show it physically, but surely I felt deep inside me. It also triumphs to tell how important the families are. They are the first ones to react if you are in a real danger to rescue, to shed tears, to standby on the scene looking for your return and to hug tightly. The movie might be categorised in a couple of genres, but it had other mixed ingredients as well. For example, the scenes called the last supper and the circus outside the rescue site. Movies are not all about perfection, sometimes demonstrating its purpose decently would do good enough. So on that facet I got no point to say to skip it.
9/10
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Antonio Banderas plays the growling veteran miner who shows flint and organizational moxie when the worst happens. And Lou Diamond Phillips, laying it on thick, is the guilt-ridden colleague, trapped with the others, whose job it is “to keep these men SAFE.” Which he does. Repeatedly. Loudly. Passionately.
What happened in Chile really was a triumph of the human spirit, as cliched as it is to write that sentence. The miners deserved a better movie, but that's not how it works.
Even the brilliant Juliette Binoche, a welcome presence in any film, is reduced to whipping up empanadas and looking wistfully beyond a fence — basically standing there and doing nothing. And this is one of the most developed characters in the movie.
Director Patricia Riggen finds a rigorous and affecting visual language for The 33, but she and her international cast are hampered by a screenplay that too often gets in the way of a powerful story.
The film doles out a shock or hits a (usually hollow) emotional note every few minutes with mechanical precision.
Blessed with a talented cast, interesting story-telling and an efficient direction, this film becomes one of the most succeful of the year. Not also for this real-life story, at least. It's worth to understand the lessons of the human history with this good film, which people will like to watch.
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I remember this cave in from the news. But this movie gives the back story, which most "Americans" won't believe. How can the boss send men down into a dangerous mine? How can a company leave 33 men down below and not try to rescue them? How can the government just watch and do nothing? Couldn't happen in this country, but this is Chile. Most Americans don't realize how bad it is in other countries, probably cause they're looking out from the tour bus and the 5 star hotel. I wonder how many people see the parallels with our big business, the 1%, and our recent government decisions, or lack thereof.
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Based on the true event in 2010, this claustrophobic film about miners who are trapped underground surprisingly starts off straight to the disastrous incident but buried by its own formulaic plot. It offers the same horrific experience just like in "127 hours"; the underpaying jobs and risks faced by the miners, the setting and cultures in Chile, the fear and trapped in the mines, the rally, political plays, media propaganda and the rescue attempts are all included well throughout the story. However, screenwriters squeeze too much in the film, the background and life events of each characters seems to lose engagement, causing imperfect character developments and less inspiring. Scores from James Horner are trying to remain the tone of the film but it starts to deviate into lighthearted due to unnecessary scenes, making audiences wonder the existence of real tragedy. However, the film still offers a thrilling climax and satisfyingly ends in a beautiful note even though it should have just focused on the disaster, survival skills and rescue operations.
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Personalmente no disfruto este tipo de trabajos basados en la desgracia de la vida real porque se cual será el final, claro que hay excepciones pues encontramos obras maestras. Los 33 no es el caso. Yo vi potencial en esta película, no es tan mala, pero pudo aprovecharse mucho mejor. Primero que nada, si el suceso original ocurrió en Chile, deberían usar actores chilenos no? Pues al parecer no, quisieron buscar actores Españoles y Mexicanos. Incluso cuando tienes a los 33 mismos que antes estuvieron atrapados en la mina disponibles para actuar, no se quieren usar. (tal ves se justifique porque no son actores, espero) O mínimo usar un reparto que se parezca a su contraparte en la vida real. Es largamente innecesaria, quieren meter mas y mas detalles que no servían y a nadie le importaba. El gobierno es inútil, **** y supuestamente sabe hacer las cosas pero no tienen los materiales. Asunto tras asunto llegan a desesperar a tal modo de que no es lo suficientemente fiel, que quiere poner un asunto que fue una desgracia después de un tiempo como un lujo. Simplemente es una película que da una idea del asunto, pero no la da correcta del todo, si tiene actualmente esa calificación, es porque es lo que merece.
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"The 33" is annoyingly mediocre, painfully predictable, and grating dialogue. It has some shining moments and Rodrigo Santoro gives a great performance.
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Production Company
Alcon Entertainment,
Phoenix Pictures,
Los 33,
Dynamo,
Fabula,
Gobierno de Colombia,
Half Circle
Release Date Nov 13, 2015
Duration 2 h 7 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline Hope Runs Deep
Website
http://www.the33movie.com/
Awards
Imagen Foundation Awards
• 6 Wins & 9 Nominations
MovieGuide Awards
• 1 Win & 3 Nominations
Heartland Film
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
