The Endurance
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85 out of 100

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  • Starring: Liam Neeson
  • Summary: This documentary tells the story of the survival of British explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton and the crew of his vessel 'The Endurance,' which shipwrecked in the ice floes and frigid ocean of the Antarctic in 1914.

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  1. Positive: 21 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 23
  3. Negative: 0 out of 23
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    100
    Essential viewing not just for those fascinated by adventure, exploration and survival, but for anyone interested in the magic of leadership.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    A remarkable documentary about an almost unfathomable ordeal.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Stephen Miller
    80
    Documentarian George Butler ("Pumping Iron") wisely opted to stick to the cold, hard facts of the expedition's tale while layering in warmer material, like interviews with historians and descendants of the crew and narrator Liam Neeson's lilting bedtime-story delivery.
  4. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ed Park
    60
    Still enigmatic is the figure of Shackleton himself. The film conveys his remarkable leadership without explaining (beyond a because-it's-there romanticism) what would compel such a journey in the first place.

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