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- 2023
- R
- Netflix
- 2 h 24 m
- 2023
- R
- Netflix
- 2 h 24 m
Summary The flight of a rugby team crashes on a glacier in the Andes. The few passengers who survive the crash find themselves in one of the world's toughest environments to survive.
Directed By: J.A. Bayona
- 2023
- R
- Netflix
- 2 h 24 m
- 2023
- R
- Netflix
- 2 h 24 m
Society of the Snow
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8.1
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Summary The flight of a rugby team crashes on a glacier in the Andes. The few passengers who survive the crash find themselves in one of the world's toughest environments to survive.
Directed By: J.A. Bayona
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
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76% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
24% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 33 Critic Reviews
72
76% Positive
25 Reviews
25 Reviews
24% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
What elevates the film above trauma-porn gore and pushes it into transcendence, though, is how its philosophical script and unshakeable performances navigate the question of whether survival is a transgression against God.
Ambitious, impressive, and genuine, with a great sense of vast scale and awe, as its title suggests, Society Of Snow is not only a three-dimensional cinematic feat of wonder, terror, and emotion-stirring courage but a deeply felt portrait of togetherness, brotherhood, and survival, poignantly commemorating the painful memory of indescribable loss and tragedy.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 144 User Ratings
8.1
87% Positive
125 Ratings
125 Ratings
10% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
3% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 144 User Ratings
8.1
87% Positive
125 Ratings
125 Ratings
10% Mixed
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
3% Negative
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
heartwrenching, beautiful, honorable, a piece of art, incredible in every way possible
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Society of the Snow is wrenching, deeply harrowing, but crucially dispenses with sappy takeaways about the triumph of the human spirit.
Disaster is horror, and Bayona’s direction allows for a deeper comprehension of a tragedy that exists beyond our grasp.
The length of his film is an essential element in Mr. Bayona’s message about desperation and hope and, dare one say it, the resilience of the spirit. The soiled, ailing, sunburned husks of men who emerge from the mountains are heroes, though they look every bit like ghosts.
Society Of The Snow may be the best version of this saga told so far. Still, it feels incomplete and doesn’t dig deeper even as it hints at greater pathos beneath the surface.
J.A. Bayona rarely lets his images speak for themselves, which is frustrating given his obvious gift for poetic, almost surreal succinctness.
La película me ha parecido una genialidad de pies a cabeza. No exclusivamente por aspectos técnicos, creativos o artísticos, como su belleza de fotografía, los efectos especiales, la calidad de actuación o la excelentísima interpretación instrumental que ofrece la banda sonora de Michael Giacchino; sino también por aspectos antropológicos. A nivel filosófico y espiritual, La Sociedad de la Nieve es una película con la que cualquiera puede llegar a relacionarse a niveles muy personales. Creo yo que es necesario ver ésta película como una carta de amor a la vida, al colectivo y al "somos", no al "soy". Es un filme que te inspira a amar, a compartir y a sentir, sentir mucho y muy profundo. En ese sentido, no tiene desperdicio alguno, en lo absoluto. Se trata de un viaje de introspección que muy pocos largometrajes logran evocar a este nivel de profesionalismo.
Ahora bien, considero a esta una película redonda en todo sentido. No le falta, ni le sobra nada. No encuentro ninguna escena, ningún monólogo, ni pequeño diálogo o detalle que se sienta fuera de lugar, innecesario o tedioso. Al contrario, encuentro cada pormenor calculado con el más dedicado amor y acomodado milimétricamente para lograr transmitir un mensaje muy bien definido, siendo la expresión uno de los atributos más valiosos del arte, y el cine en su conjunto. El guión me parece algo sencillamente de otro nivel, adaptando a la perfección la escencia humana que se dedica a plasmar la novela de la cual toma inspiración.
En fin, que se puede hablar horas y horas, y redactar párrafos y párrafos sobre lo bella, natural y necesaria que es esta película. La califico con un 10/10 porque no encuentro otra forma de calificarla. Me parece una cinta magistral. Nos toca asimilar, como latinoamericanos, que no existe, ni existirá mejor ejemplar de adaptación al Milagro y Tragedia de Los Andes a la pantalla grande. Bayona encontró la fórmula definitiva y se va a quedar así. Enhorabuena.
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Starts out strong but then turns into a slog. Stuff happens but nothing really happens. It's just repeating misery, hunger, ravines and failed attempts to "get somewhere".
And it's just hard to believe the hunger and misery when the actors appear healthy and warm most of the time. They might act cold and hungry, but they don't look it.
Now, I don't expect actors to all go full Christian Bale and loose 20 kilos so I guess it's just how it had to be.
Ultimately the movie is just very boring.
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This isn't the first movie about the 1972 plane crash in the Andes, where 16 of 45 passengers survived for more than 70 days after resorting to cannibalism. Alive with Ethan Hawke comes to mind with Showtime's Yellowjackets being an adaptation. This one was made in with Uruguayan and Argentine actors and is the most expensive Spanish film ever made. After a nerve-racking crash, the filmmaker depicts the struggles to survive despite immense odds and setbacks. While the circumstances are harrowing, the dramatic impact is often flat and their plight seems incomplete, perhaps because there's no backstory…only what occurs in the Andes. The performances, most of whom are non-actors, are fine without ever conveying much real emotion. The film remains an incredible story about survival, but much of their horrorific experience never translates as powerfully to the screen as it might have
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The real-life story is amazing. This dramatization doesn't do it justice. I think a key part of the story, which is cannibalism, isn't treated as well as it could have been. I understand not showing it onscreen and I am fine with that. I just wish it was more a key part of the film because it was their means of survival and it led to a lot of guilt and long-lasting issues with those remaining survivors. And the discovery of it after their rescue was a huge part of the aftermath.
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The cleanest teeth and the trimmest beards I've ever seen after 60 days stranded in the middle of nowhere. Also, the oldest looking 22 year olds I can remember seeing in a 2+ hour movie this side of The Bridge on the River Kway. 15 minute closing credits.
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Nomination
Goya Awards
• 12 Wins & 13 Nominations
