Reviews

I watched this film on my own initially and i have to say i could not see what the hype was all about. But when i watched it back with friends i did get a lot more of the humour and the whole idea of the film.

The film did find very good ways to inject this film with the humour it needed and to not get too caught up on the most controversial issues it dealt with.

I think the thing that sums this film up is the fact that e!online (an American website) gave this British-made and 'British humour' film an A- rating; one of the highest of the year so far! Its up there with Black Swan according to them.

Overall a pretty funny, ironic and thought - provoking film.

Wow! Disney is back!

Jazz is my favourite type of music and the songs in this movie are both refreshing and fun. The fantastic colour of the movie is definitely a credit to it as is the animation.

I love the character of Ray - being in love with a star, how cute! But Mama Odie - epic! :)

My only problem with it at all is the rating. The shadow man - what's with that! Way too scary for little ones! Thats the only thing that stopped me from giving this a 10.

Overall an amazing triumph for Disney! :)

I really enjoyed this film and the whole story is an amazing one of courage and hardship. However i do have some misgivings which is why i only gave it a 7. I have been studying the book 'Alive' by Piers Paul Read at school and unfortunately there seems to be a bit of fabrication in the movie version. For those others who have read it the one they appoint as leader in the film: 'Antonio' in the book the only person who has the name Antonio is Viztintin and he is portrayed by another actor. Also in the book the captain of the team is called Marcelo Perez.

Another confusion i have is with the supposedly mad engineer. Who is he? And was that just for dramatisation purposes? Surely this book does not need anything added to it!

Lastly i was a bit disappointed they did not show the point when Parrado and Canessa meet with the first people and also their first meal. Another amazing part of the book was when they meet their families again. Also a disappointment.

Also, understandably, the search effort by their parents was left out as a two hour film can only be so long, i understand why it was not included.

Overall i think this is a fantastic true story that will be told again and again. If you thought this was good read the book.