The 33 (2015)

4.6/10 by 95 users

Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days.

User Reviews

If not 99, the film is worth at least 66 for the great efforts that have been evidently taken by the cast and crew to re-enact the horrifying real-life incident.

Much has been told and covered about the 2010 Chilean accident, and the film strictly follows the events using the good old formula popular among documentarians. Although the film partly feels like a documentary, emotions did take charge of me in the first and the third acts. The cast do a fine job, but I thought Banderas was a bit over the top.

Nevertheless, the narration has one too many flaws, mainly about how the miners' situation was written. The survival factor was only brushed upon, and the miners mainly indulged in dialoguery, for lack of a better word. Choice of music, and camera work both are below average.

BOTTOM LINE: All said and done, The 33 is a decent affair, and makes for a good afternoon view if you are interested in dramas about crises and the circus that is mount around it.

Release Date	:	Nov 13, 2015
Runtime	:	120 minutes
Genres	:	History, Drama
Production Company	:	Alcon Entertainment, Phoenix Pictures, Fabula, Half Circle
Production Countries	:	United States of America, Chile
Casts	:	Antonio Banderas, Rodrigo Santoro, Juliette Binoche, James Brolin, Lou Diamond Phillips, Mario Casas, Adriana Barraza, Kate del Castillo, Cote de Pablo, Bob Gunton, Gabriel Byrne
Plot Keywords	:	chile, based on true story, woman director, mining accident