Mjeteconer Just perfect...

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

solsen-20031 The film The 33 directed by Patricia Riggen depicts the events of a mining incident that happened on August 10, 2010 in . The day started just as every normal mining day did, the 33 men suited up for work, got into their bus that shuttled them down 1,700 feet and got to mining. However, in an instant, disaster struck. The mountain in which they were mining collapsed around them, leaving them stranded with minimal food and water. The movie unfolds by describing the living conditions in which they must adapt to in the 69 days the men are buried. The movie also includes the efforts in which the Chilean government took to save the men, how the families strong and never lost hope that their loved ones were going to make it out alive, and the heartfelt, much anticipated rescue that ensued on October 13, 2010, almost 3 months later to the day. The film itself was extremely well down. The 33 stayed true to the actual events that took place, while also keeping the movie suspenseful as well as entertaining. The film did not seem to drag or get boring, despite the fact that being enclosed in a mine for over 3 months couldn't be very eventful. The viewer was constantly left eager to see what was going to happen. Were the miners going to be rescued? Will they starve before help arrives? Is the government going to give up on them? All of these thoughts race through the audience's head leaving them starving for answers. The director of this film, Patricia Riggens does a beautiful job in making the film both entertaining and realistic. Riggens is a Mexican film director who has won numerous awards for her work such as an ALMA Award for Special Achievement. Her credentials for making this film are good. Riggens has directed other popular films such as the Disney classic Lemonade Mouth in 2011 as well as Revolucion, another historical film which describes how the Mexican Revolution affects Mexico today. The movie also contained a 26 million dollar budget (US dollars), which is low for the national budget, however even with the relatively low budget, the film still has an authentic feel and is, in my opinion, very well done. The majority of The 33 was filmed salt mine of Nemocón, Colombia. Since the set actually took place in a mine, it brings the feel ad accuracy of the movie to another level. The viewer gets a taste of being stranded almost two thousand feet underground. When questioned, Riggens stated how directing The 33 was liberating for her since it was such a rough and traumatic event. She feels being able to tackle and create such a movie as a women is a step in the right direction. The overall goal of this film was to educate the world about the terrifying events that took place in a Chilean mine on August 10, 2010. The film was most likely made for the survivors of this incident and to honor how heroic they were as people. The director made sure of this by including the final scene in which the original 33 are together again, smiling and laughing portraying the bond they formed during their 69 days together underground. The film also was probably made to inspire and give the message of perseverance to its audience. When watching The 33, you can't help but to feel compelled to act as the survivors and keep going through the obstacles in life. The film itself held pretty true to the actual story of The 33 men buried alive. There were however, some small errors that took place throughout the movie. For example, there was one scene in which the drill finally breaks through the rock and into the area in which the miners are trapped, the movie shows a stream of light flood into the room, where as in reality there is no way that the sunlight could be seen from that far down. Also, the film states that the first man rescued is a miner named Alex Vega, however in reality the actual first miner saved was a man named Florencio Antonio Avalos Silva at 12:11 on October 13, 2010. After being rescued, the film also shows the miners running into the arms of loved ones, when actually upon rescue, the men were immediately shuttled to the hospital for medical care. Since the film stayed fairly close to the true story, it didn't really contain any biased views. Overall, this historical film was very well done. The actors played very true to their parts, making what they were going through very believable. The filmmaking and directing style also aided to the success of this film, by using dark, somber lighting and dramatic scenes such as when the mine first collapses it creates a suspenseful, informative, but yet entertaining feel. Everything dialogue and setting related seemed pretty true to what actually happened as well, another plus. The only thing that I wish I could change was the things that didn't stay true to what really happened. All in all, I liked this film and therefore would give it a eight out of 10, only losing two points for the occasional historical inaccuracy. I still thoroughly enjoyed The 33 and would recommend it.

zmaisto-19277 The film "the 33" is a very inspirational film that causes viewers to feel inspired when the film is over. The main plot is 33 miners getting stuck in a mine for almost 2 months, with very little hope to survive. Nobody had ever pulled off a miracle like this before, and many believe, with such an unstable mine, this was an impossible mission as well. Even families knew, they can try to hope, but they even admitted to this "never being okay" because they got the feeling they would never see their family or friends again. They went weeks without knowing whether they were even alive or not. I really liked the theme and suspense of the film, as well as the outcome and main plot. This is a very touching and inspiring film. The filmmaking process seemed precise and careful. The mine looked real, and so did the top of the mine with medical areas and temporary camps for families. It all seemed real and accurate. It could've been better with real footage, but was otherwise still good budget and film quality. The director has 12 awards, including 3 from "the 33". This is her only non-fiction historical film, but still has a lot of credentials as a director. She did a very good job on directing this movie and i did not spot any mistakes in the film besides having light come through a drilled hole that saved the miners, a light would not be seen from that far down, which may have been a symbol for hope and life.The reasons for making this film is the theme of the story, which is never give up and miracles do happen. The whole movie is made up to seem this is impossible with less than 1% chance they will survive. They use musical suspense to create doubt, as long as negative dialogue from the mining company and families, when they give up hope a lot. Only the government, especially Lawrence, is optimistic they will get the miners out. He did not want to ever give up on the miners or their families. He understands the significance of the situation. This movie is meant to downgrade the mining company and show strength to the Chilean government for always showing signs of hope, when everybody else had none. The film is made for the families and anybody who needs inspiration. It can be seen by noticing all the conflicting music and sounds they use, making us think it is impossible for all 33 to survive, and using effects to back it up, to create doubt and drama. They do this so when they all survive, that we realize what their intentions are, to inspire us that if this 1% chance of saving all these people who have been buried for months, can then anything is possible.The only sign of inaccurate historical events is that the drills that "broke" were working but kept as a backup. Other than that, the film was historically accurate. The director did well with keeping with the important theme and topic, and never got side tracked. The only noticeable biases is that the director seems to feel that the accident was the mining company's fault, showing a scene where the owner would not shut it down when a problem when it was brought to his attention that the mountain was shifting too much and was set up to fall any day. The director placed the blame on the mining company and made the Chilean government seem to have done it all. There is another scene where the mining company wanted to suspend the search for the miners, claiming saving them would be impossible. The biases did not get in the way of telling the story, as the outcome was the same in the movie as it really happened, the miners were saved and the Chilean government was to praise for that.This film is a very intriguing film and keeps interest. The acting is well and characters are believable. The dialogue and accent are right on, but they would not speak English in real life like they did in the movie, however, i liked that so i did not have to read every subtitle. The film may have been better if they had real footage and if all the events that happened were 100% accurate, but they did a very good job and kept me interested the whole time.

Jake Griffin The 33 movie review The film "The 33" is about the 33 miners that got trapped in a Chilean mine and how two men never stopped believing that they could be rescued. It's crazy to think that those miners were trapped in that mine for sixty nine days. Yes, sixty nine days. Its incredible true story. Its also a pretty good film as well. The director of this movie is Patricia Riggen. The budget for this movie was $26 million and the box office ended up being almost $25 million. It was released on November 9th, 2015. Its DVD release was February 16th, 2016. Patricia Riggen flew out to meet the actual miners before this movie was filmed and just spent a lot of time with them hearing all their stories. They shot this film in two real mines both located in Columbia. She convinced the actual miners to come at the end of the movie to have a big dinner on the beach and to show the audience what the real miners looked like and that they actually all survived. This movie is actually pretty historically correct. Not a lot wrong with it at all. I think the director did a solid job of touching up on most of the topics regarding the Chilean mine incident. It didn't seem to biased by any means. Regardless of if their is any biased thoughts in this film or not, it doesn't affect how Patricia Riggen tells the story. The characters bare based on real people so i'm just going to say that yes they are believable. Dialogue and other things surrounding the film seem realistic and nothing really seems off. The only real thing I don't like is that they call this a action drama biography. I don't really see how its considered action to be honest. Like when I think of action I think of stuff exploding and crazy fights and stuff like that. Overall, i enjoyed this film which i didn't think I was going to. I would give it 6 stars out of ten.

kosmasp Real life dramas are tough. If you start to imagine how people must have felt, but also get the visual reminder, it most likely will hit home. Also the performances are really good in this one and at the end of it you will see some footage of the "real" people the actors portrayed in this.So while this is kind of predictable (especially if you know the outcome because of what really happened), it still is tension filled and has many great moments. Some might argue, that it might have worked better if it would have stayed on side (probably down with the victims), the switching does add an element to this that cannot be denied and it works great. If you like your drama like that, check this one out