The Mountain Between Us (2017)
Directed by Hany Abu-Assad
Stranded on a mountain after a tragic plane crash, two strangers must work together to endure the extreme elements of the remote, snow-covered terrain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing each other to survive and discovering their inner strength.
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What critics compared The Mountain Between Us to
At times, “The Mountain Between Us” recalls such arduous wilderness adventures as “ Into the Wild ,” “ The Grey ” and “ The Revenant .”
The script, by Chris Weitz ( About A Boy ) and the schmaltz specialist J. Mills Goodloe ( The Age Of Adaline , The Best Of Me , Everything, Everything ), actually tones down the howling outrageousness of Martin’s novel, which seems to miss the point.
Yes, the film’s script, by Chris Weitz ( About a Boy ) and J. Mills Goodloe ( The Age of Adaline , Everything, Everything ), is based on a novel that is itself extremely what about the heart in its tone; and, yes, if you think too much—the No. 1 rule with a movie like this is never think too much—you will begin to have questions: Why, if you are chartering a tiny prop plane over stormy mountains in the dead of winter on the day before your wedding, wouldn’t you tell your fiancé of your plans?