The 33
Based on the real events of the 2010 disaster, The 33 follows a group of thirty-three miners were trapped inside the San Jose Mine for 69 days. The miners begin an epic quest to survive, contending with suffocating heat and the need for food and water. With family, friends and the rest of the world watching, it becomes a race against time and a true test of the human spirit.
24 July 1984, La Calera, Cundinamarca, Colombia
18 August 1971, Michoacan, Mexico
6 May 1993, London, England, UK
18 November 1958, Cuba
28 May 1963, Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
July 11, 2016
Director Patricia Riggen efficiently touches all the bases without doing what Ron Howard did so well in Apollo 13 - creating an air of uncertainty despite the final outcome being known.
June 08, 2016
Mexican-born filmmaker Patricia Riggen makes the telling of this complicated true story of the 2010 Chilean San José Mine shaft collapse look easy. And, well ... fun!
November 13, 2015
Mostly aims for easily mined deposits of nerves and heartstrings, rather than the more stubborn, more rewarding veins of character and soul.
November 13, 2015
In trying to breathe life into too many characters, the screenplay transforms them all into thinly-drawn caricatures. In focusing on its feel-good, inspirational ending, it fails to make nearly 2 hours of hardship a worthwhile experience.
November 13, 2015
If we could unearth these guys from their living tomb, how hard is it to find nonwhite actors to play real people? ... Miner story, major fail.
November 13, 2015
It's hard to think of another movie this year that has a stronger message about hope -- or a gentler one about forgiveness.
November 13, 2015
"The 33" is exactly what you can expect or hope with this story: a tense and uplifting film that puts an unbelievable true story to celluloid.
June 12, 2016
Corny as it was, I cried when the men were rescued.
November 16, 2015
You may never go down to your basement again without a headlamp and a 10-day food supply.
April 12, 2016
Production design is superb -- the size of the tunnels and how deep they are are shown in a way that is both realistic and awe-inspiring.
