What a beautiful movie!

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

A Disappointing Continuation

At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

The film is directed with understated skill - the ocean is very convincing - CGI is subtle and effective. Robert Redford carries the film with a deliberate stoicism - The muted performance is refreshing, but sometimes left me wanting more. At times his character seemed genuinely unbothered by the desperate circumstances - where some outburst would have felt more appropriate.

Why , why , why? I am not sure of the mind set of the reviewers who are glowing about this film. The boredom and slow pace was so tortuous I had to fast forward the entire movie, and guess what ? It was STILL boring, even on fast forward. Yes, I get the whole triumph of the human spirit in a survival situation blah blah. But this has been shown in much better movies than this one.

This film is brilliant, Robert Redford is exceptionally powerful in this film, I see some poor reviews which startles me somewhat but I know that people have different reactions to stories.To me the film is metaphorical of our times, confused, desperate, dooms day clock at 2 to midnight, climate change crisis and so on - it is literally not about any of these topics but the film offers enough generosity to allow for an exploratory interpretation.I recommend this film, be prepared to find a quiet spot and turn up the volume enough to have a good experience. I hope you love the movie as much as I. do. Don't bring popcorn by the way.

The fact that I was riveted by a movie with zero dialog really says something. This was purely visual storytelling: visceral and compelling.