2015 · drama · history · survival
The 33
Directed by Patricia Riggen2h 0m2015
Based on the true story of the collapse of a mine in San Jose, Chile—that left 33 miners isolated underground for 69 days.
Our read: The 33 (2015) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · history · survival entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / history, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
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“You want a hopeful true-survival story that earns its rescue payoff slowly.”
Skip it tonight — You dislike claustrophobic tension or need faster pacing than two hours.
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