![]() ![]() Modern day romances are almost always guaranteed to "seal the deal" with the characters sleeping together, and unfortunately, The Mountain Between Us is no different. Winslet and Elba bring a lot of depth to their characters, while Elba hides some significant mystery about his character Ben's marriage through a good portion of this duo's journey. From here on out, it's a survival tale that mixes elements of Gravity and Everest into a story that shows how two completely different strangers not only have to entrust their lives to one another, but grow to love each other in the most desperate of circumstances. The film opens amidst the hustle-and-bustle of an airport before it shrinks everything down to just two people and a dog on top of a mountain within the film's first fifteen minutes. The Mountain Between Us is an intimate affair. It really is a testament to the partnership of these three talents. To complete the sense of reality, you have the acting caliber of Winslet and Elba to carry things forward. There's really only one scene where you can tell green screen was used, because the rest of the film is set on-location (and even that green screen scene is on location. The production actually filmed ON the Rocky Mountains, subjecting the cast and crew to some of the harshest weather imaginable. The Mountain Between Us is beautifully shot and directed by indie filmmaker Hany Abu-Assad, who set out to translate the film for the big screen in as real a presentation as possible -and the film is far better because of it. Typically, when it comes to romantic fare, I probably would prefer a romantic comedy (a la Serendipity or Hitch), but the recent rom-com release, Home Again, proved to be a far inferior effort to this more dramatic outing. Upon seeing the trailer for The Mountain Between Us, I was instantly hooked by the pairing of two incredible actors-Kate Winslet and Idris Elba-and the setting being a survival scenario in the freezing isolation of the mountains. However, for this reviewer, it really only takes a good story and a great cast to get me interested in the film. The romance genre is, admittedly, an acquired taste. Movie Reviews (Main) > Movie Reviews (Main).Indie Reviews (Main) > Indie Reviews (Main).
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