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All Is Lost
PG13 (SINGAPORE)
2014
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Positive Reviews
133
Negative reviews
23
Average Rating
3.9
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3.0
Arguably, the performance is too single minded to achieve real greatness, but its utter lack of showmanship is precisely what the movie requires; at i ..
Av Club
4.5
Advertisement At 77, Redford isnt exactly a typical senior citizen, and Chandor doesnt seem to have cast him in order to fashion some allegory about m ..
Av Club
4.5
This isnt to say that All Is Lost is a bleak or nihilistic film, despite the hopelessness its title implies.
Den Of Geek
2.0
He plays an unnamed fellow who wakes up on his small yacht in the middle of the Indian Ocean, only to see that a random shipping crate has gashed a ho ..
EW
5.0
One of All Is Losts greatest creative judgments is its lack of a backstory.
Rogerebert
3.0
ALL IS LOST begins with our main (and only) character, called Our Man in the credits and played by Robert Redford, reading a letter to unnamed loved o ..
Common Sense Media
2.0
Chandor leaves plenty of time in his patient narrative to let the big ideas sink in.
Indie Wire
2.0
.An impressively spare, nearly dialogue free stranded at sea drama that strips characterization down to basic survival instinct, this emotionally reso ..
Variety
3.5
Instead, Chandors man versus the elements story remains riveting through most of its running time due to gritty audio visual aspects.
We Got This Covered
4.5
Audience fortitude aside: This is compulsively watchable stuff, a masterstroke of thoughtful direction and thought provoking performance.
Austin Chronicle
5.0
Men of steel and iron have grunted at the multiplex, but youre not going to see an image as tough or elementalas goddamned manlyas that of Robert Redf ..
Time Out
4.0
There is no journey towards redemption and no cosy life lesson lying in wait at the end.
The Guardian
4.0
Yet for all the films austerity and silence, it is absorbing and gripping, although you may be unsure about the faint and surreal touch of James Camer ..
The Guardian
3.1
But in its leading mans lined, determined visage, All Is Lost locates not only its suspense, but also its strength.
5.0
Redford brings the watchfulness that has served him so well to every moment of All Is Lost, infusing what is already a perfectly entertaining adventur ..
4.5
The character isnt just trying to stay alive hes learning a lesson about himself.
Screen Daily
4.5
We just dont really feel that loneliness to deeply because were too busy thinking, WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THIS STAY ON SWEET LAND.
Collider
4.5
Redfords exceptional performance will serve as the primary commercial calling card for Lionsgate upon October release.The Old Man and the Sea certainl ..
The Hollywood Reporter
4.0
Audience fortitude aside: This is compulsively watchable stuff, a masterstroke of thoughtful direction and thought provoking performance.
5.0
I cant think of another film that has upheld this notion so thoroughly and thrillingly.
The New York Times
4.6
But in some ways, writer director J.C. Chandors story about an old man and the sea is a bolder film, eschewing backstory, sentimentality and even dial ..
Paste Magazine
4.3
In a time when movies are aching to add more and more, whether it be reason or logic or thematic allegory, All Is Lost opts for a bare bones approach, ..
IGN
4.0
speaks barely a handful of lines in All Is Lost, but the film still manages to feel like an internal monologue, a conversation between one man and him ..
Telegraph
4.0
Its also such a familiar face.One that has made so many characters indelible in major films like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President ..
2.5
But this involvement ebbs and flows.The pure dose of Redford is welcome.
San Francisco Chronicle
5.0
There is nothing like this in Redfords performance in All Is Lost.
4.5
Even if it were just a filmmaking exercise All Is Lost would be impressive, but the weight of Redfords performance provides depth and a touch of senti ..
Cinema Blend
5.0
It helps, of course, that the guy is played by Robert Redford, a man who knows something about holding our attention.
Ny Daily News
4.0
ALL IS LOST is never ever boring.The stripped down approach is a positive thing, and its definitely a movie that deserves to be seen on the big screen ..
JoBlo
2.5
Taken as a whole viewing experience, All Is Lost is like watching a movie adaptation of The Old Man and the Sea; that is, one where the story has been ..
Screen Rant
3.8
The movie is rigorous, serious and well crafted, with Redford holding the screen using only his economical emotional reactions and physical presence.
The Globe And Mail
5.0
It enables them to live every single moment with new appreciation and delight.
Spirituality And Practice
2.0
But that comes not merely from the technical expertise of the filmmakers but from the naturalism of Redfords performance.
One Guys Opinion
3.8
The challenge lies in executing this effectively and making it compelling for audiences.
ReelViews
2.0
Deep into a solo voyage in the Indian Ocean, an unnamed man wakes to find his 39 foot yacht taking on water after a collision with a shipping containe ..
Blu Ray
4.0
This is gripping as an adventure story even if doesnt achieve the profundity to which it aspires.
Chicago Reader
2.0
Laura Clifford Robin Clifford 1n the midst of the vast Indian Ocean, a lone man (Robert Redford) in a 39 foot yacht is jolted awake by a loud bang.
4.4
Chandor proves that the elements, combined with the varied and subtle talents of a veteran actor, are all that is needed to make a captivating, nail b ..
Usa Today
3.8
Its clear right from the outset that A Most Violent Years greatest asset is its tremendously appealing sense of style, as writer/director Chandors atm ..
Reel Film Reviews
3.0
Nobody else appears on screen with Redford and there is almost no dialog in the film. This is a one man show. One man against the sea.
Lariat
4.0
Comparison with Alfonso Cuarons Gravity is unavoidable, and its high praise that Chandors movie holds up under itits not as tense as Gravity, but just ..
News Review
2.0
What few will miss, though, is Redfords amazing, nuanced and heartbreaking but never showy performance, arguably his best in his very long and varied ..
Screen It
5.0
In its own National Geographic style, the film is also very spectacular.
Independent
4.4
And weve got a movie, a thrilling, nail biting, pulse racing adventure at sea that takes the measure of a man.
Rolling Stone
3.5
The Nature of Imitation is the sound of Dorian Concept systematically deconstructing various genres, stripping them back to the bones underneath and t ..
Pop Matters
4.0
All Is Lost feels of a piece with those earlier movies in its portrayal of a man alone in nature, but the movies aesthetic is rigorous and challenging ..
The Wrap
4.0
The effect of this is completely immersive, allowing Chandor to crank up the tension to a high degree as you will Our Man to somehow defy the odds and ..
View London
3.8
Even at the age of 77, Redford can command a screen, and hes the main reason to watch this man against nature story.
News Day
2.0
This is a very American take on heroism, and not an especially realistic one.
Cs Monitor
3.8
The film is still a gripping experience, though, with its circling sharks, its sun dappled beauty and its agonies of shattered hope.
New York Post
4.5
Redford works hard, and deserves the accolades he will receive, but All Is Lost is the sort of endurance test most viewers will wait to watch on TV.Bi ..
Film Journal International ..
1.5
All is Lost demands engagement by making it a challenge for its audience to engage.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.0
Taken as a piece of entertainment, however, All Is Lost can leave one a bit cold.
Az Central
4.0
The sole character in All is Lost, a compelling tale of nautical and ultimately spiritual survival, is simply called Our Man.
Smh
4.0
This one is all action, an intimate but epic battle between one human being and nature in the grip of a very serious temper tantrum.
Smh
4.0
Im not even sure that its what it seems on the surface something Id be glad to discuss after youve seen the film.And, yes, I think you should see it d ..
Mountain X
4.5
But like the best of the genre, its relentless focus on the material and the practical also gestures subtly at a life of the soul, however battered.
Npr
5.0
One hell of a movie.All Is Lost is a survival at sea story stripped to the essentials, a muscular, Hemingwayesque film with compelling emotional drive ..
Star Tribune
4.4
The Book of Job, 38:16 In less secular or cynical times, the torments visited upon Robert Redfords unlucky sailor in All Is Lost would be attributed t ..
Toronto Star
3.0
The message seems to be: if the Somalian pirates dont get you, sheer dumb luck, combined with hostile wind and rain, will.
Guardian
5.0
Robert Redford as youve never seen him before in that he is seen through all of All Is Lost but barely heard.On 13 July, 4:50 PM, 1,700 nautical miles ..
Reel Talk Reviews
3.8
There is nothing particularly stunning about it, but it has a quiet strength that endows even the most mundane of actions with a sense of life and dea ..
Q Network
4.0
The pace is a little slow but the period atmosphere rich in a film that reminds us of the remarkable range of Dickenss talents and the price paid for ..
Daily Mail
2.0
J.C. Chandor knows what a jewel he has in Redford, and he creates an appropriately simple, transparent setting.
Slate
4.0
In a Hollywood that always seems to favour mindless spectacle and emotional manipulation, All is Lost is all the more compelling for the way it dares ..
Flim List
4.5
Uncluttered by narrative or dialogue, Robert Redford gives an astounding performance spending most of the film literally and psychologically hanging o ..
4.0
Susan Grangers review of All Is Lost (Lionsgate/Roadside Attractions) In counterpoint to Gravity, about an astronauts struggle to survive in space, J. ..
Susang Ranger
5.0
The face has grown rough as a bad detour, but hard knocks for originality and craft in an industry dedicated to imitation and fraud have earned him ev ..
Observer
4.0
Stylistically its a serious about face from director J. C. Chandor, whose excellent debut feature Margin Call was stuffed with actors as Wall Street t ..
Movies
5.0
McQueen spares us nothing of the horror of human dignity betrayed by base everyday cruelty.
New Yorker
3.0
One of the greatest American screen actors of his time delivers yet another monumental turn as a nameless, almost wordless man staring hostile element ..
Boston Herald
4.0
Gravitys great weakness was the unnecessarily abundant corny dialogue.
The Irish Times
5.0
I just wish the movie had left me feeling satisfied instead of tired and worn out.
Blogs Indie Wire
2.0
Its a thrilling 100 minute ride that neither asks, nor particularly deserves, to be talked up into something else.
Blogs Indie Wire
3.5
The unnamed protagonist of All Is Lost must be the unluckiest man at sea.
Las Vegas Weekly
4.0
8 things to watch out for this week Feature Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 multiplayer beta debuts on PS4, Monster Hunter World hits PC and Better Call Sau ..
Total Film
3.0
Solely as a picture, it is often strikingly beautiful (it even compares as an elemental survival story with Gravity).
Standard
2.0
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Coles Mithey
4.4
As a man vs. wild adventure in the Jack London mode...All is Lost has plenty of fearsome moments, but the deeper fears are existential: man in mortal ..
Groucho Reviews
3.0
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Hit Fix
5.0
Mark his name down as one to watch. Chandor could potentially turn out to be as fresh and innovative a talent of the likes of Christopher Nolan and Sp ..
Herald Sun
4.4
But All is Lost is neither quite as self important as Hemingway, nor as magic mystical as Pi..Instead it tells its man against the sea story with maxi ..
Nj
2.0
Still, it takes plenty of directorial and acting skill to keep us involved in a one character drama especially if that drama is taking place on a 39 f ..
Movie Habit
3.0
But to pull it off like this demonstrates astonishing maturity in his craft.
Oregon Live
5.0
The movie has the feel of a beautifully conceived and elegantly composed short story with a remarkable and consistently surprising degree of emotional ..
Movies Tv Guide
5.0
There are no false dramatics, merely one mans struggle to stay alive and find rescue.The ending is brilliant.
Three Movie Buffs
3.0
All Is Lost simply is what it is.A visually striking man versus nature story about enduring when the elements are conspiring against you.
Digital Spy
2.0
In the middle of the Indian Ocean, in the midst of a life and death struggle with nature, a nameless mariner notices a grenadine sunset and manages a ..
Tamp A Bay
4.0
We (and he) know hes screwed. The tension comes from establishing just how badly.
Flicks
3.8
If going on a dangerous solo journey, amends probably are best handled in advance.
Red Eye Chicago
2.5
This in and of itself isnt a problemminimalist fare relying on a stripped down narrative and a keen visual eye can be some of the most bold and memora ..
Dustin Put Man
3.5
Its a riveting adventure thats only weakened by a script that piles so much misery on its hero that we stop believing it could really happen like this ..
Contact Music
4.0
But there are no conquerors moments here, no glorified genre grandstanding.Each victory that Redford manages is merely a stopgap measure before someth ..
Film Racket
5.0
Its a bravura performance in a gripping film that joins Gravity in the competition to be the years most harrowing.
Hollywood And Fine
2.0
If it sounds boring on paper, youre likely to be bored in the cinema.Dont see it.
The Film Pie
4.7
Not a single moment rings false and, amazingly, the technical aspects of the film are quite impressive without inundating you with too many stunning v ..
Nyc Movie Guru
4.4
Redford wordlessly turns every thought into an action with meaning and purpose.
Js Online
4.5
What Redford does with the character syncs perfectly with what writer director J.C. Chandor does behind the camera.Both convey just enough without ove ..
The Dissolve
4.0
A showcase for Robert Redford like he hasnt had in years and further proof that the writer/director of Margin Call is one to watch.
Hollywood Chicago
3.0
There are just so many times you can play this game before you lose your patience and the film loses your attention.
Shockya
2.0
But there remains a nagging feeling that the films drama may just be an efficiently executed exercise.
Film Comment
4.5
The deep lines of Robert Redfords weathered, tanned face have, in an interesting way, become a fascinating cinematic landscape, and youll get to know ..
Flavor Wire
4.4
My one big complaint with All is Lost would be its too conventional beginning.
Daily Herald
4.0
It is about the futility of faith.It is about getting shit done when the universe is trying its damnedest to convince you to give up.
The Shiz Nit
4.4
All is Lost is one of the more pleasing and emotionally satisfying dramas of the year that had me at the edge of my seat.
Awards Circuit
2.5
At the end of the day, it is perhaps a more interesting film than it is entertaining, and though the cop out ending adds a nice touch to proceedings ( ..
What Culture
4.4
Chandor made a name for himself and landed an Oscar nomination for best original screenplay in the process with his standout 2011 debut Margin Call, a ..
Mercury News
5.0
However, all of this might feel like little more than an audacious stunt if it wasnt for the bold ending; it will surely divide opinion, but it establ ..
The Skinny
3.8
Without dialogue, the film establishes the stakes for each harrowing situation and conjures up suspense.
Scene Stealers
4.5
The movie manages to be touching in this way without displaying its intent in neon.
The Ooh Tray
2.0
A serious, auteur driven film demands certain things of its audience and All Is Lost could prove to be a tough sit for moviegoers looking for a flick ..
Movie Mezzanine
5.0
The bare facts of Northups story do all the hammering that most viewers could likely bear.
reason
3.5
Sure, its cinematic, but its also missing that essential filmness; something more tangible and lasting that we can carry with us beyond the undeniable ..
Streaming Quickflix
4.5
If its done right and All Is Lost certainly is the ordeal envelops us with each roll of the waves.
East Bay Express
3.5
Even if its not the greatest movie of the year, All Is Lost is certainly one of the most unique movies of the year.
Fat Guys At The Movies
5.0
All Is Lost is amazing, deeply moving, and a harking back to an age when the best mainstream films might be the best pictures America made.
New Republic
4.0
It can be applied evenly to films that take a barebones approach to narrative and performances deemed raw the old less is more argument as an ultimate ..
Bfi
2.0
Despite the storytelling issues, All Is Lost is beautiful to look at, with the underwater shots looking to be straight out of National Geographic.
From The Balcony
4.0
All Is Lost is a parable, and Chandor pushes it too far with the mans last decision: The timing is bizarre and the framing too self consciously mythic ..
Ny Mag
4.5
I can only say a truer word has seldom been spoken on screen this year.
New City Film
3.8
A commanding performance by Robert Redford with nary a word spoken. It makes up for the somewhat tedious running time.
Cinema Sight
3.5
Yet it is also an arguably unique exercise in storytelling: both a work of cinematic innovation and a thrilling demonstration of the ancient maxim tha ..
Entertainment Time
3.0
Director JC Chandor summons up some magnificent imagery as waves rise like skyscrapers, clouds gather murderously and oblivious cargo ships glide sere ..
Daily Star
3.5
But The Counselor has the heartless verve of filmmakers half their ages.Its filthy, nasty, sexy, absurd, appalling, and exhilarating, and it succeeds ..
Grant Land
4.4
And Redford isnt shy about letting us see his age.Pulling yourself up a mast in a bosuns chair could exhaust a 30 year old, and whatever makeup might ..
Wp Me
3.5
Fortunately, cheap Redford delivers a strong performance and the visuals are beautiful but the storys 106 minute running time does bog this new drama ..
Johnhanlon Reviews
4.0
Redford is an incredible presence that is merely required to convey the journey with as few words as possible.
Graffiti With Punctuation
5.0
The only way to evoke doubts, fears and emotions in true art is through inner conflict at least as great as the outer conflicts.There is absolutely no ..
Honey Cutts Hollywood
4.0
Every triumph, every pitfall, every turning point becomes amplified to the nth degree.
Sky
4.0
Its a much more confident and technically modern effort than his previous film.
Impulse Gamer
5.0
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Richard Roeper
4.4
The sparse and well modulated direction carries over to the strategic use of music.
Film Forward
4.0
This is a beautiful portrayal of not just the human spirit, but what our meager species goes through just to keep drawing breath.
Ut Sandiego
5.0
The tool will.All Is Lost is a gripping exercise in visual storytelling.
MLive.com
4.0
Expertly visually crafted, with excellent sound design that envelops the viewer no end, Chandor has crafted an astonishing film with a fine central pe ..
Hey U Guys
4.5
Gravity left me exhausted from the ride, All Is Lost left me worn down.
Bad Ass Digest
3.5
Redfords manly charisma rallies to meet the challenge This stubborn will to disbelieve and deny is powerful and perplexing, but it explains why many o ..
O Canada
5.0
Nor should you take a bucket of popcorn, since youll end up feeling like youve cheated the films purpose.
Birmingham Mail
4.0
Redford has the gravitas to amplify Chandors minimalist approach and in one scene the actor delivers a sublime outpouring of angst and profanity in on ..
The Popcorn Junkie
4.5
In short, its a drama, and it is engaging despite the rigour of the set up.
Bangkok Post
4.0
This is a film of action and suspense with no guns and no villains but the sea and an inevitable death.
Leepers Us
3.0
Robert Redfords true grit and some wizardly images, not the script, are what make this one man survival epic ineluctably compelling.
Oc Register
2.5
Ejiofors finely etched portrayal of Solomon is neither a passive victim nor a movie world wish fulfillment hero but something far more complex, far mo ..
The Movie Report
4.5
Even with the boring bits, its a solid A of a movie, a top tenner for sure.
Cines Nark
2.0
This shipwreck isnt a train wreck by any means, but, in the case of the writer directors sophomore outing, less really is less. All Is Lost winds up n ..
7 Dvt
2.0
Like Gravity, a film about survival that opens to great acclaim in this case well deserved.
Louis Proyect
4.0
Redford, the only actor in the entire film, gives a monumental, majestic performance.Its his show all the way, and a spectacular, galvanizing display ..
Neils Entertainment Picks
4.5
All Is Lost also continues whats turning out to be a relatively new cinematic tradition: movies that focus one persons struggle to survive in the face ..
Access Hollywood
2.0
You can make a strong argument that Gravity is a better movie if there is no backstory whatsoever.Survival is its own story arc.
Deads
4.5
The sight itself, with its fine composition and movement through the frame, would be enough to tease us towards a mysterious, powerful experience.
Film International
5.0
Must See Movies Beyond the Blockbusters Nature is a cruel mistress.
Yahoo Movies
2.0
All is Lost is the kind of action film a young Hemingway might have directed, should he have turned his hand to it.It is a small film that is underwri ..
Electric Sheep Magazine
5.0
The movie holds Assange at a distance and keeps us close to the awkward but honest Domscheit Berg which is hardly surprising, since its based on Domsc ..
Bloom Berg
5.0
All is Lost is disciplined, elemental filmmaking built around a disciplined, elemental performance, and its one of the best films of the year.
Madison Movie
5.0
But I wasnt.All is lost here, except soul and body I fought till the end.
Cinema Dope
4.5
Essentially the earthbound, boy equivalent of Gravity, All Is Lost eschews emotional back stories and psychological motivations to chronicle an epic s ..
Spin Off Comic Book Resour ..
5.0
Some might see Lost as dull or boring; Redford basically does nothing but try to stay afloat for 100 odd minutes.
Indy Week
5.0
The dazzling Redford smile fails to make an appearance, and we dont need to wonder why: All Is Lost is an aria of calamity.
The Monthly
4.5
It would be one thing if All is Lost merely pulled you in with a firm grip and true skill; whats even more impressive is what it says to you once it h ..
Cinephiled
2.0
All is Lost may be closed to spectacles of Gods Splendor and it certainly isnt inspiring you to Believe; instead it asks you to interpret and gives yo ..
Movies With Butter
5.0
They go before us and show us how it can be done and sometimes how it shouldnt be done.Such stories insist that there are still adventures to be had o ..
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