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U/A (INDIA)
2018
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Positive Reviews
96
Negative reviews
17
Average Rating
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3.0
But the movie is both impressive and vexing as Hughes genuinely ambitious vision is hampered by stock plot points and inconsistent visuals.
Den Of Geek
3.8
Theres a pleasant, old fashioned feel to Alpha..It plays like one of those Disneynature movies with sharper edges, a bit more grime and a complete lac ..
Rogerebert
4.0
This is a ripping good adventure yarn with memorable visuals and an original premise and feel.
Common Sense Media
4.5
Kedas slow growing bond with the lone wolf Alpha is the films emotional core, and damned if it doesnt tug at your heartstrings in a way that never fee ..
Variety
3.0
A boy and wolf bond in this raw boned survival movie told on an epic visual scale.
Time Out
3.0
For those who think the story is too macho, Alpha has cute twist in its furry tail.It is a bit silly, but is likable hokum.
The Guardian
4.0
The story is simple: subtitled dialogue, in an unspecified ancient language, is basic; the tale is one of subsistence rather than spiritual insight. B ..
The Guardian
1.9
And without rhyme or reason, Hughes frequently breaks up such monotony with montages that rapidly cut between epic, untamed panoramas.
3.1
The films plusses include jaw dropping cinematography of lunar looking landscapes, filmed in rural Canada and Iceland.(Invest in an Imax 3 D ticket; i ..
4.5
Vivid colours blended with stark, barren lands create a sense of wonder thats magnified in IMAX 3D. Even though the plot is hardly innovative, theres ..
ETimes (TOI)
4.0
Enjoyably old fashioned in its narrative but crisply modern in technique, it is engaging enough even for those of us with no soft spot for pets.
The Hollywood Reporter
2.0
Since the narrative amounts to a series of survival vignettes, the action is often stitched together through a mixture of landscape shots and time lap ..
5.0
Literature and cinema have served up dozens, if not hundreds, of boy and his dog stories over the years, but Alpha may be a genre first: an origin tal ..
The New York Times
1.5
Indeed, Kedas situation seems hopelessan attempt to climb in either direction means almost certain deathbut screenwriter Daniele Sebastian Wiedenhaupt ..
Rogerebert
3.5
Either the dog is a great animal actor or they did genuinely bond.Alpha (think Bear Grylls meets The Incredible Journey: Ice Age Edition) is a welcome ..
IGN
2.0
Primitive tribesmen throughout put up with a hideous quantity of digital sunrises, casting their kitschy roseate glow over dubious looking tundra, and ..
Telegraph
3.0
Its a family movie but one unafraid to show some very sharp teeth.
3.5
The story is simple, straightforward, and fairly predictable.However, theres an ultimate charm to the simplicity that works well.
Cinema Blend
4.0
This IMAX 3D epic is among the more daring big budget studio outings to be made in a while, with it basically being a $50 80 million, subtitled epic w ..
JoBlo
3.8
Theres something delightfully clever in a narrative that is easily transferable to modern times.
The Globe And Mail
4.0
Even though the plot is hardly innovative, theres enough spectacular cinematography and technical wizardry on display for discerning viewers to be sig ..
5.0
An extraordinary film charting the relationship and interdependence between a wild wolf and youth led by his heart.
Spirituality And Practice
2.0
Might not become the alpha dog among other warmer, fuzzier canine movies, but its certainly distinctive, particularly in visual terms.
One Guys Opinion
3.1
Its a movie with more blood and guts than Disney would have allowed.
Rogers Movie Nation
2.8
Its an epic feel good survivalist adventure story, looking much like a Disney film thats scripted by Daniel Sebastian Weidenhaupt.
Sover
3.0
A bit of a slog when it dismisses dramatic momentum. Its certainly a very handsome creation, but theres little there beyond surface appeal.
Blu Ray
4.0
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Chicago Reader
3.8
The film gives us that, and its a convincing and engaging journey into prehistory.
Mark Reviews Movies
2.0
But whatever caused two six month bumps in release date isnt apparent on what has finally made it to the big screen (see this one in IMAX 3D if you ca ..
2.0
Its all thoroughly airbrushed the steppe vistas are cartoonishly gorgeous and the tribesmen in their animal pelts look as if theyre modelling Dolce & ..
The Times
2.0
Twenty thousand years ago, a teenage member of a hunter gatherer tribe (Kodi Smit McPhee) is grievously injured and left for dead.
News Review
3.0
So its refreshing to see a film set in prehistoric times that actually engages, provides some thrills and warms the heart.Be assured that, after the c ..
News Review
2.0
And unless youre an animal hater, you might just walk out with both a tear in your eye and a smile on your face.
Screen It
3.0
The film offers a strange but undeniably vivid blend of brutality and sentimentality.
Independent
3.5
But it is most certainly a tonic in an age when every blockbuster film feels like part of some endless multiverse cum marketing scheme.
Rolling Stone
2.0
The story and protagonist arent quite rich enough to take it to the next level.
The Wrap
3.8
The great outdoors, where mettle is tested and primal lessons learned, has since been replaced by wizarding schools and Hunger Games, which perhaps be ..
News Day
4.0
If you dont tear up just a little bit at the end clearly theres only one explanation. Youre just a cat person.
Film Journal
4.4
Altogether, dog lover or no, Alpha is a late summer gem that should appeal to audiences young and old.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.5
The action and the visuals are fun, but endless parade of wildly improbable escapes makes it hard to suspend disbelief.
Az Central
3.5
Kodi Smit McPhee as Keda.Photo: Columbia Pictures and Studio 8/Sony Pictures Entertainment ALPHA (PG) Selected cinemas (96 minutes) Seventeen year old ..
Smh
2.5
Its the first boy and his dog story!.Of course its a boy who tamed a wolf to become the first doggo: patriarchal bullshit was fully in place in the im ..
4.4
But this is a film that will resonate with a very broad audience, beautifully shot, with a great lead performance and an endearing story of survival a ..
Toronto Star
3.0
The cinematography is breathtaking and Smit McPhee gives a solid performance, but the sense of being on an epic adventure never quite takes flight, pe ..
Daily Mail
3.0
The emotional elements are pleasing, but all the right beats dont quite come together as an overwhelming experience, meaning it comes up a bit short o ..
Flim List
3.5
Yet, despite the relative ease with which Alpha could simply have been a throwaway, feel good coming of age adventure, instead there is surprising sin ..
Film Inquiry
3.0
Even if youre more of a cat person, theres plenty that should appeal.
Empire
3.5
The carcasses will be butchered and hauled back as food for the winter.
Susang Ranger
3.1
Alpha never lands emotionally to the same degree that it does as spectacle and grand idea.
Observer
2.0
Unfortunately, Alpha consistently seems to believe that more is better when it comes to CGI.
Flickering Myth
2.0
Alpha can be seen as an old style Hollywood adventure film with an apt moral about trusting your inner self in tough times.
Boston Herald
2.5
When it comes to sheer spectacle, Alpha is a stunning production, especially in 3D IMAX.
Chicago Tribune
3.1
The stylishly crafted film mostly succeeds in its engaging (and tagline ready) ambition to chronicle how mankind discovered mans best friend, even if ..
Boston Globe
1.5
Theres a lady shaman , but she, it seems, is a rubber stamp for the chief: she doesnt bless the hunting party until the chef gives her a nod of approv ..
Flickfilosopher
4.0
The appeal is a no brainer for anyone with a companion animal or anyone who enjoys survivalist conundrums.
The Irish Times
4.5
The Bottom Line Great looking adventure isnt just for dog lovers.
Hollywood Reporter
3.5
Its not what one would call next level filmmaking, but it uses a very basic premise as a vehicle for stunning visuals that surpass all reasonable expe ..
Birth Movies Death
4.5
Kedas slow growing bond with the lone wolf Alpha is the films emotional core, and damned if it doesnt tug at your heartstrings in a way that never fee ..
Variety
2.5
The story hits all the notes you expect it to, and Hughes has a strange tendency to rush through the most thrilling parts, thereby robbing them of som ..
Aisle Seat
2.5
Director Albert Hughes (Menace II Society) makes Alpha visually magnificent.
Aisle Seat
3.0
Older onlookers wont mind it either as a shorter, sweeter version of The Revenant, minus the murders and revenge killings, of course!
Herald Sun
3.5
But its genuinely affecting at times, too.If the boy and his dog movie plot attracts you, youll like Alpha, but even if it doesnt, the movie probably ..
Vox
3.5
Oddly enough, this works.Youll believe that a young man and a wolf can become the best of pals through adversity.
Raidió Teilifís Éireann
3.0
It looks wonderful and spins scenic variants on the kind of suspense set piece you expect in a wilderness yarn.
Ft
4.3
Much of the appeal of Alpha is the fact that its hard to imagine the pitch meeting that that got this film made.
Ar Kansas Online
3.5
It is very effective, involving a charming aura of prehistoric mysticism and for making use of a primitive idiom.
4.0
Watch it for its uniqueness as well as the warm hearted tale it unfolds..
FilmFare
2.5
Albert Hughes crafts a respectable family film here.However, in spite of some epic visuals, Alpha feels overly familiar as it lumbers towards a ploddi ..
Scmp
4.5
Alpha manages to be a wonderful showcase his tremendous acting talents.
Nyc Movie Guru
3.5
Along with Wes Andersonsthis is a pretty good year for movies that celebrate mans love of canines, and their devotion to us.
Punch Drunk Critics
3.5
Alpha is a captivating, beautifully shot adventure for all ages. Albert Hughes elevates this film with great direction.
Movie Web
4.3
I loved seeing this story being told from this unique perspective as the whole thing felt very intimate even with the films remarkable visuals.
We Live Entertainment
5.0
I probably have said it before, but I am a sucker for boy and his dog movies ever since I saw Disneys Old Yeller and in recent years the magnificent M ..
Dead Line
3.0
Aside from the beautiful visuals that set an impressive pre historic look, the film dragged.
Dennis Schwartz Reviews
3.5
Alpha is a tale that transcends time and space to tell a beautiful story of friendship between humans and animals.
Solzy At The Movies
3.1
Alpha reaches its pinnacle of awkward dialogue when Keda burbles to the wolf, I cant lose you!
Daily Herald
2.0
This is a summer movie that feels designed to transport a younger audience somewhere, not just drag them along for whatever PG 13 ride has been deemed ..
Film Avclub
5.0
The fact that this relatively low budget film by a relatively unknown director got 3D treatment is curious.
Post Gazette
4.0
Alpha ups the stakes right out of the gate and presents us with something truly compelling.
Cbr
3.5
Alpha is first and foremost a really smart, tightly fitted adventure movie that is, for all its ridiculously high concept and its bestiary of CGI Plei ..
Alternate Ending
3.5
If youve ever loved a dog, Alpha will probably get to you on an emotional level.
Lainey Gossip
2.5
The movies tendency to stray into the ridiculous robs it of the majesty director Albert Hughes so clearly hoped to achieve.
Seattle Times
4.5
And if you dont tear up just a little bit at the endeven despite your better instincts, even in spite of your own jaded selfclearly theres only one ex ..
Film Journal International ..
4.5
The characters actions and reactions are the driving force.It totally earns every emotional beat.
Fresh Fiction
3.0
Its a modest plot, and director and co writer Albert Hughes (The Book of Eli) never quite manages to give the material the existential oomph required ..
National Post
2.0
The dialogue is in an invented language, with subtitles possibly an impediment to North American audiences, though, like animated films, easier to sel ..
Original Cin
4.0
Theres evident animation, as justifies a story set 20 millennia again, but it doesnt stretch the imagination of the uninitiated nor the smugness of a ..
News18
4.5
Im truly in awe that it exists at all, and Smit McPhee sells every moment so beautifully that the whole thing ends up working quite nicely. Its a mild ..
Third Coast Review
3.5
But this is a beautiful film that will work without the glasses, and the story is strong enough too.
Daily Film Fix
3.0
... Alfa ends up being slow, with a simple story and with very little authenticity.
3.8
From time to time, there are the requisite cutesy boy and his wolf moments, but for the most part, the film is harrowing, suspenseful and gritty and a ..
Datebook Sfchronicle
3.5
Its a recycle from many other survivalist movies, but Hughes is a filmmaker of style.
Entertainment Voice
2.0
Alpha is neither the family friendly saturday matinee youre looking for, nor is it a good survivalist movie.Honestly, its just dull.
The Only Critic
3.0
The panoramas of rolling mountains and snow covered hills are gorgeous, but having those shots repeated over and over turns the narrative into a glutt ..
Mac Guff
3.0
While its a visually stunning movie thats sure to please plenty of dog lovers, you cant help feeling like Alpha missed an opportunity to be great.What ..
World Wng
3.5
Alpha does a decent job as a prehistoric adventure with an emotional core.
Denerstein Unleashed Blog ..
3.0
But Kedas journey is frequently thrilling in the way that boys adventure novels are, intense but not overwhelming, with a satisfying resolution.
Crooked Marquee
3.1
Not only is this a tale of one young mans attempts to survive in a harsh environment, but it also deals with the notion of a wild animal being torn be ..
Illinois Times
4.5
Director Albert Hughes... puts a brave face on a story that has tension and builds on the base of that fellowship between the wolf and man.
5.0
A genuinely simple story that could have gone to the dogs in less capable hands told without fanfare and shiny trimmings, Alpha succeeds in its quiete ..
Gulf News
3.1
Alpha isnt just a shaggy dog story, but the first shaggy dog story about the domestication of dogs in prehistoric Europe so its too bad it doesnt have ..
Movie Cricket
3.0
This story of friendship between man and his can generate empathy instantly, delivering a very pleasant and pleasant moment to the audience.
4.0
Deceptively simple in its construction yet sweepingly epic, exciting and genuinely moving in its execution, Albert Hughes Alpha spins a potentially ac ..
Screen Space(Squarespace)
4.5
Alpha ultimately won me over with its pluck. Its not a perfect movie, but its heart is in the right place, and thats what counts.
Memphis Flyer
4.5
Theres strength in the breathtaking landscapes and unknown languages spoken... it does sound too familiar.
Fotogramas
3.8
The tale of endurance that Alpha tales may be slim, predictable and at times ludicrous, the raw heart and passion of its intangibles ratchet up the in ..
K Gun 9
1.5
And despite all of the efforts from the doggo, its all just a very forgettable survival story wrapped up in stale blockbuster trappings.
Vanyaland
3.5
...When youre starting from scratch, claw and bite, theres a lot of trust building that has to happen. Not just between the animal and the human, but ..
Ex Press
2.5
Which is both a relatively pedestrian premise and a woeful misunderstanding of evolutionary biology.But hey: If we let science get in the way of movie ..
Pitts Burgh Magazine
4.0
But this cinematic journey moves along briskly and isnt drawn out to an epic length.
Movie Reviews Cinemaclips
4.0
Its eat or get eaten in this land, and the notion of befriending a wolf is absurd.
High Def Digest
3.0
For a movie thats only 97 minutes long, Alpha feels a lot longer than that.
3.1
Alpha proves that you cant really beat a good old boy and his dog/wolf/wolf dog saga.
La Movie Boeuf Wordpress
3.0
A slender wisp of a teen, hes sensitive instead of physically strong, and hes reluctant to kill animals.
Arts Hub
3.0
But theres something winning about a film that has an old fashioned heart, purpose of conviction and a bravura visual style.
The National
4.5
In the end, theres nothing new in Alpha, but its made with enough love and attention to make it entirely watchable.
Backseat Mafia
4.5
Hughess temple behind the scenes is not the only thing that makes the episodes episodic nature not become a hindrance to the spectators entertainment.
El Nuevo DÃa (Puerto Rico ..
3.5
This is where you see how Keda comes up with some inventive tools: a muzzle cum leash to make sure his new doggie friend doesnt bite him, and a doggie ..
The Sun Daily (Malaysia)
3.5
Hughes just delivered the type of gripping original movie we pine for whenever a new Transformers flick steamrolls through multiplexes
In The Seats
3.8
As Keda cares for the animal, feeding it and dressing its wounds, he domesticates it.
Philly
4.5
Hughes uses a lot of long shots, showing just the silhouettes on screen and its a striking effect... I also enjoyed how very little script there is in ..
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