Good story, Not enough for a whole film

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Based on the real-life event, when a gold and copper mine collapses, it traps 33 miners underground for 69 days. The 33 is an excellent tale about 33 miners who just wanted to survive but also about the people who wanted to get them out. The perfomances from the entire cast are quite strong especially from Antonio Banderas, sure it has it's flaws as a whole but it's one of Banderas best films in recent memory and one that will definitely keep viewers hooked. (9/10)

This is actually a VERY good movie. I am not sure how accurate it is, but it does tell the story very well. There are no surprises, since most people remember when this happened. It just tells a story of survival. It is well acted, well directed, and the story (I think) is pretty accurate, at least from what I remember from when it happened. If you have not seen this movie, I would highly recommend it.

The film "the 33" is a very inspirational film that causes viewers to feel inspired when the film is over. The main plot is 33 miners getting stuck in a mine for almost 2 months, with very little hope to survive. Nobody had ever pulled off a miracle like this before, and many believe, with such an unstable mine, this was an impossible mission as well. Even families knew, they can try to hope, but they even admitted to this "never being okay" because they got the feeling they would never see their family or friends again. They went weeks without knowing whether they were even alive or not. I really liked the theme and suspense of the film, as well as the outcome and main plot. This is a very touching and inspiring film. The filmmaking process seemed precise and careful. The mine looked real, and so did the top of the mine with medical areas and temporary camps for families. It all seemed real and accurate. It could've been better with real footage, but was otherwise still good budget and film quality. The director has 12 awards, including 3 from "the 33". This is her only non-fiction historical film, but still has a lot of credentials as a director. She did a very good job on directing this movie and i did not spot any mistakes in the film besides having light come through a drilled hole that saved the miners, a light would not be seen from that far down, which may have been a symbol for hope and life.The reasons for making this film is the theme of the story, which is never give up and miracles do happen. The whole movie is made up to seem this is impossible with less than 1% chance they will survive. They use musical suspense to create doubt, as long as negative dialogue from the mining company and families, when they give up hope a lot. Only the government, especially Lawrence, is optimistic they will get the miners out. He did not want to ever give up on the miners or their families. He understands the significance of the situation. This movie is meant to downgrade the mining company and show strength to the Chilean government for always showing signs of hope, when everybody else had none. The film is made for the families and anybody who needs inspiration. It can be seen by noticing all the conflicting music and sounds they use, making us think it is impossible for all 33 to survive, and using effects to back it up, to create doubt and drama. They do this so when they all survive, that we realize what their intentions are, to inspire us that if this 1% chance of saving all these people who have been buried for months, can then anything is possible.The only sign of inaccurate historical events is that the drills that "broke" were working but kept as a backup. Other than that, the film was historically accurate. The director did well with keeping with the important theme and topic, and never got side tracked. The only noticeable biases is that the director seems to feel that the accident was the mining company's fault, showing a scene where the owner would not shut it down when a problem when it was brought to his attention that the mountain was shifting too much and was set up to fall any day. The director placed the blame on the mining company and made the Chilean government seem to have done it all. There is another scene where the mining company wanted to suspend the search for the miners, claiming saving them would be impossible. The biases did not get in the way of telling the story, as the outcome was the same in the movie as it really happened, the miners were saved and the Chilean government was to praise for that.This film is a very intriguing film and keeps interest. The acting is well and characters are believable. The dialogue and accent are right on, but they would not speak English in real life like they did in the movie, however, i liked that so i did not have to read every subtitle. The film may have been better if they had real footage and if all the events that happened were 100% accurate, but they did a very good job and kept me interested the whole time.

In 2010, the unthinkable happened. 33 miners were trapped in an unstable mine for 69 days. In the beginning of the film the 33 miners go into the mine thinking it is an ordinary day mining for gold, but it soon turns out for the worst. The mine begins to collapse and everyone panics. They drove to the refuge, which was a safe space where there is food and water. For 14 days they were low on food and everyone was restless. Finally, the people that were up top trying to get the miners drilled into the refuge and could finally communicate to the miners. They sent food, drinks, iPod, and magazines to the miners to keep them occupied. The people on top said it would take 3 months to extract the miners. They ran into difficulties, but in the end all 33 miners were saved. The director of the film is Patricia Riggen. She went to Columbia University and received her masters in screen writing and directing. She was asked to direct a Disney Channel original movie Lemonade Mouth and also Girl in Progress releasing in 2012. Then her next project was The 33. The movie was released in August 2015, 5 years after the accident, in Chile. While directing this film she wanted the cast and crew to get the full experience on what these miners through. So, her cast and crew spent a total of 35 days filming in salt mines. Some of the desert scenes were in Chile and two mine scenes where in Columbia. She wanted to show that a girl can direct a movie that is so masculine. The next movie that she did was Miracles of Heaven. The theme of these movies is to not give up hope and keeping going. Patricia Riggen made this film to remember the accident and the pride that Chile has to keep going. She wanted to show what the miners actually went through because many people don't know the hardships those men went through. The reasons for the film is explicitly stated because the miners are stuck in a cave and they struggle. They don't give up hope and try to survive with little help and while the supplies were low. It was until the workers got to the miners that the struggle and hardships were real. The miners had little food everyday and it was getting to a time where the miners were going at each other. But, the character Mario kept everyone in line until help arrived. This film was made for the world because this was a live event that was on TV and not many people understood why this happened or what is happening. In the movie they showed why they were stuck and the problems on why they couldn't get them out. Now they showed what happened people know what it is like. There are many historical errors in this film. During the drilling of the rescue. The movie said that 2 drills broke down and couldn't help anymore. In the real event the drills were still working, but they were back up drills on the side for if anything happened to the main drill. Also, the 33 men after they got rescued were taken to the hospital right after and the movie said that they walked around and stayed with the families. Also, the mine afterwards closed after the event. The director does not omit important topics of this film and does a very good job going through the event. It is somewhat biased because it shows the mine is a bad guy in the film and that the President of Chile does really nothing to this event in his own country. He biased things does not get in the way of the film because they don't focus on those points and the story moves along. The characters are believable because they showed raw emotional when they were stuck in the mine and even when they were reunited with their families. The acting is really good and the language was appropriate for this time period. The language was somewhat Spanish and many spoke in English, but with a Spanish accent. Some ways to improve it is to get rid of biased and focus on the story. Also, when the mine was going to collapse it was hard to follow who was who, and where the refuge was. The setting was dark and even though they had lamp lights, they didn't use them. Some parts the miners had background light even though they were really far underground. Overall, this movie was really good and the event was on point with the acting and the emotional feeling of this film.