Very disappointing...

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Absolutely Fantastic

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

Whoever thought Eldris was a Bond in the making never saw this film.Woeful.

Hany Abu-Assad's "The Mountain Between Us" reminds us that (thankfully) the Rocky Mountains remain a wild place, all the more so the Canadian bits which here stand in for their US counterparts. And there is many a breathtaking view to be had here - something that even our stranded heroes notice, notwithstanding the fact that that very widlerness is threatening their lives. For me that observation was perhaps the cleverest touch or peak achievement in the film, though we are entitled to ask if anywhere (in the USA) is really that desolate and untouched. Otherwise this movie depends a lot on the age-old sweet/sexy "Blue Lagoon" type idea that two people thrown together by adverse circumstances might grow to love each other. In this case, this is Kate Winslet (Brit playing American) and Idris Elba (Brit playing Brit), and it's fair to say they do the best they can with script and story as presented to them. However, there is not a great deal of scope for more complex interaction or dialogue, just quite a lot of groaning with shared suffering, with occasional arguments as to what they should do next, and what matters in life. More of the latter we might have had...A further question begged here is whether a relationship forged in such circumstances requires at least some recreation of those circumstances if it is to survive. To be honest, I see neither London nor New York as a place in which the pairing between Ben and Alex is going to work. But I could see them buzzing off to a cabin maybe not quite as isolated as the one that saved their lives, but somewhere way out there.Beau Bridges appears briefly and injects a hint of comedy, and there's a dog, but basically this is close to being a two-star vehicle, and they do OK...

The story is implausible, as you know all fictional survival stories must be. And yet we could put up with the unbelivability of it all if the actors were good to watch, but no, there is very little chemistry between them. It was just watching two actors saying their lines, trying to get it over with. The sex scene was wooden and cringey. I can't help thinking if Michael Fassbender took the role (as he was the first choice), this might have turned out better. Idris Elba couldn't melt butter and Kate Winslet didn't want to be there. The best actor was the dog. (Why is he listed at the bottom of the cast??) Reason to watch this? Not if there is something better.

Don't be put off by some of the reviews! If you like your chilled out evening films then it the film for you. Beautifully screened, romance, a fight against the odds to survive. Well worth the watch and pleasantly surprised.