3/19/2018 0 Comments The Mountain Between Us [720p]Director: Hany Abu-Assad With: Kate Winslet, Idris Elba, Beau Bridges, Dermot Mulroney. Official Site: An odd choice of American studio project from Dutch/Palestinian director — and two-time Oscar foreign-language nominee — (“Paradise Now,” “Omar”), “The Mountain Between Us” begins with a spectacular disaster, as a private plane crash-lands atop a snow-covered ridge in what’s known as the High Uintas Wilderness in northern Utah. It’s all downhill from there, literally, as, and the dead pilot’s dog attempt to make their way back to civilization. Between its beautiful stars and panoramic vistas, this gorgeous-looking Fox production offers plenty of scenery to ogle, but not much else for the brain to do while Winslet and Elba alternately bicker and bond in what amounts to a fairly routine wilderness trek — minus wolves, avalanches, frostbite or any of the challenges that typically make such things interesting. Instead, true to the eminently skimmable novel on which it’s based (Charles Martin writes like a child. The Mountain Between Us had the potential to be amazing, but unfortunately, it fell way short of that mark for me. The content issues were atrocious, particularly for a Christian book or a book written by a Christian guy. The Mountain Between Us (Movie Tie-In) by Charles Martin Now a major motion picture starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba. An atmospheric, suspenseful and gripping story. ![]() ![]() In sentences without subjects. Or verbs.), the central questions are, first, whether the pair will survive, and then, more bizarrely, whether the experience will forge them into a romantic couple. More Reviews To that, you could add: Will you cry? Director Abu-Assad and screenwriters Chris Weitz and J. Mills Goodloe certainly want to flush those tears right outta your ducts, although they don’t seem to understand — or maybe they just aren’t especially interested in — the themes that Martin was attempting to explore when he wrote the book, which focuses more on how difficult it can be to live up to the traditional ideals of love and marriage. ![]()
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