127 Hours Movie Reviews
Check out reviews and trailers for 127 Hours movie, the triumphant true story of one man’s will to survive, starring James Franco and directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle. Watch the 127 Hours movie trailer below.
127 Hours Movie Reviews
Boyle’s skill at wringing physical and emotional reactions from his audience is impressive; watching 127 Hours is, as intended, an experience of grueling intensity. [slate.com]
Danny Boyle pumps every frame of 127 Hours with cinematic adrenaline that declares war on the dull gravity of docudrama. And James Franco does the best, most natural and nuanced acting of his career to date, lacing terror with bracing humor. [rollingstone.com]
The setting may seem constricting, but Boyle captures the intensity of Ralston’s experience in a swift, agonizing, defiantly cinematic 90 minutes. [avclub.com]
If you’re looking for someone to direct a movie about a guy who spends five days pinned under a rock before finally hacking his own arm off, you’re not going to do much better than Danny Boyle. Turns out, James Franco is also a solid choice as the lead. [bigpicturebigsound.com]
Boyle and his co-screenwriter Simon Beaufoy have taken what could have been the man vs. nature equivalent of torture porn and transformed it into a visceral, exhilarating drama about hope, life and the need to belong to something greater than one’s self. [movies.ign.com]
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