Bruce Ramsay, Christian J. Meoli, Danny Nucci

Uruguayan rugby team stranded in the snow swept Andes are forced to use desperate measures to survive after a plane crash.

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40,926 ratings

R, 126 min.

Directed by: Frank Marshall

Release Date: January 15, 1993

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DVD Release Date: October 8, 2002

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  • July 23, 2009
    A surprisingly gripping recount of the mind-boggling ordeal faced by the survivors of a plane crash, deep in the heart of the Andes mountains.

    The liberties that appear to have been taken (for the sake of a more viewer friendly / homogonized story) are easy to overlook knowing...( read more) that the core of the film is based on facts which the average person could never truly fathom.

    While some of the acting and dialog is rather weak...it is still a riveting look at an event that is hard to imagine, much less believe.
  • August 20, 2007
    A few flaws but otherwise enjoyable movie, may be boring moments but only fleeting ones.
  • July 15, 2007
    Excellent movie about survival.
  • July 14, 2007
    Spectacularly scary plane crash scene. The survivors are trapped on a snowy mountain peak with the wreck, and they have to eat what's available. They handled this subject delicately. I don't really care much for dramas or serious flesh-eating.
  • June 26, 2007
    Awesome movie, I remember this movie being on the news with the whole cannibalism thing. Great story, I love this movie.
  • October 15, 2009
    great movie about survival, with the high-tension cannibalism scene.,
    this movie delivers a great message that less appreciated by peoples most of the times, to be alive is the most important thing you could ever get in life..
    this is the kind of movie that makes me forget about ...( read more)the whole technically things for the film, i simply do not really care, the movie that grasp in me and make me think about life after watching it is enough for me..
  • August 15, 2009
    "Alive" is the compelling true story of a Uruguayan rugby team who's plane crashes, stranding them in the Andes Mountains. They have to find a way to survive the chilling cold weather until they find a way to get back home.
    "Alive" has many dramatic sequences such as when the pe...( read more)ople who are still alive have to eat parts of the dead people in order not to starve. There are also many turning points such as the survivors finding out that the search has been called off.

    I recommend "Alive" to anybody that likes captivating true stories about survival. NOTE: That was my Amazon review from the year 2000. One of the best true stories of all time.
  • August 14, 2009
    I saw some of it and it was pretty good, but I never got to finish it :-(
  • July 18, 2009
    Sad it was based in a true history.
    In general a good movie.
    It makes you know that all your traditions, all your ideas and everything that you consider important is nothing when you find yourself struggling for surviving. It makes us know that our body is really only dust and bo...( read more)nes, life is a thing way beyond.
  • July 16, 2009
    Your basic stranded in the mountains movie. Nothing special.

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  • barcy
    February 18, 2009
    it's a very thrill movie, its all about surviving in a snow for 72 days they don't lost hope, i like this movie much no. 1
  • darknessandlight
    May 15, 2008
    This is my favorite movie at all
    A story about life
    Awesome
  • ZuRiKaTyTa
    July 3, 2007
    just love this movie very good!!

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