Sorry, this movie sucks

Good concept, poorly executed.

The film was still a fun one that will make you laugh and have you leaving the theater feeling like you just stole something valuable and got away with it.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

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)

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.

Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to be trapped in mine; away from everyone you have ever loved? In this suspenseful film named "The 33", 33 miners go to mine for gold near the Atacama Desert when suddenly they find themselves all trapped where there is minimal food or water barely enough to survive for 3 days. The families of the miners become emotional and demand answers from the mining company, however the mining company is very vague and has practically given up on finding the miners. Fortunately a man named Laurence Golborne takes over the rescue efforts, joins with the government, and ultimately saves all 33 miners in 69 days. The movie was extremely entertaining and kept you on the edge of your seat, however the historical aspect seems to be a secondary aspect.The director of "The 33", Patricia Riggen, began her directing career since 1997 in which she was a secondary assistant director. Her big break began when she directed her first major film named "Under the Same Moon", and began to continue directing successful movies such as "Lemonade Mouth" and "Girl in Progress". As you can see, she is very skilled at directing dramatic, fictional films; which makes it more likely to believe that many of the scenes of "The 33" are over dramatized for entertainment purposes for her demographic audience. The movie was released in 2015, only 5 years after the actual San Jose Mine accident, and was filmed in Colombia, Chile, and the United States, so although some scenes may be more dramatized for ratings, Patricia Riggen made her film somewhat recently after the incident and brought the biography to life by shooting in the actual countries that were affected by the tragedy.Patricia Riggen's reasoning for making the film was to show how brave the 33 men were and how their families in Chile were affected by the possible and assumed probable loss of their husband, brother, or father. She also has made it very clear that she blames the mining company for the accident and does not give the president the credit for saving the men due to their presented lack of interest or interest solely to save themselves. The message of the film is very clear because the director did an outstanding job on presenting emotion and facial expressions throughout every single character, no matter a lead or in the background. The audience that this was intended for was Chilean citizens who either experienced or had a huge impact on the original incident since it not only shows how the 33 men were struggling on how they would survive, but showed the numerous amounts of citizens that were in panicking in fear because they believed that their loved ones would never make it out alive.Although there was no prior research before watching the film, I have done some additional research afterwards and there seems no to be no historical accuracies. The most important topics such as the mine trapping the 33 men and how the Chile and other countries were affected by the tragedy were all covered and displayed excellently, however there is a bit of bias. The bias blames the mining company and somewhat looks down upon President Piñera for his supposed selfishness in the matter, and although their portrayal may be accurate there should have been more scenes of the mining company and Piñera explaining their side of the situation or showing how this truly impacted them as a person rather than a corporation. However, the minor bias in the film does not take away from the overall focus of the bravery of the 33 men trapped in the cave and the path to their survival.In conclusion, this film was very exciting to watch. The characters did an outstanding job with their emotion and their dialogue; almost making you feel like this film actually took place during the real mining accident in 2010. The filming style was amazing and showed many different angles and different viewpoints between Laurence Golborne's dedication for finding and saving the men and the citizens fear and coming together to help save their loved ones. The director took an actual historical event, and made it a very pleasurable film that is all interesting, dynamic, and factual; a desired combination of a historical based film.

This is going to be a "mine"or review of the movie based on the true story of the Chilean miners who were in 2010 trapped underground for 69 days after a gold & copper mine collapsed, it's called "The 33". And I will insert 33 puns in it! Sorry, that was coal! I mean cold! Director Patricia Riggen did not rig it and did a modest job in paying tribute to the bravery & resiliency of the 33 miners. However, the film's screenplay was filled with many formulaic clichés that did not provide enough authenticity to the characters. The mining crew included performances from Antonio Banderas, Lou Diamond Phillips, and Jacob Vargas. An awful and miscast Juliette Binoche played the sister of one of the miners, and Riggen showcased her character way too much than it deserved; with all due respect to the family members of the miners. Rodrigo Santoro played the archetype government employee who rebels against government protocol in order to save the day; or something like that. Now, don't get me wrong, I did think the homage to the 33 miners was well played out, but I was not grounded with the film's other components. The movie is also way too long; it should have been trimmed 33 minutes. Anyways, coal it what you want, but I think "The 33" is OK to see for its bravery. *** Average