Incredibly padded and vastly overrated

Rating: 4/10 (6 March 2014)

How on earth did this movie get nominated for six Oscars, especially Best Picture, Best Leading Actor and Best Adapted Screenplay? Pretty dull, once Ralston is trapped in the canyon. Before then, it was OK. Unfortunately the canyon scene consumes more than half the movie, and is mostly just padding.
James Franco's Oscar nomination is incredibly perplexing. He spends most of the movie in one spot, staring vacantly. Considering his acting, er, "ability", probably the only Oscar nomination he will get, so we'll let him have his moment of glory, I guess.
Would have been OK as a 45-minute TV documentary-drama. A 93-minute cinema movie - you've got to be kidding.