One of 2010's best films.

Rating: 8/10 (16 February 2011)

127 HOURS opens with masses of people cut back and forth, and it makes a good point - all of us together make a society and a cooperation, and later as we find Aron (James Franco) stuck alone in the desert we come face to face with a human being's sole survival. Director Danny Boyle challenges himself with this intimate drama based on the true story of Aron Ralston, who while canyoneering in remote Utah fell into a mountain crack and got his hand stuck under a boulder. It's an exhilarating film right from the outset, and as soon as we're stuck with Aron the film starts pushing limits and ideas with incredible pizazz. James Franco makes arguably this year's best performance, his shared thoughts, pleasures and fears goes through a wallop as he dreams about being flooded out of his situation, or reminiscing his former girlfriend or family memories. 127 Hours is a thrilling adventure that becomes a touching story, and as the rousing climax comes it feels beautifully.