127 hours - 95mins of survival & courage !!

Rating: 8/10 (4 February 2011)

Well-written, pacy & thrilling screenplay, combined with James Franco's terrific performance and A.R.Rehman's music score, gives us a memorable and stimulating visual experience. They deserve all the credit for making us go through 95mins of run-time so interestedly when the whole movie is confined to two rock walls and a single man.
Situations like this can really be life-changing. It can turn your whole life around. It makes us realize how grateful we should be for the things we have. We usually realize it only when we lose it or are about to lose it. Even a drop of water or ray of sunshine seems priceless in situations like these. Though the situation was self-induced by the character Aron, he learns a lesson. In the end, he not only leaves his arm behind, but a part of him too.
James Franco's transformation into this character is brilliant. James is eerily authentic in his portrayal. You can see the gradual exhaustion and desperation taking its toll on him; you can see the visible fear on his face as he faces life or death.
The movie shows very nicely & uniquely how a mind can wander to different places at a time like this.