We left an hour before the end

Rating: 3/10 (31 January 2016)

I expected much but to be honest was bored. I am more than capable of appreciating a long, largely gloomy film about existence and survival (the road came to mind during this film and I thought that was brilliant and very moving) but I found this film ultimately tedious. There was no character development so I simply didn't care what happened to Leonardo Di Caprios's character. Scene after scene started with him face down in the snow, moaning. An internal monologue and more of a back story might have helped. There were also many plot holes such as the scene where he found himself above the river (at least 200 fatal feet high) and suddenly he was down in the water. He then found himself propelled for some time through ice-filled water which should have killed someone with the injuries he sustained from the bear attack. Scenes began with potential menace but then nothing happened. I checked my phone thinking it must be nearly over and, with an hour to go, bailed. Still don't care what the outcome was. Definitely not an Oscar deserving performance, or film but no doubt I will be proved wrong!