100
San Francisco Chronicle by Mick LaSalle
A remarkable documentary about an almost unfathomable ordeal.
The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition
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- United States,
- United Kingdom,
- Germany,
- Sweden
- 2000
- · 97m
Director
George Butler
Cast
Liam Neeson,
David Cale,
Brian d'Arcy James,
Julian Ayer
Genre
Documentary,
History
A documentary of Sir Ernest Shackleton's ill-fated expedition to Antarctica with his crew on his vessel 'The Endurance', which was trapped in the frigid open ocean of the Antarctic in 1914. With much of his crew weak and starving, Shackleton decided to take a team of his fittest men and attempt to find help in this harrowing and remarkable tale of survival.
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What are critics saying?
100
Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Paula Nechak
Even knowing the happy outcome, Butler masterfully keeps us on the edge of our seats, and communicates the full horror and seeming hopelessness of the crew's situation every step of the way.
100
Baltimore Sun by Michael Sragow
A great adventure.
100
Boston Globe by Loren King
Butler's approach is subtle: His documentary allows the story to unfold elegantly, without embellishment, and it is more powerful for that restraint.
100
New York Post by Jonathan Foreman
Essential viewing not just for those fascinated by adventure, exploration and survival, but for anyone interested in the magic of leadership.
90
Salon
The film is a pleasure, which the real thing was not. It's also a chilling adventure and a compelling story from beginning to end.
90
Wall Street Journal by Joe Morgenstern
A marvelous story.
90
Salon by Douglas Cruickshank
The film is a pleasure, which the real thing was not. It's also a chilling adventure and a compelling story from beginning to end.
90
L.A. Weekly by Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
Not only relates the astounding story of the expedition and its unimaginable hardships, it presents a thoughtful study of a time when there were adventurers who might actually respond to an advertisement reading "Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold . . ."
90
Washington Post by Michael O'Sullivan
The nail-biting quality of Shackleton's true story outdoes any dramatic fiction on the market.
90
New Times (L.A.) by Andy Klein
It's an amazing story, but, in addition to its intrinsic interest, the Shackleton expedition has another remarkable draw: Crewman Frank Hurley had brought along not only still cameras, but a movie camera as well, providing us with an extraordinary record of the ship's voyage.
88
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
What made Shackleton's adventure so immediate to later generations was that he took along a photographer, Frank Hurley, who shot motion picture film and stills.
80
TV Guide Magazine by Stephen Miller
Documentarian George Butler ("Pumping Iron") wisely opted to stick to the cold, hard facts of the expedition's tale while layering in warmer material, like interviews with historians and descendants of the crew and narrator Liam Neeson's lilting bedtime-story delivery.
75
Philadelphia Inquirer by Carrie Rickey
Makes for the most thrilling action movie of the year.
60
Village Voice
Still enigmatic is the figure of Shackleton himself. The film conveys his remarkable leadership without explaining (beyond a because-it's-there romanticism) what would compel such a journey in the first place.
50
Film Threat by Phil Hall
This is a curious example of taking a hair-raising story and draining the drama from every corner, leaving it a bit flat and ultimately forgettable.
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