The Mountain Between Us

— I should have read reviews before watching this even though I wondered why it hadn’t stayed in theaters very long when Kate Winslet and Idris Elba can turn anything into a pearl. Well, almost anything. I started to jot down my thoughts and then read Megan Garber’s review, nodding my head along with her all the way. Yes, I didn’t hate it and yes, the scenery was beautiful. Yes, Winslet and Elba are really pretty people dealing with a multiple-genre mess of a script. And yes, how did that dog survive and did they think the ridiculous ending was going to make it more palatable? Read Garber’s review (link follows) and you’ll know what I thought about the film too. [DVD.]

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[2017. 112 min. Directed by Hany Abu-Assad. Starring Idris Elba, Kate Winslet, Beau Bridges, and Dermot Mulroney.]
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/10/what-finally-ruined-the-mountain-between-us/542271/