All Is Lost (2013) was written and directed by J.C. Chandor and stars Robert Redford as an unnamed sailor.
Redford’s character’s just lying in the cabin of his boat minding his own business when he notices water getting into parts of his boat where you wouldn’t normally want water to be. Stupid water. Upon inspection, the sailor finds a big hole on the side of his vessel where it struck a freight container that happens to be floating in the middle of the ocean. That’s just the beginning of his troubles.
Netflix describes the movie as one “which has no dialogue,” which isn’t entirely true. Mr. Redford gives us a few sentences right at the start and utters a single curse word somewhere in the middle. Other than that, though—yeah, there’s no dialogue. Unlike a certain other film about survival (which I previously ragged on in my review of Moon and the comments), you don’t need expository backstory to understand the desire to live and the temptation of giving up.
Through no fault of the film, I spent the first thirty minutes simultaneously reading Yelp reviews on my phone. Eventually, I set the phone aside and gave the film 100% of my attention—I might go as far to say it was because the film demanded it of me by being so darn compelling.
Plus, Robert Redford.
I’d highly recommend it.
A.D. Martin 
He deserved an academy award for best actor. Great movie..
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It sure is.
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I like it better than Gravity already, and I haven’t even seen All Is Lost.
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Watch it. 🙂
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I’ve been debating whether to see this. The lack of dialogue had me worried. But maybe I’ll have to give it a go after all.
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Yeah, it’s at least worth a try. 🙂
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Have to admit that movie intrigued me when it came out, I’ll have to ad to my “To Watch” list
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Wünsche ein schönes Wochenende 😉
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Danke.
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I have had this in my PVR for a while. Heard good things about it. I full on, out loud, back and forth dialogue, conversations with myself all the time. I have no point here, I just felt like telling you that.
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I think you want a movie about yourself.
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Maybe.
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Redford carries this movie very well! Very compelling stuff.
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Yeah. Might watch some more of his stuff on Netflix soon.
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It’s been a while I dont watch any movie. I should start to watch All Is Lost after this 🙂
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I hope you like it.
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Would you look at that… I watched this last night on Netflix.
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As so, definitely I will 🙂
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How was it?
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I keep seeing that movie, but the lack of dialogue was making me worry I would not be able to pay attention. You’ve got me more intrigued though.
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Give it a go. Try not to read Yelp reviews on donut places like I did.
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Great write! Haven’t seen the movie yet.
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Better late than never.
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Yep.
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Thank you for this review. I was really wanting to see this because, well, Robert Redford. But your review sold it for me!
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Did you end up watching it? I hope it wasn’t a disappointment. Haha.
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I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet. It will have to wait until after the holidays because this month means I have to marathon Christmas movies….
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I haven’t seen it yet, but it sounds like a worthy watch. Plus I’m a fan of Robert Redford, so that makes it even better.
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I hope you enjoyed it.
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Saw this in the middle of the night, at home and not completly sure this was time well spent..the ending was a long time arriving and i believe open to interpretation, im very sorry if this sounds harsh
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Maybe looking up doughnut places on Yelp actually helped me enjoy the movie more.
The ending’s fine with me (which I guess is obvious since I recommend this movie), whether you think the outcome is A or B. I’m sorry you didn’t like it.
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Its only my opinion… drop in the ocean
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