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Reviewers say `All Is Lost` delivers a masterclass in visual storytelling, with Robert Redford`s nearly wordless performance earning widespread acclaim for conveying raw emotion and determination. The cinematography immerses viewers in a gripping survival tale that celebrates human perseverance against overwhelming odds. However, some found the minimal dialogue and sparse script frustrating, while others criticized nautical inaccuracies and implausible survival details that undermined realism. Despite these concerns, most praised the film`s authentic emotional impact and engaging drama.
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Redford`s minimalism sails perfectly in this adventure.
`The rules of survival never change, whether you`re in a desert or in an arena.` Bear Grylls

No need to be stranded in the Indian Ocean in your sailboat because writer/director J.C. Chandor has masterfully provided the experience for you in All is Lost. In fact, you can be an Ancient Mariner retelling your story and never have starved or cursed an albatross. It`s that good, that authentic a feeling, that pared down to the basics of survival.

`Our Man` (read `Everyman`), played with his signature cool by Robert Redford, is a rich, handsome, aging, expert sailor (he is probably a professional something when not sailing), whose back-story is unknown except for a few bits such as his voice over at the beginning lamenting he has not been all he should to his family and does not look at a gift card in a box for a new sextant, which he is reduced to using after almost all is lost in the storm.

The special effects are as fine as you might expect from such a high-end production—shots from depths upward to the boat are lyrically contradictory to the danger he is experiencing topside. The tumult inside the boat feels real as water takes its inevitable toll.

All is Lost serves as appropriate metaphor, among others, for the commercial forces that interfere in one`s life and the end of life fight to survive in the face of inevitable death. The dignity Our Man displays, his resourcefulness, mostly lack of resentment, and his rare moments of anger at himself are how I hope I would react and probably wouldn`t (I`d be a big baby because I don`t favor the idea of leaving this beautiful world).

Redford`s well-known minimalism lends just the right touch of gravity and loneliness to a role Hemingway wrote for his Old Man and Joseph Conrad could have fashioned for one of his brooding narrators. The New York Times` A.O. Scott reminds us you can hope to gain a Conradian truth from this vicarious adventure, `that glimpse of truth for which you have forgotten to ask` (Conrad`s `Nigger of the `Narcissus`,` 1897). The other truth is, Redford is so believable as to deserve an Oscar nomination, his finest role on screen in a career for which he has constantly underplayed. He`s still doing it, but this time he has no one else to distract us.

All is Lost leaves me with a small dissatisfaction because I`d like to know what his life has been so I can understand his possible death. Of course, Chandor seems to wish we would generalize the story to all men, and he`s right to demand it. For me, surviving is what I always want to do—this film puts me right there:

`The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.` Aristotle
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7
Fight for Survival
A man (Robert Redford) is sailing alone in his yacht but during the night, his vessel collides with a container adrift on the sea while he sleeps. The yacht is flooded and she loses her navigation and communication equipment and heads to a violent storm. When the yacht sinks, the sailor embarks in the liferaft that is carried adrift by the currents to a shipping lane. His fight for survival begins.

`All Is Lost` tells the story of a skilled sailor fighting to survive stranded in the high sea. Robert Redford has stunning performance, the cinematography is impressive but the writer is lazy and should have researched more about navigation and lifesaving procedures. In addition, there is no character development and the viewer never knows what the man is doing in the Indian Ocean.

Vessels have bilge pumps and EPIRB and pleasure yachts usually have also portable bilge pumps. Robert Redford is shaved all the time and never wears lifejacket or immersion suit or even a hat to protect from the sun, maybe because he is the star of the movie and needs to show his face. The inflatable liferaft does not seem to have the usual survival equipment and the sailor does not have a survival kit ready on board for emergency situations. But despite the flaws, `All Is Lost` is not a bad movie. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): `Até o Fim` (`Till the End`)
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The triumph of human spirit
Ocean sailing that went sour. Man wakes up in the middle of absolute oceanic nowhere to find he had collided with a container, causing damage to his boat as well as rendering communications totally ineffective.

The film is made as a series of events aiming for this man to fail. Once restoration and improvement of conditions is achieved, a setback occurs. He is exposed, unprotected and threatened once again. Death is constantly around the corner.

The sequences are very realistic, accurately depicting the inherent risk of sea adventure. The calm is followed by a storm which is succeeded by another calm.

The success of this film lies in the fact that it is held well together, despite the complete absence of dialogue and this why only an actor of the stature of Robert Redford could pull this off and is in terrific shape despite his 77 years.

Ultimately, it is a tale of triumph of the human spirit that will not yield in the face of adversity and will fight to the very end to survive.
gimili3979
7
All is Lost is in how you interpret it
When I saw the movie, All is Lost, I thought I was watching a movie based on a true story. The movie is very realistic in that it portrays perfectly the way I think someone would feel out in the ocean all alone. Many people will probably not like this film for how little dialogue there is in it.

For sailing enthusiasts this film does have a few reality checks. But for the most part I felt very much the same as Our Man, the character in this film. This is a credit to the director and his ability to make the audience feel vested in the main character`s survival. This movie, while very good, does move slow at times. And while I am not a sailor I did notice a few of the reality checks in this film too.

What really makes the movie for me is that there are actual ocean disasters that are eerily similar in how they play out for the main character in this film. If know of some of these you will understand why this movie and its portrayal of the main character are so well done.

The ending is something left entirely to the viewer to interpret. But even that I found to be very realistic and probably the best part of the movie. This movie does a great job of trying to show the viewer how even when you seemingly do things right, bad things can still happen. It follows the old adage of `when it rains, it pours` or `one thing after another`.

All is lost or is it?
Laakbaar
8
Old man and the sea
Here we follow a solo sailor who experiences an extraordinary run of bad luck. We follow in detail his attempts to extricate himself. Right from the beginning, the life-threatening accidents that befall him seem insurmountable, but he is a tough man who attempts to deal with them one after the other. It becomes a grim battle for survival.

You do not need to be a sailor to enjoy this movie. And indeed if you are a sailor, apparently you won`t enjoy it, as shown by the numerous wealthy reviewers lambasting the film because of the technical sailing details. Apparently a lot of rich old guys think they could have done better than the character in this film.

If you`re not much of a sailor (like me), you`ll spend a good deal of time wondering what he`s doing and marveling at his self reliance. I don`t know whether the sailing part was realistic. To enjoy the movie, it doesn`t matter. It all seemed bone-crunchingly realistic, although at one point I did wonder whether an exhausted 77-year-old has the strength to haul himself up the side of a sailboat like that.

This is an unusual film for several reasons.

First, there is almost no dialogue. You can watch it with the sound off.

Second, it is set completely on two vessels in the Indian Ocean, but the camera almost never scans the horizon. We rarely actually see the sea or the entire boat. Sometimes there are several astonishing shots of the boat from underneath. All this gives the film a strangely claustrophobic feel, despite its maritime setting.

Third, the protagonist is a taciturn, very competent sailor who also happens to be a man in his late 70s. The movie has nothing to say, but yet much to say, about old age.

This movie is like `Gravity` in that it depicts a human being in extremis. The main character is not the sailor, but Fate. The sea represents a brutal and uncaring universe. Like `Gravity`, the ultimate message is: when sh*t happens you can lie down and give up, or you can deal with it. The choice is up to you. Most of us have a hard time with that because it`s easier to curse Fate and condemn the universe as unfair.
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The film`s script is nearly dialogue-free and only 32 pages long.
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It is not really correct to call `SOS` on the marine emergency radio channel. `Mayday` or `Pan Pan` would be accurate and standard forms whereas `SOS` will be understood but is incorrect. A veteran sailor would never have made this mistake.
Quotes

Our Man: 13th of July, 4:50 pm. I`m sorry. I know that means little at this point, but I am. I tried, I think you would all agree that I tried. To be true, to be strong, to be kind, to love, to be right. But I wasn`t. And I know you knew this. In each of your ways. And I am sorry. All is lost here, except for soul and body, that is, what`s left of them, and a half day`s ration. It`s inexcusable really, I know that now. How it could have taken this long to admit that I`m not sure, but it did. I fought till the end. I`m not sure what that is worth, but know that I did. I have always hoped for more for you all. I will miss you. I`m sorry.
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According to the credits `All is Lost was shot on three 1978 Cal 39 sailboats purchased from their owners in Southern California. These three boats generously gave themselves up for art: Tahoe, Tenacious, and Orion. They took their final sails in the Pacific Ocean and performed beautifully in the film as Our Mans`s boat, the Virginia Jean. Rest in peace.`
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October 25, 2013 (Canada)
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San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
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Budget
$9,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$6,263,670
Opening weekend US & Canada
$93,583Oct 20, 2013
Gross worldwide
$13,627,519
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1h 46m(106 min)
Color
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Dolby Digital
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After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.
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After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face.

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Reviewers say `All Is Lost` delivers a masterclass in visual storytelling, with Robert Redford`s nearly wordless performance earning widespread acclaim for conveying raw emotion and determination. The cinematography immerses viewers in a gripping survival tale that celebrates human perseverance against overwhelming odds. However, some found the minimal dialogue and sparse script frustrating, while others criticized nautical inaccuracies and implausible survival details that undermined realism. Despite these concerns, most praised the film`s authentic emotional impact and engaging drama.
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JohnDeSando
Redford`s minimalism sails perfectly in this adventure.
`The rules of survival never change, whether you`re in a desert or in an arena.` Bear Grylls

No need to be stranded in the Indian Ocean in your sailboat because writer/director J.C. Chandor has masterfully provided the experience for you in All is Lost. In fact, you can be an Ancient Mariner retelling your story and never have starved or cursed an albatross. It`s that good, that authentic a feeling, that pared down to the basics of survival.

`Our Man` (read `Everyman`), played with his signature cool by Robert Redford, is a rich, handsome, aging, expert sailor (he is probably a professional something when not sailing), whose back-story is unknown except for a few bits such as his voice over at the beginning lamenting he has not been all he should to his family and does not look at a gift card in a box for a new sextant, which he is reduced to using after almost all is lost in the storm.

The special effects are as fine as you might expect from such a high-end production—shots from depths upward to the boat are lyrically contradictory to the danger he is experiencing topside. The tumult inside the boat feels real as water takes its inevitable toll.

All is Lost serves as appropriate metaphor, among others, for the commercial forces that interfere in one`s life and the end of life fight to survive in the face of inevitable death. The dignity Our Man displays, his resourcefulness, mostly lack of resentment, and his rare moments of anger at himself are how I hope I would react and probably wouldn`t (I`d be a big baby because I don`t favor the idea of leaving this beautiful world).

Redford`s well-known minimalism lends just the right touch of gravity and loneliness to a role Hemingway wrote for his Old Man and Joseph Conrad could have fashioned for one of his brooding narrators. The New York Times` A.O. Scott reminds us you can hope to gain a Conradian truth from this vicarious adventure, `that glimpse of truth for which you have forgotten to ask` (Conrad`s `Nigger of the `Narcissus`,` 1897). The other truth is, Redford is so believable as to deserve an Oscar nomination, his finest role on screen in a career for which he has constantly underplayed. He`s still doing it, but this time he has no one else to distract us.

All is Lost leaves me with a small dissatisfaction because I`d like to know what his life has been so I can understand his possible death. Of course, Chandor seems to wish we would generalize the story to all men, and he`s right to demand it. For me, surviving is what I always want to do—this film puts me right there:

`The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.` Aristotle
Avatar
claudio_carvalho
7
Fight for Survival
A man (Robert Redford) is sailing alone in his yacht but during the night, his vessel collides with a container adrift on the sea while he sleeps. The yacht is flooded and she loses her navigation and communication equipment and heads to a violent storm. When the yacht sinks, the sailor embarks in the liferaft that is carried adrift by the currents to a shipping lane. His fight for survival begins.

`All Is Lost` tells the story of a skilled sailor fighting to survive stranded in the high sea. Robert Redford has stunning performance, the cinematography is impressive but the writer is lazy and should have researched more about navigation and lifesaving procedures. In addition, there is no character development and the viewer never knows what the man is doing in the Indian Ocean.

Vessels have bilge pumps and EPIRB and pleasure yachts usually have also portable bilge pumps. Robert Redford is shaved all the time and never wears lifejacket or immersion suit or even a hat to protect from the sun, maybe because he is the star of the movie and needs to show his face. The inflatable liferaft does not seem to have the usual survival equipment and the sailor does not have a survival kit ready on board for emergency situations. But despite the flaws, `All Is Lost` is not a bad movie. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): `Até o Fim` (`Till the End`)
Avatar
cinematic_aficionado
7
The triumph of human spirit
Ocean sailing that went sour. Man wakes up in the middle of absolute oceanic nowhere to find he had collided with a container, causing damage to his boat as well as rendering communications totally ineffective.

The film is made as a series of events aiming for this man to fail. Once restoration and improvement of conditions is achieved, a setback occurs. He is exposed, unprotected and threatened once again. Death is constantly around the corner.

The sequences are very realistic, accurately depicting the inherent risk of sea adventure. The calm is followed by a storm which is succeeded by another calm.

The success of this film lies in the fact that it is held well together, despite the complete absence of dialogue and this why only an actor of the stature of Robert Redford could pull this off and is in terrific shape despite his 77 years.

Ultimately, it is a tale of triumph of the human spirit that will not yield in the face of adversity and will fight to the very end to survive.
gimili3979
7
All is Lost is in how you interpret it
When I saw the movie, All is Lost, I thought I was watching a movie based on a true story. The movie is very realistic in that it portrays perfectly the way I think someone would feel out in the ocean all alone. Many people will probably not like this film for how little dialogue there is in it.

For sailing enthusiasts this film does have a few reality checks. But for the most part I felt very much the same as Our Man, the character in this film. This is a credit to the director and his ability to make the audience feel vested in the main character`s survival. This movie, while very good, does move slow at times. And while I am not a sailor I did notice a few of the reality checks in this film too.

What really makes the movie for me is that there are actual ocean disasters that are eerily similar in how they play out for the main character in this film. If know of some of these you will understand why this movie and its portrayal of the main character are so well done.

The ending is something left entirely to the viewer to interpret. But even that I found to be very realistic and probably the best part of the movie. This movie does a great job of trying to show the viewer how even when you seemingly do things right, bad things can still happen. It follows the old adage of `when it rains, it pours` or `one thing after another`.

All is lost or is it?
Laakbaar
8
Old man and the sea
Here we follow a solo sailor who experiences an extraordinary run of bad luck. We follow in detail his attempts to extricate himself. Right from the beginning, the life-threatening accidents that befall him seem insurmountable, but he is a tough man who attempts to deal with them one after the other. It becomes a grim battle for survival.

You do not need to be a sailor to enjoy this movie. And indeed if you are a sailor, apparently you won`t enjoy it, as shown by the numerous wealthy reviewers lambasting the film because of the technical sailing details. Apparently a lot of rich old guys think they could have done better than the character in this film.

If you`re not much of a sailor (like me), you`ll spend a good deal of time wondering what he`s doing and marveling at his self reliance. I don`t know whether the sailing part was realistic. To enjoy the movie, it doesn`t matter. It all seemed bone-crunchingly realistic, although at one point I did wonder whether an exhausted 77-year-old has the strength to haul himself up the side of a sailboat like that.

This is an unusual film for several reasons.

First, there is almost no dialogue. You can watch it with the sound off.

Second, it is set completely on two vessels in the Indian Ocean, but the camera almost never scans the horizon. We rarely actually see the sea or the entire boat. Sometimes there are several astonishing shots of the boat from underneath. All this gives the film a strangely claustrophobic feel, despite its maritime setting.

Third, the protagonist is a taciturn, very competent sailor who also happens to be a man in his late 70s. The movie has nothing to say, but yet much to say, about old age.

This movie is like `Gravity` in that it depicts a human being in extremis. The main character is not the sailor, but Fate. The sea represents a brutal and uncaring universe. Like `Gravity`, the ultimate message is: when sh*t happens you can lie down and give up, or you can deal with it. The choice is up to you. Most of us have a hard time with that because it`s easier to curse Fate and condemn the universe as unfair.
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The film`s script is nearly dialogue-free and only 32 pages long.
Goofs
It is not really correct to call `SOS` on the marine emergency radio channel. `Mayday` or `Pan Pan` would be accurate and standard forms whereas `SOS` will be understood but is incorrect. A veteran sailor would never have made this mistake.
Quotes

Our Man: 13th of July, 4:50 pm. I`m sorry. I know that means little at this point, but I am. I tried, I think you would all agree that I tried. To be true, to be strong, to be kind, to love, to be right. But I wasn`t. And I know you knew this. In each of your ways. And I am sorry. All is lost here, except for soul and body, that is, what`s left of them, and a half day`s ration. It`s inexcusable really, I know that now. How it could have taken this long to admit that I`m not sure, but it did. I fought till the end. I`m not sure what that is worth, but know that I did. I have always hoped for more for you all. I will miss you. I`m sorry.
Crazy credits
According to the credits `All is Lost was shot on three 1978 Cal 39 sailboats purchased from their owners in Southern California. These three boats generously gave themselves up for art: Tahoe, Tenacious, and Orion. They took their final sails in the Pacific Ocean and performed beautifully in the film as Our Mans`s boat, the Virginia Jean. Rest in peace.`
Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Episode #10.23 (2013)
Soundtracks
Amen
Performed by Alex Ebert
Produced by Alex Ebert
Engineered and mixed by Alex Ebert and Matt Linesch
Courtesy of Community Music & Caravan Touchdown (ASCAP)
Administered by BMG Chrysalis
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Details
Release date
October 25, 2013 (Canada)
Countries of origin
United StatesCanadaMexico
Official sites
Official FacebookOfficial site
Language
English
Also known as
Mất Tất Cả
Filming locations
San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies
Roadside AttractionsBefore The Door PicturesFilmNation Entertainment
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Box office
Budget
$9,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
$6,263,670
Opening weekend US & Canada
$93,583Oct 20, 2013
Gross worldwide
$13,627,519
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Tech specs
Runtime
1h 46m(106 min)
Color
Color
Sound mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio
2.35 : 1
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