![]() (The fact that Alex and Ben are of different races never once comes up, so that’s perhaps another advantage of being on the brink of death.)Ĭredit is also due to cinematographer Mandy Walker ( Hidden Figures), who captures the breathtaking settings (the film was shot in Canada) with widescreen compositions that plunge us into the middle of an endless snowy paradise. ![]() Not that the film plumbs any sort of psychological depth, although it does toggle a bit with Ben’s backstory, but the two actors easily incarnate a pair of clever, extremely likeable characters who both deserve to survive and deserve each other. No raw bison liver in these woods!īut what really helps Mountain overcome its far-fetched scenario is the pairing of Winslet and Elba, who know how to turn up the charm tenfold yet make Alex and Ben seem (mostly) like real people. And when the two eat it for dinner, it actually looks delicious. ![]() ![]() With another cast or another director this would all be pure fluff - which the film is during its more calculated moments - but Abu-Assad has both a lightness of touch and a visceral sense of place, grounding his romance in the rough splendors of the great outdoors while inserting enough humor to keep things cheerful: Even when Alex is attacked by a cougar, she offs it with a flare gun like Annie Oakley. ![]()
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