Customer Ratings & Reviews

Very action packed! A good survival movie! Go see it!

Its a little slow start but well worth the wait in the end.

Started off good but lost me after a while ... Saw better

This movie is bad... do not buy... at least it cost $3 with discounts...

I went to experience the oscar nominee as soon as it became available in my local theater. The best way to describe why a movie like this deserves such a good rating lies in the director's ability to create such a visually interesting film that remains suspenseful even with the viewer ultimately knowing the ending to the movie. That appears to be the mark of a good film these days. Boyle's ability to shoot an entire full length movie the really only takes place in one location (behind a boulder) is genius. He ends up supplementing the lack of scene change and action with intense emotional "distractions", pulling at every sensory part of your body. This was one movie that I did not mind the plethora of gore that left little to the viewers imagination. Because the climax is the severing of the arm (no need for a spoiler I hope?), it would have been futile and lackluster to approach this iconic scene any other way. Those 10 or 15 minutes of detailed action on Franco's part will leave you quite a bit queazy and second guessing your next trip to Utah. But without that scene, you just watched a man trapped behind a rock for 2 hours who ultimately walks out with one less appendage. If you can stomach this final scene, you will not be disappointed in the emotional and visually stunning film you just experienced.

I completely agree with SurfingDude289, but need to add more. It's very frustrating to see this joyful story of survival and self-examination reduced to a rating of "violence, profanity, gore" which is such a turn off for so many people who won't bother to see beyond that description to the deeper value of a film. 127 Hours brought Aron Ralston's life as described in his book "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" to a screen life that can't be conveyed to anyone who hasn't seen it. Socrates said that the unexamined life isn't worth living. Aron didn't just cut off his arm; he had five days to examine his life. His ordeal was that of being pinned to a wall with very little mobility and few tools. His primary tool was his brain; he used it to figure out how extricate himself and keep living. The infamous arm cutting scene is brief and surprisingly only marginally "gory" -- no blood spurting. A viewer feels as exhilirated and uplifted as Aron did when he knew he had a real shot at liberation from his "127 hour continuous experience." James Franco is stunning. He, Danny Boyle and everyone involved in the film bring this amazing experience to all of us who find the courage to get beyond the mere rating and celebrate Aron's life-affirming achievement.

This was such an amazing movie based on a true story. When I had first heard about this I knew i wanted to watch it even though it seems like an unfilmable movie. Somehow they pulled it off wonderfully. Even though I was not a fan of James Franco I still wanted to see it! Watching this film with him in it made me now forever like him! He did a wonderful job acting in this! Just watching this makes you think how much someone will go through just to survive. Truly a great movie and completely underrated. I can not wait till I own this movie so I can share it with everyone I know. Everyone needs to see this!!!

James Franco was excellent in this movie. When I saw this I said he is going to win an academy award for this but then of course King's Speech came out. But he soooooooooooooooooo deserved to be nominated. Excellent filming, great action before he fell, great emotion. Just an awesome movie!!!!

I, too, agree with SurferDude. This is a great film. But how is the film "underrated?" Franco was nominated for an Oscar lol

I think to many people go where they don't belong and this film teaches them they have to pay for their stupidity.

Loved this movie, and the trials he went through! Great drama