Society of the Snow

"J.A. Bayona’s adaptation of this much-filmed story is elevated by bracingly muscular action sequences. It manages to sustain a degree of tension despite an overlong running time" 

"A viscerally rendered plane crash gives way to an affecting story of humanity and survival. Bayona is on impressive form here (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"The largely unknown cast are excellent, the special effects seamless, and Bayona has a real talent for showing spectacle on a human scale. The result is inspiring, emotive and, in places, shocking (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"This is a fervent film, heartfelt and shot with passion and sweep (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"The power of the film resides in its moral even-handedness and technical virtuosity (the crash is genuinely terrifying) (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"[It] is wrenching, deeply harrowing, but crucially dispenses with sappy takeaways about the triumph of the human spirit (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)" 

"Brawnily effective tear-jerker 'Society of the Snow', which grips with alternating waves of dread, horror and heart-swelling relief, even as it can hardly surprise (...) [Bayona] once again pulls off a rattlingly visceral reconstruction of a real-life catastrophe"