The Globe and Mail
Chin and Vasarhelyi shape an overwhelming story into something more intimate and to-the-heart devastating.
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The Rescue (2021)
The Academy Award-winning directors of Free Solo tell the intense story of the 2018 Thai cave rescue, one that saw a school boys soccer team and their coach trapped in a flooded cave system.
2021Rating: M, Mature themes and occasional coarse language107 minsUSA
Documentary
- Director:
- Elizabeth Chai VasarhelyiJimmy Chin
The Rescue (2021) / Reviews
The New York Times
An accessible tale of disparate nations and individuals uniting behind a common, noble goal.
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Like all good documentaries, The Rescue finds the story beneath the surface of a story we thought we knew.
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The Washington Post
As with Chin and Vasarhelyi’s previous films, ignore any instinct you may have to pass up this movie because it sounds too hyper-specific: an activity you’re not really that interested in, and a story whose ending you’ve already heard.
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The Times
The film-makers somehow manage to wring nerve-jangling tension from a foregone conclusion.
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RogerEbert.com
It unfolds with stunning precision, letting the people who were there tell the story, and never softening their unique personalities.
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Slash Film
A harrowing, captivating, wonderful documentary that perhaps surpasses "Free Solo," at least in terms of emotion.
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