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Alpha

2018

Albert Hughes

Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Leonor Varela, Natassia Malthe ...

5.3

6,985

Adventure Set in the last Ice Age, "Alpha" tells a story that shines a light on the origins of man's best friend. While on his first hunt with his tribe's most elite group, a young man is injured and must learn to survive alone in the wilderness. Reluctantly taming a lone wolf abandoned by its pack, the pair learn to rely on each other and become unlikely allies, enduring countless dangers and overwhelming odds in order to find their way home before winter arrives. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"A conventional tale told with dazzle (...) [It] is enthralling in a square and slightly stolid way (...) 'Alpha' is captivating without being too surprising"	POS
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Enjoyably old-fashioned in its narrative but crisply modern in technique, it is engaging enough even for those of us with no soft spot for pets."	POS
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"Genuinely awe-inspiring (...) It is most certainly a tonic in an age when every blockbuster film feels like part of some endless multiverse-cum-marketing scheme (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jesse Hassenger AV Club	"On a story and character level, 'Alpha' has little to offer beyond survival clichés (...) On a visual level, though, it’s often gorgeous"	NEU
United States	Tom Russo Boston Globe	"The stylishly crafted film mostly succeeds in its engaging (and tagline-ready) ambition to chronicle 'how mankind discovered man’s best friend' (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Simon Thompson IGN	"Very enjoyable and visually impressive (...) As far as performances go, they’re fine and the dialogue, what there is of it, is simple but effective."	POS
United States	Jake Cole Slant	"[It] reduces the domestication of wolves to a series of simplistic interactions (…) Rating: ★½ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Gary Thompson Philadelphia Inquirer	"Mostly it works well, and it's worth sticking around for Hughes' final image (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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