All is Lost

"On the surface, writer/director J.C. Chandor’s second film couldn’t be more different to his debut Margin Call, an excellent ensemble drama depicting the 2008 Wall Street meltdown. But look closer and you’ll see evidence of an auteur at work. Both films benefit from a brutal consistency of time and place, and both pit their protagonists against an immutable force – be it the financial crash or, in this case, the unforgiving ocean."

"An impressively spare, nearly dialogue-free stranded-at-sea drama."

"With no 3D, no friends and no hope, Redford and Chandor show how survivalist instincts can stoke thrilling, thoughtful cinema."

"It's the salvation of the moviegoing year."

"An action movie in the most profound and exalted sense of the term."

"Robert Redford's near-mute performance as a mysterious old man of the sea adrift and utterly alone makes for a bold, gripping thriller."

"Chandor's immersive approach shores up Redford's remarkable, understated performance."

"A rugged, virtually dialogue-free survival-at-sea story that sustains attention against considerable odds."

"A triumph of visual storytelling... while Redford is sublime in what could well be the performance of his career."