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Survive

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In SURVIVE, Julia and her loving husband celebrate their son's birthday on their boat in the middle of the ocean. When a violent storm nearly capsizes them, the family awakes in a desert land. Earth has undergone a tragic polarity reversal, draining water from the oceans. The family must race to safety before the water returns all while battling hungry creatures from the abyss that hunt for fresh flesh.
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Robert Daniels RogerEbert.com 01/10/2025
3/4
Between the premise and the lively score, “Survive” is decent enough B-movie background noise that closely mirrors “Dante’s Peak” until something truly remarkable occurs... Go to Full Review
Phil Hoad Guardian 01/07/2025
3/5
This directorial pep, along with invested performances across the board, allows Survive to build a sense of family vulnerabilities that is rawer than the standard cheap audience-identification tactics usually used in blockbuster disaster movies. Go to Full Review
John Serba Decider 06/29/2025
Pick a tone, Survive! Its push-pull between plausible terror and outright silliness is about equal, for better or worse. Go to Full Review
Alejandro Lingenti La Nación (Argentina) 02/05/2025
3/5
Being a low-budget film, Frédéric Jardin...had to resort to his imagination, for lack of resources. And it must be said that he responded well to that requirement. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
Joel Harley Starburst 01/23/2025
3/5
But there’s no accusing Survive of being dry, swinging for the fences in a narrative that plays out somewhere between The Day After Tomorrow and Mad Max. Go to Full Review
Erik Childress Movie Madness Podcast 01/16/2025
1.5/4
The film begins with a silly alarmist set piece and then tries to up the stakes by fast tracking the fall of humanity in survivalist situations until finally arriving at becoming Starship Troopers – with crabs! Silly. Go to Full Review
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Five County R @RT37176868 2d The title says it all, you will be lucky to Survive. The premise is decent, therefore One Half Star. Spectacularly downhill from there. The acting is wooden, the dialog is banal, the score is Laughable. Why switch back and forth between French and English? What boat goes on the ocean doesn't have a life raft or a firearm? People who WANT to die, that's who. If the ocean drained, where's the seaweed, fish, sand, and coral? We are supposed to believe that overnight, it's a dessert? If you have a boat with a working shower, there's a 150 to 200 gallon water tank, go back to the stupid boat and look, you dumb cow. Who is the guy that shows up with a DOG on Foot, never says a word, but kills people? Let me walk out to meet him. Zero sense. Dumb. The French should stick to making stinky cheese, instead of stinky movies. The teal bracelet will save you.... so dumb. The Crabs are scary, please... Stomp them, don't shoot them. By the end, you will want them to die. The Worst. See more Clarissa L @RT02008833 2d I watched this movie because of the description in the preview. It sounded intriguing, and ended up being really, really dumb! 1- the polarity shift made no sense, there was 0 leftover water, and random setups to "make it harder" for their travels to their destination. 2- the daughter and the son were truly really hard to deal with, the daughter cared more about listening to music on her headphones (which is crazy btw, if the entire polarity of the Earth shifted the night before and you were more interested (and somehow still had battery for) listening to music then helping your parents devise a solution to surviving, what are you even doing?) A useless "make things harder" character in the film. The son? Just watch it- he doesn't listen, is apparently 13 but acts like a 6 year old. 3- The crabs... do we understand how crabs work? See more Wade J @Wrosebro Jul 19 A low budget silly world ender flick that will keep you just intrigued enough to keep watching while also rolling your eyes at the ridiculousness See more Jim C @Quadraphenia Jul 19 A family celebrates the wimpy sons birthday at sea, then deal with catastrophe by making stupid mistake after mistake. I think the movie will be enjoyed best if it gets shown on mystery science theater 3000 and friends gather to watch while enjoying drinks and steamed crab. See more Kealan M @RT57931862 Jul 11 This movie is bad, would never recommend to anyone ever. Not watching again. See more Metal S. @MetalSombreros Jul 11 its tough to pick out a movie randomly and have it be full quality like SURVIVE. Its a high concept, half foreign film centered around the ocean vanishing while a family is on a boat. Its a cool quasi apocalypse film where they roam the now dry ocean floor and fight crabs and stuff its very well done front to back. Definitely recommend! See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis In SURVIVE, Julia and her loving husband celebrate their son's birthday on their boat in the middle of the ocean. When a violent storm nearly capsizes them, the family awakes in a desert land. Earth has undergone a tragic polarity reversal, draining water from the oceans. The family must race to safety before the water returns all while battling hungry creatures from the abyss that hunt for fresh flesh.
Director
Frédéric Jardin
Producer
Marc-Etienne Schwartz, Marc Stanimirovic
Screenwriter
Alexandre Coquelle, Mathieu Oullion
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co
Monkey Pack Films, M.E.S Productions
Genre
Adventure, Action, Sci-Fi
Original Language
French
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 10, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 10, 2025
Runtime
1h 30m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)