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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliDespite being broadly classified as an "adventure", it has depth and breadth that would put many dramas to shame. Well-produced, acted, and scripted, this is a film that has to be seen to be experienced, even by those who know the entire story.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversAlive draws considerable power from staying more human than heroic.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovAlive is no Oscar-challenger, certainly, but it does treat a very dicey incident with the even-keeled direction the story deserves.
- 63Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertWQhat would it really be like to huddle in a wrecked aircraft for 10 weeks in freezing weather, eating human flesh? I cannot imagine, and frankly this film doesn't much help me.
- 50New York Magazine (Vulture)New York Magazine (Vulture)Despite much fervent talk of the beauty of the mountains and the closeness of God, Alive peters out. [25 Jan 1993, p.55]
- 50NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenMarshall is a good technician, but there's no sense of artistic adventure in his sometimes exciting, sometimes draggy movie.
- 50Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonIn this touching story of boy toys helping boy toys, it's almost impossible to root for characters who are dead in the first place.
- 40Washington PostRita KempleyWashington PostRita KempleyFrankly, those wonderfully corny old high-in-the-sky Airport movies were more dramatically satisfying than this, a barren adaptation of Piers Paul Read's nonfiction bestseller, directed by Frank Marshall.