2024 Movie
Dir. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin · United Kingdom, United States of America · English
This documentary about the historic shipwreck and the scientists seeking to find it a century later is an astounding display of resilience
In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set out to the Antarctic in the hopes of making the first land crossing on the continent. His ship, the Endurance, couldn’t complete the journey, and so Shackleton and his crew had to pivot from setting a record to simply surviving. Almost a century later, a group of scientists are determined to find Shackleton’s abandoned ship. This documentary, directed by the award-winning duo behind Free Solo, The Rescue, and Nyad, alternates between The Endurance’s magnificent past and tragic present and mostly succeeds in telling a balanced story. The past, unsurprisingly, is more intriguing. It’s a nail-biting tale of survival, amplified by the use of colorized footage shot by one of the crewmen. The present is informational, but it struggles to match the scope of Shackleton’s journey. Both tales are inspiring nonetheless, and woven together as expertly here, prove to be an educating and entertaining watch.
A century after Shackleton's Endurance sank beneath the ice, explorers uncover the legendary shipwreck and an amazing tale of survival.
"I do wish, though, that the movie hadn’t mixed in re-enactments. It’s better to let us imagine what we can’t see. But what we do see in “Endurance” is quietly staggering."
— Owen Gleiberman
Tells the story of the shipwrecked Endurance and how it was eventually found by a dedicated crew.
It confounds me to this day how Shackleton and his men braved the harsh cold and remoteness of the Antarctic.
Colorized archival footage will never not be amazing, especially in comparison to the slop generative makes.
Renee Cuisia is the lead curator at A Good Movie to Watch. In her spare time, she likes to watch K-dramas and analyze them to death. She's also seen You've Got Mail one too many times but is still convinced it's one of the greatest films out there.
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