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Thirteen Lives (2022)

Thirteen Lives (2022)

The shocking true story of how the world came together to save a trapped soccer team is sensitively dramatized in this Ron Howard picture

7.3

Movie

United Kingdom, United States of America
English, Thai
Drama, Thriller
2022
RON HOWARD
Colin Farrell, Joel Edgerton, Josh Helman
147 min

TLDR

I still think the Rescue documentary is a more worthwhile watch, but this is beautifully performed nonetheless.

What it's about

Directed by Ron Howard (Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind), Thirteen Lives follows the scary events of the Tham Luang Cave rescue.

The take

Thirteen Lives is a taut, no-nonsense film that smartly forgoes dramatizing an already well-known case and, instead, hones in on the excruciating but impressive ordeal that is rescue diving. The divers are played by Viggo Mortensen and Colin Farrell, both of whom are convincing in their expertise and heroism. But this isn’t to say this story is theirs. Howard does well to center the narrative on the locals and even makes use of their language, Thai, for most of the film’s run. It’s as sensitively told as it is genuinely gripping.

What stands out

The firm direction, as expected from Howard.

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