The Revenant

Inspired by true events.

The Revenant arrives with a full bag of awards and nominations, including the Golden Globes for Actor, Director and Film, and 12 Oscar nominations. The director is no doubt hoping for back-to-back Oscars for Director and Film as well. Set in the uncharted American wilderness, a legendary explorer is brutally attacked by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. In a quest to survive, he endures unimaginable grief as well as the betrayal of his confidant. Guided by sheer will and the love of his family, he must navigate a vicious winter in a relentless pursuit to live and find redemption. This film is releasing in regular and IMAX versions, this is the regular version.

156 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Violence).
Adventure, Drama, Thriller, Western, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

I've got the bear necessities...

Credits

Cast	Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck, Paul Anderson
Director	Alejandro González Iñárritu
Screenplay	Mark L. Smith, Alejandro González Iñárritu, based in part on the novel by Michael Punke
Music	Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Cinematography	Emmanuel Lubezki
Editing	Stephen Mirrione
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Dolby Atmos
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2015
Produced by	New Regency Pictures, Anonymous Content, Appian Way,

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Action
Language	Fairly frequent, moderate impact
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	Frequent, strong to very strong impact
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	Fairly frequent, mild impact
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 18 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Theresa Smith A dish best server cold.	15
Die Burger Marthinus Koekemoer DiCaprio blink uit in Golden-Globe wenner.	15
Cape Times Todd McCarthy Battle for survival.	20
ScreenIt Jim Judy Not for the faint of heart, The Revenant is one of the best films of 2015.	15
Metacritic.com 50 critics	15
Rottentomatoes critics 234 critics	16
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer As starkly beautiful as it is harshly uncompromising, The Revenant uses Leonardo DiCaprio's committed performance as fuel for an absorbing drama that offers punishing challenges -- and rich rewards.	16
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	16
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Heavy, punishing violence in DiCaprio's revenge Western	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 587 users	16
Rottentomatoes users 60205 users	16
Internet 123917 Netizens One of the Best Movies I'll never watch twice	17
Average .. 78%	16