I think the setup is an interesting place to start: two strangers who rely upon each other for survival and that co-dependence transforms into something they deem to be love. I'm sure the characters had to be better established and the romance felt more organic than what we get in the movie. If that sounds like Nicholas Sparks dribble, you're on the right track, as the source material was very much a romance story.
Elba and Winslet are meant to fall in love with one another over the course of their struggles and it is that love, we are told, that was the real key to their survival. Watching pretty people endure hardships and persevere is as old a story as Hollywood, and The Mountain Between Us fails on so many levels, but none more so than chemistry. They'll have to rely upon one another to survive in a hostile wilderness and seek rescue when nobody knows where they may be.
Unfortunately, the pilot suffers a stroke and the plane goes down, stranding Ben, Kate, and the pilot's helpful labrador in the mountains. They share a single engine propeller plane to fly over the mountains and into the Denver airport. She's a journalism photographer who is getting married. Their flights have been canceled and they have important places to be. If you're going into The Mountain Between Us expecting a thrilling survival tale or a stirring romantic pairing, then you'll be sorely disappointed.īen (Idris Elba) and Alex (Kate Winslet) are strangers who have the same problem. I don't thin the movie could have been saved given its script but it certainly could have been at least better. This is what I kept thinking as I watched The Mountain Between Us and was dumbstruck by the powerful lack of chemistry between its leads, each an accomplished actor in their own right. If the actors don't feel like they want to be with one another, it's all going to fall apart. At what point can you tell an onscreen pairing just isn't working? Chemistry is one of those elusive and ineffable qualities that can make or break a film, especially one that relies upon sexual tension and romantic yearning.
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