Alex (Kate Winslet) and Ben (Idris Elba) are struggling to get to where they need to be thanks to a storm and a cancelled flight. But this doesn’t stop the complete strangers from chartering a flight together on Walter’s (Beau Bridges) light aircraft. When disaster strikes they are stranded on a mountain with the quandary of whether they should stay and wait for help or make their own way down.
The Mountain Between Us is a fairly rote combination of melodrama, romance and survival story. The key plot points are set up early when our protagonists explain why they are so desperate to get their flights. Ben needs to perform a surgery because he is a benevolent surgeon, whilst Alex is supposed to be getting married the next day because this will cause added drama when the two are thrown together to survive. From this point forward Ben will keep them alive, whilst a romance with zero chemistry blossoms.
The photography on display is the only real saving grace here. The Mountain and it’s scenery are stunning, whilst the story unfolding on it is uninspiring.
Phil the Bear's Film Reviews 
Agree with the lack of chemistry and while there are some exciting scenes, the dramatic weight just isn’t there. I did like the fact that there is not one mention of Elba being black during the whole film – this is more rare in this type of movie than you would think. Again as you say, photography was fantastic and the movie did include one scene which forced a scream out of my wife!!
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Was the scream wolf related?
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