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Too much of everything

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

The acting in this movie is really good.

Nautically speaking, this movie is a joke. Rather than portraying a competent blue water sailor, who went sea in a sea worthy vessel, and who does things that a competent sailor would do, what we see here is an incompetent boob bobbing around aimlessly in a vessel that looks like it never should have left the dock. It is apparent that no real sailors were consulted in the making of this movie, as Redford's that it's mocked severely on the internet. Mostly, it is an example as to what not to do if somehow you find yourself in such a pickle. In , "All is Lost," is an excellent title for a movie where all was almost lost. All is Lost cost 8.5M and pulled in 14M, so I guess all was not lost, and in fact, bad movie making and poor script writing really pays well. Where can I find some of that cheese? Really, this movie is about the struggle of man. A man who has been beaten down by life, but still has the will to live. Since we know nothing of this individual, we have to conclude that he represents a group, I would say a socio-economic group which is struggling, just holding on. This simple and clear metaphor however, becomes twisted, as his predicament is largely the result of the self-inflicted wounds of incompetence, and questionable boat sea worthiness. If the screenplay was written as a metaphor for the struggle, the real tragedy of this film is that it mocks the struggle because his situation is of his own making, and in the end he must be rescued. The writers didn't even have the decency to have him make it to shore on his own. The second mocking takes place by the fact that only one percent of the US population participates in sailing. This means that the nautical and seamanship blunders went over the heads of 99% of the people who saw and are supposed to be inspired by this trash. They thought they were seeing a hero, rather what they saw was an incompetent boob. I always say, books and movies are never just books and movies.

It was ALMOST too much. What could go wrong did go wrong. From one thing to the next it was a little unbelievable, but you have to stay watching hoping he comes out ok in the end...still not sure if it's a plausible story line or just multiple true stories combined into one drama.

Hi, I cannot imagine a movie without a single word for almost an hour, from a big actor. The idea is good but i expected much more interesting and twisted story. Really big disappointment for me. I would never recommend this movie. I wish I've seen much more dynamic scene and provocative situations.

Man against the elements has been a common plot in the history of story-telling. Here, Robert Redford battles against the sea in "All Is Lost" from 2013. Redford plays The Man whose boat takes in water around the Sumatra Strait. He eventually has to abandon ship onto a life raft, fighting two devastating storms as he struggles to survive. There are maybe three lines of dialogue, not including a prologue the beginning.A sailor on this site reviewed this movie and although he had plenty to say about The Man as a sailor and the equipment on the boat, he liked this movie. I'm sure it could have been much more accurate, but I think the point was the courage to fight to survive, not so much whether or not there was an abandon ship bag. I'm not sure it's really fair to title this "A Moron Goes Sailing," as one viewer suggested - the vast majority of critics gave it a very high rating because of the performance, cinematography, atmosphere, and theme. If you want to watch a movie about sailing, go over to yachtunlimited.com and look at their list.So if it doesn't grip you on a sailing level, Redford's bravura performance and the camera work certainly should. Redford deserved an Oscar nomination for this, but apparently the studio didn't promote the film. At the time, Redford was 77. I have to say, for me, he is difficult to watch, remembering him 40 years ago. I remember Clint Eastwood and Richard Chamberlain from way before that, but for some reason, they don't bother me. Maybe it's the facelifts. It's not so much for me that Redford has aged -- it's more in the way he carries himself and moves. I'm sure that sounds awful. Nevertheless, he did an amazing job in this and performed all the stunts himself.Very inspiring, even if the boat wasn't seaworthy.