Prince Avalanche

Name: Prince Avalanche
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: August 9, 2013
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Emile Hirsch, Paul Rudd

2013

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: August 9, 2013 | R

Starring: Emile Hirsch, Paul Rudd

Summary: Two highway road workers spend the summer of 1988 away from their city lives. The isolated landscape becomes a place of misadventure as the men find themselves at odds with each other and the women they left behind.

Director: David Gordon Green

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 94 min

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The Playlist Rodrigo Perez

Apr 15, 2013

A wonderfully eccentric examination of unlikely friendships that illuminates the absurd and lovely corners of life, Prince Avalanche is a deeply enjoyable, wondrous delight. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Aug 15, 2013

Here's a funny, poignant oddball of a movie, existing on a galaxy far, far away from the likes of "Pacific Rim" or "World War Z" or anything whose computer-generated actions speak louder than words. Read full review

Neil Smith

Oct 21, 2013

Green fashions a slow-burn charmer that’s a million miles from Pineapple Express in tone, pace and content. But just like that film, the odd couple interplay is beautifully judged. Read full review

Nick McCarthy

Apr 15, 2013

The psychological path of these characters is finely marked with signposts, but as Prince Avalanche reaches its destination, you almost wish it would have gotten a little more lost in the woods. Read full review

Loren King

Aug 15, 2013

It’s a surprisingly humorous and humane film — a lyrical little oddity that stands as a welcome return to form. Read full review

Dennis Harvey

Apr 15, 2013

An unconventional, ultimately rather sweet buddy pic that’s an audiovisual treat. Read full review

The Guardian Sebastian Doggart

Apr 15, 2013

The best reason to see this misconceived film is its location. Read full review

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Blips150

Aug 19, 2013

The most bromantic movie EVER!!! The soundtrack makes you comfortable and you can love all character and if you thinking on this movie your heart is full of love,awesomeness.You can laugh and cry while you watching this.So I made it mandatory.

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SimpleMethod

Aug 10, 2013

Prince Avalanche was a great movie. I really enjoyed how fresh and interesting it was. Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch have excellent chemistry and they both pull it off. I was wonderfully surprised by this movie.

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 26, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This is a film which is both amusing and sobering/sad at times. I liked the main characters and how they interacted. Their painted as very human people, with their talents and issues and the like. I found scenes in which they look around the site of homes destroyed by fire to be quite touching at times. Its an interesting film - I suppose partly about loneliness and the sense of isolation in one way. The camera oftens zooms in on fairly small things, elements of nature present in the area. There's a bit of a philosophical feel to it, although on another level, some of the conversations between the two workers were pretty basic I suppose but the general direction and tone of the film deepens as the film continues.

I preferred Paul Rudd's character (Alvin) over Emile Hirsch's (Lance) I suppose, although I liked some of Lances dialogue but I suppose I saw Alvin as the more thoughtful one. However, one line I remember that I did like from Lance was - 'can't we just listen to the silence?!', so I suppose their both mindful/philosophical in their own ways. I also liked that the film seemed to have tinges of both red and orange in scenes a lot - fire related colours, of course (which is relevant, given the setting of the film).

Personally I'd recommend this film but if your not keen on slow(ish) paced, character driven films then this won't be for you.… Expand

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CheapSeats

Jan 15, 2014

Prince Avalanche, despite looking beautiful, has a very empty, cliched plot. The performances are stellar but in the end it doesn't matter. The film feels already overlong even with a very short run time and it feels half-finished.

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CameraBounceGod

Feb 27, 2015

I don't see how people like it....but it reminded me of me and my brother so I actually liked it...and its was nice to see a movie about absolutely nothing.....maybe its about admitting when you've lost....shows how paul rudd can make everything just so funny somehow.....

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nosecohn

Nov 26, 2013

This is 90 minutes of movie with 20 minutes of story. The rest is just a National Geographic film set to some pleasant music. It has a couple nice moments, but would have been much better as a short.

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gregoryfern85

Oct 21, 2015

Weird movie that is not a story I can remember, I can relate to AliStark, its very off and to understand it is something else. Some very weird scenes and can't relate to the characters.

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