Prince Avalanche
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: August 9, 2013
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nosecohnNov 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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johnnyMiataNov 13, 2013
This movie is about 2 young men doing road work in Texas in early spring. It is about the slowest movie I've ever watched. 25 minutes in nothing happens much followed by more of the same. Characters are not very interesting. Not much comedyThis movie is about 2 young men doing road work in Texas in early spring. It is about the slowest movie I've ever watched. 25 minutes in nothing happens much followed by more of the same. Characters are not very interesting. Not much comedy or drama in any way.… Expand
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AliStarkAug 12, 2013
total crap movie. Have the critics gone mad. I didn't understand a single bit of this movie. Totally waste of time and money. Crappiest movie ever seen in my life.
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SimpleMethodAug 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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Blips150Aug 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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6
BrianMcCriticAug 15, 2013
This film is all about the ability of Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch to show great chemistry and they do that well. It does have its slow moments, but in some scenes it is also very funny. B
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CheapSeatsJan 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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MobyZJan 14, 2014
There's not much to this movie, no thick plot, not too many people, not a lot of suspense or mystery or Academy Award winning actors, and yet it will always remain in your head once you've watched it.

Rudd and Hirsch share a uniqueThere's not much to this movie, no thick plot, not too many people, not a lot of suspense or mystery or Academy Award winning actors, and yet it will always remain in your head once you've watched it.

Rudd and Hirsch share a unique camaraderie as road workers working in the beautiful Texan woods that set the perfect melancholic backdrop. This movie shows that you don't need a lot to make a charming film. You'll enjoy it if you have a heart.… Expand
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CameraBounceGodFeb 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 makeI 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.....… Expand
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gregoryfern85Oct 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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JLuis_001Sep 7, 2017
Prince Avalance is a film that completely transpires an indie feeling in all its aspects, the story, the location and the characters.
A little bit strange and completely for more open audiences, Prince Avalanche is an enormously nice work byPrince Avalance is a film that completely transpires an indie feeling in all its aspects, the story, the location and the characters.
A little bit strange and completely for more open audiences, Prince Avalanche is an enormously nice work by David Gordon Green.… Expand
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DawdlingPoetNov 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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