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Alpha
Directed by
Albert Hughes
PG-13
2018
1h 37m
Adventure
,
Drama
6.6
80%
71%
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In the prehistoric past, a young man struggles to return home after being separated from his tribe during a buffalo hunt. He finds a similarly lost wolf companion and starts a friendship that would change humanity.
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Cast of Alpha
Kodi Smit-McPhee
Keda
Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson
Tau
Marcin Kowalczyk
Sigma
Jens Hultén
Xi
Natassia Malthe
Rho
Spencer Bogaert
Kappa
Mercedes de la Zerda
Nu
Leonor Varela
Shaman Woman
Priya Rajaratnam
Huntress (uncredited)
Nashon Douglas
Lion Tribe #3 (uncredited)
Michael Kruse-Dahl
Lion Tribe #4 (uncredited)
Kyle Glenn Thomas
Lion Tribe #9 (uncredited)
Nestor de la Zerda
Solutrean Hunter #1 (uncredited)
Louis Lay
Solutrean Hunter #2 (uncredited)
Patrick Flanagan
Solutrean Hunter #3 (uncredited)
Blake Point
Solutrean Hunter #4 (uncredited)
Taran Kootenhayoo
Solutrean Hunter #6 (uncredited)
Alpha Ratings & Reviews
Observer
Oliver Jones
It is difficult not to be impressed by much of what does arrive on screen.
RogerEbert.com
Odie Henderson
There's a pleasant, old-fashioned feel to Alpha. It plays like one of those Disneynature movies with sharper edges.
Tribune News Service
Katie Walsh
You know Sheila the She-Wolf from "Glow" on Netflix? "Alpha" would be her favorite movie.
Rolling Stone
David Fear
It's the coming-of-Ice-Age parable you didn't know you really needed.
Austin Chronicle
Matthew Monagle
Watching these pockets of pure cinema emerge from a "crowd-pleasing" story of a boy and his dog may just be one of the oddest experiences you have at the movies this summer.
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
A work of great imagination but devoid of wasteful excess, grounding his straightforward tale in recognizable human-and animal-behaviors.
TheWrap
William Bibbiani
The story is straightforward, directional, a direct but difficult path from danger to safety, punctuated by life-threatening adventures. What could have made other storytellers stir-crazy seems to have unleashed something philosophical in Albert Hughes.
Slant Magazine
Jake Cole
It reduces the domestication of wolves to a series of simplistic interactions that don't exactly convey the difficulties of a wild animal overcoming millennia of instinct.
Entertainment Voice
Alci Rengifo
With Alpha Hughes again demonstrates a striking eye, but he should have gone further. Still, it's an interesting film, best viewed on the biggest screen you can find.
Boston Globe
Tom Russo
The stylishly crafted film mostly succeeds in its engaging (and tagline-ready) ambition to chronicle "how mankind discovered man's best friend," even if its naturalistic strengths are swapped out for an exaggeratedly epic tone in the later going.
Arizona Republic
Kerry Lengel
Hughes' efforts to bring emotional drama to the proceedings fall flat... relying on coming-of-age clichés that strip the story of any real surprise.
New York Times
Glenn Kenny
Mr. Hughes, who for many years cocreated films with his twin brother, Allen, and here makes his solo feature debut, is a sharp and engaged visual storyteller. It's a pleasure to see him working in expansive wide-screen, a fitting format for his chops.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Smit-McPhee is... quite affecting, in a performance that calls for very little speaking, and a screen partner that is, well, known for chewing the scenery.
Variety
Owen Gleiberman
An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.
The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
Alpha is always generous to its namesake, serious about being a buddy film and respectful of the impact this imagined encounter will have on the history of two species.
Seattle Times
Soren Andersen
Hughes' handling of the material is unfailingly serious but the picture's tendency to stray into the ridiculous robs it of the majesty the director so clearly hoped to achieve.
AV Club
Jesse Hassenger
This is a summer movie that feels designed to transport a younger audience somewhere, not just drag them along for whatever PG-13 ride has been deemed kid-friendly by default.
San Francisco Chronicle
David Lewis
For the most part, the film is harrowing, suspenseful and gritty - and a perfect vehicle for impressive 3-D effects that bring to life an exquisitely beautiful but unforgiving land.
Vox
Alissa Wilkinson
Worth seeing just to witness how audacious it is.
Newsday
Rafer Guzman
A rugged adventure story for young viewers with strong stomachs.
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