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Backcountry
Directed by
Adam MacDonald
R
2015
1h 32m
Drama
,
Horror
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and more
6.0
92%
53%
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An urban couple goes camping in the woods and find themselves lost in the territory of a predatory black bear.
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Cast of Backcountry
Missy Peregrym
Jenn
Jeff Roop
Alex
Eric Balfour
Brad
Nicholas Campbell
Ranger
Adam MacDonald
Director / Writer
Thomas Michael
Producer
Backcountry Ratings & Reviews
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
"Backcountry" inevitably brings on the bloody, but it finds atmospheric ways to depict how the bucolic hush of a nature getaway can morph into a survival nightmare for the unprepared.
Blu-ray.com
Brian Orndorf
Exceptionally put together and sharply paced, acquiring a unique level of efficiency for the genre, while reviving man vs. nature formula with a stimulating rush of human vulnerability.
Collider
Perri Nemiroff
I already think twice about going in the ocean thanks to 'Open Water' and now I'll have the same problem with camping courtesy of this disturbingly brilliant feature directorial debut.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
...an effective horror thriller with fine performances from its little known cast.
Variety
Scott Foundas
A couple of weekend backpackers face off against man and beast in director Adam MacDonald's accomplished, blunt-force wilderness adventure.
CinemaDope
Glenn Lovell
The alone-in-the-wilderness survival number gets a serious kick in the hindquarters ... MacDonald harvests gooseflesh the old-fashioned way, by suggesting much, showing little.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
It's beautifully tense and well-acted - the kind of modest genre picture we don't see enough of these days.
RogerEbert.com
Glenn Kenny
Apparently inspired by a true story that the movie made me very much not want to look up, which I suppose may be taken by some to be a token of its effectiveness.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
Just when you thought it was safe to stand up to a bear in the woods, this jarring indie horror drama will make you scurry back indoors.
Mark Reviews Movies
Mark Dujsik
This isn't about the bear. [It's] about two people who get in way over their heads in thinking they know nature and each other...
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
For most of its 91 tense, uneven minutes, "Backcountry" plays on your nerves like a kid flicking you with a rubber band.
AV Club
Katie Rife
Backcountry is potent in its moments of sheer animal panic, reminding the viewer that humans, for all our advanced technology and intellectual vanity, are powerless against the faceless cruelty of nature.
The Hollywood Reporter
Justin Lowe
Knowing that the situations depicted in actor and filmmaker Adam MacDonald's Backcountry are based on "true events" only makes them more harrowing to watch unfold onscreen.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
On one hand, this kind of narrative serves to remind us that we haven't totally vanquished the natural world and it retains some of its ancient dangers. But on a deeper level, something more complicated and sinister is going on.
TheFrightFile.com
Dustin Putman
Concocted with ace precision, worthy of a spectacle of well-earned winces and gasps.
The Dissolve
Charles Bramesco
MacDonald elevates Backcountry by couching what turns out to be a keenly observed relationship drama inside a horror flick.
Aisle Seat
Mike McGranaghan
Almost traumatically intense. The film continually cranks up the danger, creating a scenario that becomes more and more harrowing with every passing minute. A superb chiller.
Compuserve
Harvey S. Karten
A survivalist drama made all the more scary since it is based on a true story and since the bears are real, not animatronic.
Village Voice
Nick Schager
Backcountry is simply another paranoid cinematic reminder that exiting the beaten path is a course best avoided - or, at least, one that also requires taking some basic, common-sense precautions beforehand.
Slant Magazine
Chuck Bowen
After a surprising development, the film grows slack and sentimental, reverting to the survival-movie platitude about hardship making you a better human.
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