The film 127 Hours is based on the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston who was trapped by a boulder in a Utah canyon for over 5 days in 2003. He examines how to survive and ultimately amputates his arm to free himself. The film focuses on Ralston's experience over the days as he recalls his life and struggles to escape. Starring James Franco as Ralston, the film provides an entertaining retelling of Ralston's harrowing ordeal through his memories and will to survive. Reviews praised the film and Franco's performance for bringing Ralston's incredible true story to life in a compelling way.

1. 127 Hours

2. • The film is based on a true story of Aron
Ralston, the climber American mountains that
cut off his arm to free himself after being
trapped under a boulder in Robbers Roost,
Utah for over five days between April and
May 2003.

3. What the film is about
127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber, Aron
Ralston, and the remarkable adventure to save himself
after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in
an isolated canyon in Utah.
Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and how
to survive. He finally discover he has the courage and the
wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary:
scale a 20 meters wall and hike over thirteen kilometers
before he can be rescued.
Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers,
family, and the two hikers he met before his accident.
Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance
to meet?

4. Review of the film
I don't know if I could have done it. It involves a gruesome ordeal for Ralston, and for the film's
audience, a few of whom have been said to faint. But from such harrowing beginnings, it's rather
awesome what an entertaining film Danny Boyle has made with "127 Hours." Yes, entertaining.
For most of the film he deals with one location and one actor, James Franco. Franco does a good job
of suggesting two aspects of Ralston's character. (1) He's a cocky, bold adventurer who trusts his
skills and likes taking chances, and (2) he's logical and bloody-minded enough to cut through his
own skin and bone to save his life
For the audience the worst moment is not a sight but a sound. Most of us have never heard that sound
before, but we know exactly what it is.
Is the film watchable? Yes, compulsively. Films like this don't move quickly or slowly, they seem to
take place all in the same moment.

5. James Franco
(Aron Ralston)
Kate Mara
(Christie)
Amber Tamblyn
(Megan)

6. Released date
USA : 5 November 2010
Spain :2 February 2011

7. Criticisms
Here there are some different criticisms of the film 127 hours:
• “It's exciting, stirring, often funny, sometimes lyrical and unusually thoughtful. And, with that
one egregious exception, genuinely pleasurable.” Wall Street Journal.
• “In the end, 127 Hours is one man's incredible, unforgettable journey; it took the extraordinary
alchemy of Boyle and Franco to also make it ours.” Los Angeles Times.
• “Only a truly visionary filmmaker could take a story largely set in a cramped canyon and give
it a sense of openness and hope.” USA Today
• Is the film watchable? Yes, compulsively. Chigaco Sun-times
So, we can state that the film have really like to the most of the the media.