With scarce context surrounding his South Pacific voyage, Robert Redford in All is Lost is basically playing Robert Redford. Not a character, but the legendary actor himself.
And why not? We pick up with a man sailing through picture perfect waters, wearing a wedding ring but all alone, packed in a sizable yacht with enough supplies to escape the public eye for some time. By believing it's Redford, the film stripping down any manufactured characterization, All Is Lost delivers a profound demonstration of the human spirit at work. We believe what we see: a man, up there in his years while still owning the title of "badass," taking on nature.
Redford sells it, never missing a beat while Murphy's Law batters him into submission. The problems start small: One morning, he wakes up to find a shipping container full of sneakers lodged through the side of his boat.
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