Deserted

This is a drama, not a thriller. It's a very decent watch. Only nitpicky item: Mischa Barton apparently had a hairdresser and colorist when she was in prison.

I was apprehensive about a bunch of spoiled 20 somethings with a female lead, lost in the desert, and a female director. The men in the film were better treated than I hoped. The people still make questionable decisions but decisions weren't insanely stupid. The lead actress was likable also. Not a bad time spent on a rainy afternoon.

I expected this to be bad but it was actually one of the best survival movies I have seen. This reminded me of The Canyon which is also really good.

The writing and pacing are excellent. The acting is very good. Nothing in the movie is predictable.

Original to get a few different groups together but dumb on multiple parts. Any time you go into the desert you need an abundance of water, food, other communication modes. You wouldn't just have high heels. Some of their decisions made you roll your eyes. Leaving the original site immediately when they did have the guy at the garage expecting them back in two days. Every phone has a GPS that could have pointed them where they needed to go. But a movie isn't made off good survival choices so here you go. Watchable but nothing new.

The cinematography is splendid indeed ,enhancing magnificent but hostile landscape;the soundtrack for once fits the pictures,including such luminaries as Tom Waits whose tired hoarse voice works wonders .

As for the characters,they are clichés ,like in all the "survival movies" ,so fashionable ,mainly at sea when the heroes are lost in the middle of the ocean ; but no killer, no loony peasants,no trained former marines , just ordinary people who have to fight against the elements .I remember being once in this place ,and the temperature was "hotter than July' ,I was not able to stand it ;they say that at night ,it becomes icy but I did not probe it. It's unlikely that these people can survive several days without gallons of water ; even the old "inferno" in which Robert Ryan with a broken leg was crawling across the desert was more credible,

See it for the cinematography ,it deserves it.