The Revenant (2015)

The Revenant rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8/10· 948K votes

Rotten Tomatoes78%

Metacritic76%

TMDb7.54/10· 19K votes

With 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8/10 on IMDb and 76/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About The Revenant

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.

Cast of The Revenant

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  Leonardo DiCaprio

  as Hugh Glass

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  Tom Hardy

  as John Fitzgerald

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  Domhnall Gleeson

  as Captain Andrew Henry

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  Will Poulter

  as Jim Bridger

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  Forrest Goodluck

  as Hawk

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  Duane Howard

  as Elk Dog

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  Arthur Redcloud

  as Hikuc

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  Melaw Nakehk'o

  as Powaqa

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  Grace Dove

  as Hugh Glass' Wife

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  Lukas Haas

  as Jones

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  Paul Anderson

  as Anderson

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  Kristoffer Joner

  as Murphy

The Revenant facts

Budget

$135M

Box office

$533M

Our take on The Revenant

Alejandro G. Iñárritu's 1820s frontier drama follows Hugh Glass, a wilderness guide left for dead after a brutal bear mauling, as he drags himself across an unforgiving landscape driven by vengeance. Part adventure, part western, part endurance story, it trades conventional plotting for raw physical experience, immersing you in cold, hunger and survival. Iñárritu favors long, elemental sequences and natural light, so the film asks patience and rewards it with visceral intensity rather than easy thrills. It suits viewers drawn to demanding, atmospheric cinema about human resilience and the wild, and those who appreciate craft over comfort. Not a casual watch, but a striking, immersive one.