The movie follows two estranged brothers, Topher and Cooper who go to a remote cabin of their family. However, many incidents happen, they lose their car, burn down the cabin, then get left in the cold mountain in cold winter. Now they must learn how to team up as brothers to get out of that situation.
Tyler Labine carries a lot of the film against his straight man Crawford, like the grizzled spawn of Seth Rogen and Jack Black -- a jovial head in parkas and earflap toques.
In Mountain Men, Labine and his cast achieve a hard-to-strike balance of comedy and heart-felt drama while maintaining a subtleness that respects your adult attention span.
The script has plenty of salty language and dialogue that rings authentic. The story is well-constructed with a conclusion that will leave you smiling. And the scenery in and around Revelstoke, B.C. is awesome.
While some of the interpersonal revelations and inner character struggle feel decidedly familiar, treading the waters of the male coming-of-age tale, the setting is novel and the added dramatics of their adventure freshen the story.
