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Title: Dissapointing
Review: Although the actors were fine, the film did very little to portray the real conditions that the Donner party experienced. In reality the snow at times was so deep that walking was impossible. Also it was historically innacurate - although to be fair it advertises the film as 'based' on a true story - so I suppose they have added some drama by including murder into the story.Read the book called 'Ordeal By Hunger' by George Stewart if you want all the true facts. There was one man called Keseberg who was suspected of killing a young child - but only suspected. Then there was a man killed in a fight long before they were trapped in the mountains. The bodies that were eaten were all people who succumbed to hunger and cold - not murder victims.This could have been a really good film, especially as it was actually made in Donner Pass, but seemed to have been poorly put together.
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