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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "The voices of Liam Neeson -- as the film's narrator -- and his late wife, Richardson, inevitably add to the project's poignance. But they have little relevance to the present-day climbing footage..." (Read the full review...) 171 words, 08/06/10
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: WEAK "You may not believe it's possible to bore people to death with a film about risking your life, but 'The Wildest Dream' comes shockingly close.... stodgy..." (Read the full review...) 389 words, 08/06/10 Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...keeps us on our toes by melding drama and recreations, as well as past and present. Worth the hike for its multiple levels." (Read the full review...) 160 words, 08/06/10 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times/Chicago Tribune: VERY GOOD "...adroitly mixes a variety of material, including contemporary interviews, fascinating vintage newsreels, beautiful and exciting color footage shot on Everest and discreet re-creations of historical events..." (Read the full review...) 724 words, 08/06/10 Mike Thomas, Chicago Sun-Times: OUTSTANDING (cg) "Anker, a seasoned climber, knows he's toying with fate. One false move, and it's curtains. (And there's at least one false move.) But then, that's all part of the thrill." (Read the full review...) 686 words, 08/06/10 Brian Miller, Village Voice/LA Weekly: FAIR "...five different expeditions on the peak are awkwardly cobbled into one dubious narrative.... a somewhat ridiculous costume show with two trudging figures in tweed, filmed in sepia tones, set to the epistolary drama." (Read the full review...) 244 words, 08/04/10
Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "The movie excels not in the plentiful shots of Everest's majesty, but in its nuanced depiction of Mallory through interviews, archival footage and letters." (Read the full review...) 461 words, 08/06/10 Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer: VERY GOOD (cg) "...an awe-inspiring, nail-biting climb toward the world's highest peak, Mount Everest.... less about the epic struggle of human vs. nature, or the soaring ambitions of the human spirit than about obsession." (Read the full review...) 425 words, 08/06/10 Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "...builds a new melodrama around Mallory's then-impossible dream. Anker wants to reach Everest's summit in Mallory's name.... National Geographic Entertainment doesn't release those sorts of movies. But it should." (Read the full review...) 448 words, 08/13/10 Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD (cg) "...doesn't explore its central mystery deeply enough... but the thrilling camera work does a lot to make up for the movie's few shortcomings." (Read the full review...) 466 words, 08/06/10 Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: OUTSTANDING (cg) "...there's plenty of suspense, along with some breathtaking photography as Anker and climbing partner Leo Houlding attempt a seemingly impossible feat: free-climbing Everest's fiendishly difficult 'Second Step' without a ladder or ropes..." (Read the full review...) 431 words, 08/06/10 Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: VERY GOOD (cg) "Anker's story is remarkable." (Read the full review...) 276 words, 08/27/10
Brian Miller, Village Voice/LA Weekly: FAIR "...five different expeditions on the peak are awkwardly cobbled into one dubious narrative.... a somewhat ridiculous costume show with two trudging figures in tweed, filmed in sepia tones, set to the epistolary drama." (Read the full review...) 244 words, 08/04/10 Gerald Peary, Boston Phoenix: VERY GOOD (cg) "...stiff, but eventually the excitement of being on Everest wins the day." (Read the full review...) 143 words, 08/12/10 Tasha Robinson, AV Club: MODERATE (cg) "As the story lurches from stage to stage, simplistic, intrusive music crashes or whimpers to dictate each new wave of overwrought sentiment. The film doesn't need any of these awkward trappings, or Liam Neeson's purple narration." (Read the full review...) 411 words, 08/05/10
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: WEAK "You may not believe it's possible to bore people to death with a film about risking your life, but 'The Wildest Dream' comes shockingly close.... stodgy..." (Read the full review...) 389 words, 08/06/10 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...adroitly mixes a variety of material, including contemporary interviews, fascinating vintage newsreels, beautiful and exciting color footage shot on Everest and discreet re-creations of historical events..." (Read the full review...) 724 words, 08/06/10
Andrew Barker, Daily Variety: VERY GOOD "...a solid, gorgeous-looking docu... contains a number of awe-inspiring shots and a wonderful, computer-generated guided illustration of the entire path the explorers took up the mountain..." (Read the full review...) 621 words, 06/21/10 Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: VERY GOOD "...a little prone to overdramatize... But, hey, when a filmmaker manages to get as high as 26,000 feet on Everest he's entitled to yodel a bit.... brings together so much history, sheer adventure and terrifying moments..." (Read the full review...) 816 words, 01/12/10 Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "...adroitly mixes a variety of material, including contemporary interviews, fascinating vintage newsreels, beautiful and exciting color footage shot on Everest and discreet re-creations of historical events..." (Read the full review...) 724 words, 08/06/10 Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: WEAK "You may not believe it's possible to bore people to death with a film about risking your life, but 'The Wildest Dream' comes shockingly close.... stodgy..." (Read the full review...) 389 words, 08/06/10
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