Everest
Mountaineering thriller, based on the 1996 Mt Everest disaster where eight climbers were caught in a vicious blizzard in the most unforgiving of environments. Jason Clarke (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) is Kiwi mountaineer Rob Hall, Keira Knightley plays his pregnant wife who waits at home in Christchurch for updates, Jake Gyllenhaal is American guide Scott Fischer. Co-stars Emily Watson, Josh Brolin, Martin Henderson, Robin Wright and Sam Worthington.
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressBlunt, businesslike and — as it begins its long march through the death zone — something of an achievement.
The Guardian
pressA frustrating movie in many ways... it doesn’t quite deliver the edge-of-your-seat thrills that many were hoping for...
Little White Lies
pressA big, brassy '70s-style disaster movie which wears its clichés lightly and packs a hefty emotional punch.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA disaster movie in the old Hollywood sense of the term, but it doesn't feel like one. And that's a good thing.
A fascinating observation of the Everest disaster but no more than that. With a tragedy of this magnitude you would expect that by the end your heart strings would have been pulled every which way and your eyes would be running over. But in the end, you just don't care enough for the characters on the mountain. Underwhelming.
I applaud Working Title for breaking new ground and not sticking to the 'Into Thin Air' version of the 1996 Everest tragedy, which is maybe why this book is not in this film's Credits, something that has not gone unnoticed by some professional reviewers. Working Title/the Director referred to Jon Krakauer as 'a writer who just happened to be on the...
Everest Like the book I read “View from the Top” by Sir Ed Hilary, it explains a lot about what they go through up there. Similar to ‘Cliffhanger’, 'North Face’ or ‘Vertical Limit’. Loved the fact it’s about a Kiwi and enjoyed the acting and scenery. Way too real for what I hoping, but still a great watch. I need to read “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer, as...
Very sensitive portrayal of real events. Great scenery! Such an epic film and wow my eyes have opened up to what hell the people who climb Everest go through.
From moment-to-moment Everest is often gripping and, to its considerable credit, stubbornly resists the urge to ‘juice up’ the events it depicts with crude Hollywood triumphalism. But the film has nothing to substitute in the place of the typical Hollywood trajectory except grim reality which (of course) refuses to deliver a satisfying conclusion. When it...
I would recommend this film for all to see. For me it was a chance to get a rare glimpse into the world of mountaineering, up close and personal. The cinematography was absolutely stunning, from the cast, people, scenery and the settings, it was quite difficult to concentrate on the interaction between actors without becoming distracted by the setting and...
As someone in my party said 'I never wanted to do this before and I CERTAINLY don't want to do it now" From the get-go you know this will all end in tears but watching as this disaster unfolds is mesmerizing and in 3D on IMAX you feel as though you are right there with them. The actors all do an okay job but the real star of this is Everest and now I've...
Variety
pressBlunt, businesslike and — as it begins its long march through the death zone — something of an achievement.
The Guardian
pressA frustrating movie in many ways... it doesn’t quite deliver the edge-of-your-seat thrills that many were hoping for...
Little White Lies
pressA big, brassy '70s-style disaster movie which wears its clichés lightly and packs a hefty emotional punch.
Hollywood Reporter
pressA disaster movie in the old Hollywood sense of the term, but it doesn't feel like one. And that's a good thing.
A fascinating observation of the Everest disaster but no more than that. With a tragedy of this magnitude you would expect that by the end your heart strings would have been pulled every which way and your eyes would be running over. But in the end, you just don't care enough for the characters on the mountain. Underwhelming.
I applaud Working Title for breaking new ground and not sticking to the 'Into Thin Air' version of the 1996 Everest tragedy, which is maybe why this book is not in this film's Credits, something that has not gone unnoticed by some professional reviewers. Working Title/the Director referred to Jon Krakauer as 'a writer who just happened to be on the...
Everest Like the book I read “View from the Top” by Sir Ed Hilary, it explains a lot about what they go through up there. Similar to ‘Cliffhanger’, 'North Face’ or ‘Vertical Limit’. Loved the fact it’s about a Kiwi and enjoyed the acting and scenery. Way too real for what I hoping, but still a great watch. I need to read “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer,...
Very sensitive portrayal of real events. Great scenery! Such an epic film and wow my eyes have opened up to what hell the people who climb Everest go through.
From moment-to-moment Everest is often gripping and, to its considerable credit, stubbornly resists the urge to ‘juice up’ the events it depicts with crude Hollywood triumphalism. But the film has nothing to substitute in the place of the typical Hollywood trajectory except grim reality which (of course) refuses to deliver a satisfying conclusion. When it...
I would recommend this film for all to see. For me it was a chance to get a rare glimpse into the world of mountaineering, up close and personal. The cinematography was absolutely stunning, from the cast, people, scenery and the settings, it was quite difficult to concentrate on the interaction between actors without becoming distracted by the setting...
As someone in my party said 'I never wanted to do this before and I CERTAINLY don't want to do it now" From the get-go you know this will all end in tears but watching as this disaster unfolds is mesmerizing and in 3D on IMAX you feel as though you are right there with them. The actors all do an okay job but the real star of this is Everest and now I've...
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