Man on Wire Critic Reviews

Thorough, understated and altogether enthralling documentary.Read the full review

Thanks to Marsh's sensitive storytelling, Man on Wire manages to put Petit's performance into another, more ineffable realm: What began as a caper turned into poetry, and poetry became a prayer.Read the full review

Man on Wire brings back a time when the towers were still symbols of aspiration and possibility.Read the full review

A fascinating time capsule: a combination of talking-head interviews, actual footage, and re-creations that evokes a kinder, gentler world and provides insight into one of the most audacious stunts of the 20th century.Read the full review

James Marsh's documentary raises the bar for the genre to skyscraper height.Read the full review

This is a police procedural, if you will, about what's been called the artistic crime of the century.Read the full review

The gorgeous music includes Ralph Vaughan Williams' wafting tone poem ''The Lark Ascending'' -- apt in describing an artist who might well be part bird.Read the full review

It's a story worth telling, yes--but after 90 minutes, it's hard not to wonder if the storyteller can talk about anything else.Read the full review

Delightful.Read the full review