Touching the Void Critic Reviews
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The most harrowing movie about mountain climbing I have seen, or can imagine.Read the full review
An absolutely thrilling recreation, in documentary style, of a now-legendary story.Read the full review
Uses first-person on-camera accounts of the adventure by Simpson and fellow climber Simon Yates to backdrop newly shot you-are-there footage that brings home the awesome and harrowing aspects of their feat.Read the full review
Tells a tale of fortitude that comes not from muscle but from the ineffable, bungee-like sinew that is the human spirit. Read the full review
Factoring in Mike Eley's breathtakingly vivid photography and a virtuoso sound mix that completely envelops the viewer, it's enough to make you never again want to poke your head into the freezer. Read the full review
As sagas of endurance in the face of ridiculous odds go, this story is up there with Shackleton and ''Into Thin Air.'' Read the full review
Truth, they say, is stranger than fiction… and also potentially more nail-biting and harder to believe. Touching the Void is an extreme example of this.Read the full review
The story itself is so powerful and troubling, the moral geometry so vertiginous, and the photography so big that anything other than the natural sounds of snowfall and footfall is a Flat Earth Society intrusion.Read the full review
Real acting replaces re-enacting, and amazing cinematography pits the limits of human will against the unruliness of nature. Read the full review
At its heart, Touching The Void contends with the physical and spiritual dilemma of facing the unknown and overcoming paralyzing fear in order to emerge reborn on the other side. But the film's appeal is even more fundamental than that: It's just one of those stories that catches the breath, no matter how often it's told.Read the full review
