Possibly the most suspense-charged mountain-climbing movie ever made.Read Full Review »
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ROLLING STONE: Peter Travers
Pulls off thrilling stunts that will leave you a sweaty-palmed mess. It's top-tier movie escapism.Read Full Review »
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CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
Strong performances, particularly by Glenn as the hard-bitten climber with a private agenda, Vertical Limit delivers.Read Full Review »
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Vertical Limit, despite its weaknesses, finds the right director in Martin Campbell to energize this high-altitude thriller.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Owen Gleiberman
By laying on disasters with a trowel, misses the chance to sweep us up into a more elegant fantasy of primitive mountaintop terror.Read Full Review »
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USA Today: Andy Seiler
The action scenes in Vertical Limit take cliffhanging to the highest peaks of excitement. It's a shame the story keeps dragging us down to sea level.Read Full Review »
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NewsWeek: David Ansen
There is one reason, and only one, for anyone to check out Vertical Limit. The hanging-by-a-fingernail mountain-climbing sequences are spectacular.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Charles Taylor
Wants to be a dizzy, precarious thrill ride. Glenn provides the only gravity that doesn't seem dull, literal and earthbound.Read Full Review »
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Village Voice: Michael Atkinson
Vertical Limit's real problem is its digitized sheen. Every shot seems to have been CGI-enhanced, so the movie has an overpasteurized, Velveeta-like glow -- processed movie food.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Jay Carr
Avalanches are nothing compared to the deadening touch of the stereotyping and audience-insulting simplicities in the scenic but brain-dead Vertical Limit.Read Full Review »
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