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The Summit
2013 1h 35m R
Documentary
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Adventure
6.8
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The story of the deadliest day on the world's most dangerous mountain, when 11 climbers mysteriously perished on K2.
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Directed By
Nick Ryan
Written By
Mark Monroe
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The Summit Reviews
Boston Globe
Tom Russo
First-time director Nick Ryan isn't entirely up to the challenge in "The Summit," but he does deliver some dramatic and visual highs in the attempt.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
At once repetitive and puzzling. There is a lot of finger-pointing. Assertions are made, theories offered, but not much in the way of certainty.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
It's frustrating not to know exactly what occurred when, how and to whom. Of course, some of this is due to the fact that nobody really knows everything that happened, except, as someone notes, the mountain itself.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
"The Summit" is an impressive achievement, but there's a good reason to ask whether cameras are turning the planet into a playground for the reckless rich: because it's there.
Arizona Republic
Randy Cordova
A film that feels curiously hollow.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
Nick Ryan's documentary The Summit pieces together the fateful expedition utilizing newsreel footage, new and old interviews with the climbers and their associates, and, regrettably, re-enactments.
Orange County Register
Michael Sragow
Remarkably, The Summit achieves some of the same dizzying impact as Gravity -- by philosophical and psychological means, rather than special effects.
Detroit News
Tom Long
You have a tangled story being told by director Nick Ryan and writer Mark Monroe in a somewhat tangled way. The result isn't as much confusing as it is distracting.
New York Times
Neil Genzlinger
A pulse-pounding success.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
Director Nick Ryan mixes in re-creations and actual footage to tell of an ill-fated climb involving an international group of established mountaineers.
AV Club
Nick Schager
Director Nick Ryan dramatizes this horrific tale through a variety of hindsight interviews from survivors and the dead's loved ones, footage shot by the climbers during their mission, and staged recreations ...
Seattle Times
Soren Andersen
At once visually impressive and narratively unfocused.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
A complex and gut-clenching human drama that has the great advantage of all being true.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
It still works as a cautionary tale of man vs. nature hubris, but the endgame finger-pointing among survivors, their families, and one amazing Nepalese sherpa leaves the viewer frustrated.
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
There's something unsettling about a real-life tragedy presented as an action film; that the filmmakers never acknowledge this is more unsettling yet.
Suburban Journals of St. Louis
Mathew DeKinder
'The Summit' is at its best when it tries to get to the bottom of what went wrong up on that mountain, which leads to exploring what sent these people up there in the first place.
Village Voice
Chuck Wilson
It's a noble effort, but by wading into the murky waters of who acted heroically, and who, perhaps, did not, Ryan loses touch with the mountain itself ...
East Bay Express
Kelly Vance
The seriousness of the climbers' predicaments overshadows practically every quibble with the story.
Hollywood Reporter
Duane Byrge
A gripping, cliffhanger document of a deadly trek up the most dangerous mountain on earth where 11 climbers lost their lives.
Reeling Reviews
Laura Clifford
recounts a harrowing tale of endurance, heroism, majesty and human psychology, but for a sport defined by slow, steady progress, Nick Ryan simply jumps around too much.
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