Fresh
It's all rendered in 3D, with the archival footage reformatted; you'll feel the Everest chill and gape at the astonishing vistas.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Overview
A 3D feature film about Sir Edmund Hillary's monumental and historical ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 - an event that stunned the world and defined a nation.
Director and cast
- Leanne Pooley Director
- Chad Moffitt as Edmund Hillary
- Erroll Shand as Charles Evans
- Lhakpa Sonam Sherpa as Tenzing Norgay
- John Wraight as John Hunt
- Joshua Rutter as George Lowe
- Dan Musgrove as Tom Bourdillon
- Phurenje Tshering as Ang Nyima
- Jimmy Kunsang as Pemba
- Edmund Hillary as Self (archive footage)
- Tenzing Norgay as Self (archive footage)
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
71%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Recalled in the somewhat breathless History Channel-style voice-overs of the participants and their families, the journey was a triumph of guts, perseverance, endurance, ingenuity and teamwork.
Ella Taylor, NPR
Fresh
This absorbing account of the first recorded summit of the world's highest mountain is a rare documentary for which re-enactments make complete sense.
Ben Kenigsberg, New York Times
Rotten
Though impressively shot, the doc is a weak advertisement for 3-D.
Graham Fuller, New York Daily News
Rotten
Like a mountaineer grappling on sheet ice, the film's focus on performance can result in a loss of footing.
Diana Clarke, Village Voice
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