Fresh
...The Edge's fusion of Mametspeak with a true life adventure remains brawny entertainment, even it it is difficult to take as seriously as the filmmakers intend.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
The Edge
They were fighting over a woman when the plane went down. Now, their only chance for survival is each other.
1997 · 1h 57m · R
Action, Adventure, Drama
Directed by
Lee Tamahori
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The Edge
Overview
The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert and assistant Stephen, Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles suspects is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.
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Top critics, in their words
64%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It's subtly funny in the way it toys with the cliches of the genre.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Rotten
...The Edge is not only half-baked, warmed-over Hemingway.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
The Edge succeeds ably in blending his famously acerbic dialogue with nerve-racking adventure scenes.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Rotten
But it's too predictable by half, and Mamet's profundities have more volume than mass.
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle
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