For at least the duration of the 25-minute wire sequence, The Walk is a breathless, exhilarating moviegoing experience. It's just not much of a movie.
– Alex Pappademas,
Grantland,
2 Oct 2015
fresh:
The walk itself is the film's central, and only, real achievement, but it's a doozy.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
2 Oct 2015
fresh:
It's two-thirds of a great film but the slow start and unremarkable first hour hold it back. Still, for those who buy into the precept that "good things are worth waiting for," The Walk unquestionably delivers.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
5 Oct 2015
rotten:
Zemeckis's failing is his inattention to every other detail, but The Walk undeniably exists for its climax: one stunt it does manage to pull off flawlessly.
– David Sims,
The Atlantic,
14 Oct 2015
fresh:
The Walk turns what is a relatively straightforward act - albeit a scarily placed one - into something stunning by restoring a sense of physicality to what's happening onscreen.