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The Bridge (2006)

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Reviews Counted:55

Fresh:37

Rotten:18

Average Rating:6.3/10

Consensus: Tactlessly morbid or remarkably sensitive? Deeply disturbing or viscerally fascinating? Critics are divided on Eric Steele’s unique documentary on the Golden Gate Bridge, wonder of the modern world and notorious suicide destination.

Rated: 18

Runtime: 1 hr 34 mins

Genre: Education/General Interest

Theatrical Release:16-02-2007

Synopsis: Shot over an entire year in 2004, THE BRIDGE is a startling documentary about San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and the people who go there to end their lives. Director Eric Steel and his crew... Shot over an entire year in 2004, THE BRIDGE is a startling documentary about San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge and the people who go there to end their lives. Director Eric Steel and his crew managed to dissuade some of the tortured souls who peered into the abyss during filming, but also saw plenty of people who did end their lives; they also talk to some of the family members who lost people that year. [More]

Director: Eric Steel

Director: Eric Steel
Studio: IFC Films

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There are harrowing moments: who could not be moved by a parent talking about a son’s suicide? But you do not leave the cinema with a better understanding of suicide.

Full Review Source: Sunday Times (UK) | comment Comment
02/19/07
Cosmo Landesman
Cosmo Landesman
Sunday Times (UK)

It’s gripping viewing but you feel like a voyeur of somebody else’s pain. After a while you may feel that you’re watching a particularly scenic snuff film.

Full Review Source: Times [UK] | comment Comment
02/16/07
Times [UK]
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This will get flack for being a “snuff” film – but the real tragedy is how suicide is often hidden away. This film brings it out in the open.

Full Review Source: thelondonpaper | comment Comment
02/16/07
Stuart McGurk
Stuart McGurk
thelondonpaper

This could be the most morally loathsome film ever made.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment 1 Comment
02/16/07
Andrew Pulver
Andrew Pulver
Guardian [UK]
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The filmmakers' methods are questionable, but the power of the resulting documentary and the importance of the issues it raises are not.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
02/16/07
Sam Jordison
Sam Jordison
Channel 4 Film
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despite the shocking, up-close look, we're no closer to a real understanding of the terrible urge to end it all.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
02/16/07
David Mattin
David Mattin
BBC
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This fascinating, sensitive documentary is an extraordinary film that is both thought-provoking and deeply moving, although it contains images that some viewers may find upsetting.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
02/15/07
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

The whole thing invokes the bodies falling from that other architectural icon on 9/11 – but it’s not clear what is achieved beyond disturbance.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/14/07
Ben Walters
Ben Walters
Time Out
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Recommended, if sobering viewing.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
02/14/07
Tom Dawson
Tom Dawson
Total Film

If harrowing footage of deeply disturbed people contemplating a hideous suicide cross-cut with interviews with grieving loved ones who often blame themselves for failing to prevent the tragedy strike you as art - help yourself.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
02/14/07
Patrick Peters
Patrick Peters
Empire Magazine
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None of the insights justifies the queasiness of the project

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/28/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

You will never look fondly at the Golden Gate Bridge again after seeing this disturbing documentary by a filmmaker ignorant of the volatile narrative water that he dishonors.

Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com | comment Comment
04/24/09
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
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Full Review Source: Orlando Weekly | comment Comment
10/18/08
Jason Ferguson
Jason Ferguson
Orlando Weekly

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Jonathan Kiefer
Jonathan Kiefer
Sacramento News & Review

Little more than a snuff film clumsily dressed up as an art house flick.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/14/07
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

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Full Review Source: Big Picture Big Sound | comment Comment
07/14/07
Joe Lozito
Joe Lozito
Big Picture Big Sound

Tales are dramatic; the interviewees poignant, and the images -- often following bodies all the way down to the water -- are startling and discomfiting.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
05/09/07
Dennis Harvey
Dennis Harvey
Variety
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Two dozen souls, linked by suicide as a seductive, and very visible alternative to unrelenting torment and suffering.

Full Review Source: EURWeb | comment Comment
05/04/07
Kam Williams
Kam Williams
EURWeb

The Bridge avoids reducing its subjects to types, and if the portraits painted are often recognizable -- the person who talks so much about suicide that those around him fail to take him seriously -- they are not repetitive.

Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | comment Comment
03/08/07
Terry Lawson
Terry Lawson
Detroit Free Press

While these interviews are affecting, and the movie talks about suicide in a refreshingly straightforward manner, it's the images of these actual deaths that induce horrified gasps.

Full Review Source: Oregonian | comment Comment
02/16/07
Marc Mohan
Marc Mohan
Oregonian
 
 
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