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The Edge (1997)

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Reviews Counted:43

Fresh:24

Rotten:19

Average Rating:6.3/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: An aging billionaire (Hopkins) and a fashion photographer (Baldwin) having an affair with the rich man's wife must struggle against the elements--including a man-eating bear--after their plane goes... An aging billionaire (Hopkins) and a fashion photographer (Baldwin) having an affair with the rich man's wife must struggle against the elements--including a man-eating bear--after their plane goes down in the Alaskan wild. An unusually dense and cerebral wilderness thriller, penned by literatus David Mamet and helmed by Tamahori (ONCE WERE WARRIORS). [More]

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, Harold Perrineau

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, Harold Perrineau, L.Q. Jones, Kathleen Wilhoite

Director: Lee Tamahori

Director: Lee Tamahori
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Producer: Art Linson

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01/26/06
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What lets the movie down, surprisingly enough, is its David Mamet script which promises high tension and emotional confrontation bolted to quality action.

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01/01/00
Adam Smith
Adam Smith
Empire Magazine
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A riveting story of survival, and the most rousing and gripping outdoor adventure since the original Jaws. One of 1997's very best films.

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01/25/06
Chuck O'Leary
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Fantastica Daily
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01/01/00
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Hopkins and Baldwin turn in smoldering performances, but this is definitely not top-shelf Mamet...

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07/12/02
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It takes more than a few lines of clever dialogue, a hero who reads books, and an actor with British training and lots of dignity to keep a movie from going pretty much by the book.

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01/01/00
Barbara Shulgasser
Barbara Shulgasser
San Francisco Examiner

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10/11/02
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Unsuccessfully mixes melodrama with action/adventure and satire.

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01/21/04
Dennis Schwartz
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Diane Selkirk
Diane Selkirk
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Dragan Antulov
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05/22/03
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

A wilderness struggle that will take you to some deep emotional places.

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02/28/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

...a solid man-against-nature tale...

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Gary Kamiya
Gary Kamiya
Salon.com
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Harvey S. Karten
Harvey S. Karten
Compuserve

...the project resonates because of the talent of its stars...

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01/01/00
Jack Garner
Jack Garner
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle

I laughed frequently, but the problem is that I'm not sure the director intended there to be as much humor in his film as I uncovered.

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James Berardinelli
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02/27/01
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11/07/02
James Rocchi
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February 02, 2006: Director Lee Tamahori Charged With Solicitation
According to celeb-watching site TMZ.com, New Zealand-born director Lee Tamahori was arrested January 8 in Hollywood for solicitation of an undercover cop; furthermore, the... More...

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