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07/18/08
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Man on Wire (2008)
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Reviews Counted: 15 Fresh: 15 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.1/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Synopsis: August 7, 1974--A young Frenchman named Philippe Petit steps out on a wire suspended 1,350 feet above ground between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. He dances on the wire with no safety net for almost an hour, crossing it eight times before he is arrested for what becomes known as “the... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
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1 - 15 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Not only does it have a remarkable resonance seven years after 9/11, but it's a cracking good story
07/02/08
A riveting portrait of the unusually obsessed, gifted, charismatic and downright gutsy Petit.
07/14/08
Acrophobics beware: just watching Philippe Petit walk across Twin Towers will make you dizzy.
07/02/08
A giddy dream, a suspenser, a harrowing surreal comedy of the possible--like Dog Day Afternoon told by Amelie.
07/02/08
Even if what the very idea of such a stunt gives you is a knot in your stomach rather than a lump in your throat, Man on Wire is pure delight.
06/24/08
Context is crucial for this stranger than fiction docu: It's impossiblle to watch Marsh's exciting chronicle of a unique adventure in the summer of 1974 without thinking of 9/11 and its aftermath.
06/21/08
No amount of description can transmit the passion and joy in this wonderful picture, assisted by a lyrical musical score by composer Michael Myman. See this movie.
06/14/08
In a city synonymous with hustle and bustle, the image of a stony-faced Frenchman gracefully dancing across a wire suspended between the Twin Towers, with no safety net or harness, is an overwhelmingly beauteous juxtaposition.
05/05/08
A great example of truth being better than fiction---a combination of "Mission Impossible", Billy Wilder's "Spirit of St. Louis" and Charlie Chaplin's "Modern Times."
05/03/08
A surprisingly entertaining, poignant documentary about the most notorious high-wire walk ever.
05/02/08
Top Critic
Man on Wire is thrilling in a way few documentaries about such a light subject ever get to be.
04/27/08
Exhilarating... a crowd-pleaser in such witty, poetic ways that even an art-house curmudgeon couldn't deny its tidy vigor.
04/26/08
James Marsh's Man on Wire erupts onscreen as one of the most wildly entertaining docs of recent years.
01/28/08
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