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Meru

2015

Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi

Documentary, Self: Jon Krakauer, Jimmy Chin, Renan Ozturk ...

7.2

1,730

Documentary Three elite climbers struggle to find their way through obsession and loss as they attempt to climb Mount Meru, one of the most coveted prizes in the high stakes game of Himalayan big wall climbing.

	Author	Review
United States	Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"Blindingly beautiful and meticulously assembled (...) 'Meru' easily makes you forget that what you are watching is completely bananas"	POS
United States	Neil Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Immaculately mounted crowdpleaser peaks with a breathtaking denouement"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"[The] story is undeniably interesting. However, and this is the tricky part about reviewing documentaries, the movie about that story is flawed (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Dennis Harvey Variety	"Harrowing and ultimately moving (...) There’s no lack of high drama here (...) One of the best sports documentaries of its type in recent years"	POS
United Kingdom	Henry Barnes The Guardian	"[There’s something] that’s likely to appeal to the extreme sports market and leave the rest of us stranded (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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