82
Metascore
13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenAwe-inspiring visuals and equally stirring orchestrations combine to fittingly majestic effect in Mountain, a unique portrait of mankind's enduring fascination with the world's most formidable summits.
- 90Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternAn impressive and self-impressed documentary by Jennifer Peedom, has some of the best speck shots you could imagine—not spec as in speculation, though the film offers plenty of that on the subject of why human beings choose to climb tall peaks, but speck as in the size of a human seen against a stupendous alpine landscape.
- 88RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaRogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaThis vertiginous valentine to high-altitude sport attempts to portray, in the most poetic of terms, why mankind feels the need to defy gravity by painstakingly clawing its way into the upper reaches of the atmosphere while risking life and limb.
- 80Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThe relationship between image and music, here, proves more rich and rewarding than the movies generally offer today, as one is not clearly subordinate to the other.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawThe pictures are remarkable. It’s something to seek out on the big screen.
- 80Total FilmTom DawsonTotal FilmTom DawsonTracing how the world’s peaks came to be viewed as playgrounds, it needs to be seen on the big screen for its vertiginous images of high-altitude adventurers.
- Despite its glorification of thrill-seeking, the message that runs through Mountain like rivulets over rocks is that our highest peaks are places to be revered and respected.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterHarry WindsorThe Hollywood ReporterHarry WindsorThe result is one of the most visceral essay films ever made, with Peedom and her Sherpa altitude cinematographer Renan Ozturk unfurling a series of glistening images that should be seen only on the biggest of big screens.
- The doc drags a bit by the end, but the film's message is sent: "Man's wish to be first induces forms of insanity."
- 70The New York TimesKen JaworowskiThe New York TimesKen JaworowskiFor those terrified of heights, Mountain will be a nonstop nightmare. Yet big scares are a small price for the awe-inspiring footage you’ll see. As for what you’ll hear, that takes a little explaining.