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To the Limit (2008)

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Reviews Counted:10

Fresh:7

Rotten:3

Average Rating:6.4/10

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 35 mins

Genre: Sports/Recreation

Theatrical Release:Jun 13, 2008 Limited

Synopsis: Thomas and Alexander Huber, risk takers in the extreme, rank as two of the best mountain climbers of our time. Now the two Huber brothers have set out to break the record in speed climbing at the... Thomas and Alexander Huber, risk takers in the extreme, rank as two of the best mountain climbers of our time. Now the two Huber brothers have set out to break the record in speed climbing at the wall of all walls, the 1,000 foot vertical “Nose” of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, California.

Featuring breathtaking footage of the mountains of Patagonia and Yosemite National Park, Academy Award® winner Pepe Danquart follows the Huber brothers to locations never before reached by a film crew. To the Limit is a portrait of two competitive brothers who go to the very edge of the possible, physically and psychologically. These brothers, who ordinarily live very different and separate lives, become like twins when they climb together, as they have since childhood, each driven to search for his own limits.

To the Limit completes a trilogy of sports films by Pepe Danquart, the other films being Home Match (2000, German film prize for Best Director) and Hell On Wheels (2004). --© First Run Features
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Starring: Thomas Huber, Alexander Huber

Starring: Thomas Huber, Alexander Huber

Director: Pepe Danquart

Director: Pepe Danquart
Producer: Kirsten Hager, Erich Lackner, Mirjam Quinte
Composer: Cristoph Israel, Dorian Cheah
Studio: First Run Features

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  • Thomas and Alexander Huber rank as two of the best mountain climbers ever. Now the brothers set out to break the record in speed climbing the 2,900 foot sheer cliff known as ‘The Nose' of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
  • Extreme sports don't come any more extreme than speed rock-climbing. In their attempt to set a world record, the Hubers compress a three-day ascent for regular climbers into less than three hours. Intensive practice and split-second timing are required, and one false step can bring fatal disaster.
  • Featuring breathtaking footage of the mountains of Patagonia and Yosemite National Park, Academy Award® winner Pepe Danquart (Hell on Wheels) follows the Huber brothers to locations never before reached by a film crew, capturing two competitive brothers who go to the very edge.
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    Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
    10/18/08
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    Director Pepe Danquart and his cinematographers give us lots of splendid mountainscapes, but more importantly, they put the cameras right there with the climbers; we see, up close, every strained muscle and grimace.

    Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
    08/08/08
    Walter V. Addiego
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    There could be more, but what is here is beautifully gripping.

    Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
    07/11/08
    Lisa Kennedy
    Lisa Kennedy
    Denver Post
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    In To the Limit, Thomas and Alexander Huber run up rocks the way some of us run up credit cards -- rapidly, fearlessly and with little regard for consequences.

    Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
    06/13/08
    Jeannette Catsoulis
    Jeannette Catsoulis
    New York Times
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    Many American sports documentaries tend to fall into a predictable inspirational rut, no matter how stunning the footage. Pepe Danquart's To the Limit from Germany looks great, but it's an altogether different animal.

    Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
    06/13/08
    Lou Lumenick
    Lou Lumenick
    New York Post
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    So nerve-racking is its death-defying rock climbing footage that To the Limit could have easily been renamed Vertigo without giving the master of suspense any postmortem unease.

    Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
    06/12/08
    Rob Humanick
    Rob Humanick
    Slant Magazine

    There is more to To The Limit than just pretty pictures. The movie is both a study in human endurance and a sketch of two men whose fraternal love sometimes curdles into disgust.

    Full Review Source: AV Club | comment Comment
    06/12/08
    Noel Murray
    Noel Murray
    AV Club

    The action shots are often breathtaking, but overbearing mood music, shaky-cam and other would-be enhancements leave you wishing To the Limit had escaped postproduction meddling.

    Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
    06/11/08
    Hank Shteamer
    Hank Shteamer
    Time Out New York

    It isn’t Danquart's fault that his subjects couldn’t match his documentary’s aims. But it is his fault that his film refuses to acknowledge it.

    Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
    06/06/08
    Amy Nicholson
    Amy Nicholson
    Boxoffice Magazine

    Danquart chose to omit all maps, charts, graphics and identifying captions, a decision that severely restricts To the Limit's appeal for non-aficionados.

    Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
    06/05/08
    Daniel Eagan
    Daniel Eagan
    Film Journal International

    Mountain-climbing undertaken with a manic sense of urgency.

    Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
    06/02/08
    Kam Williams
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