First time director Sam Miller drenches the whole thing with excessive helicopter shots, swirling crane shots, and thundering music, ruining the whole experience.
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05/26/06
Among Giants (1998)
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Reviews Counted:19
Fresh:11
Rotten:8
Average Rating:5.5/10
Synopsis: A high-wire electrical tower painter is hired to do an illegal and dangerous job. While organizing a team to help him finish the task on time, he hires a visiting female climber to help out. As the... [More]
Starring: Rachel Griffiths, James Thornton, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Sam Miller
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Offers a few new twists on the theme that love always changes everything and, for that reason, is both exhilarating and scary. Email This Review
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There is little Griffiths or Postlethwaite can do to fill out Beaufoy's underwritten, uninvolving script.
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The director transcends the pitfalls of sentimentality that beleaguer so many earnest blue-collar movies these days.
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Among Giants’ blah story of love among the high tension wires is a limp disappointment of voltages dashed.
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