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The Edge (1997)

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Reviews Counted: 43

Fresh: 24

Rotten:19

Average Rating: 6.3/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: An aging billionaire (Hopkins) and a fashion photographer (Baldwin) having an affair with the rich man's wife must struggle against the elements--including a man-eating bear--after their plane goes... An aging billionaire (Hopkins) and a fashion photographer (Baldwin) having an affair with the rich man's wife must struggle against the elements--including a man-eating bear--after their plane goes down in the Alaskan wild. An unusually dense and cerebral wilderness thriller, penned by literatus David Mamet and helmed by Tamahori (ONCE WERE WARRIORS). [More]

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, Harold Perrineau

Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, Harold Perrineau, L.Q. Jones, Kathleen Wilhoite

Director: Lee Tamahori

Director: Lee Tamahori
Composer: Jerry Goldsmith
Producer: Art Linson

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May 25, 1999

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Jeffrey M. Anderson
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01/26/06
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A riveting story of survival, and the most rousing and gripping outdoor adventure since the original Jaws. One of 1997's very best films.

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01/25/06
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

...not a terrifically memorable piece of filmmaking.

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01/08/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Bart the bear steals the show!

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01/01/05
Staci Layne Wilson
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02/02/04
Dragan Antulov
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Unsuccessfully mixes melodrama with action/adventure and satire.

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01/21/04
Dennis Schwartz
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10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
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10/11/02
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

Mamets and Baldwins and bears. Oh my!

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07/27/02
Scott Weinberg
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07/12/02
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A few scattered profanities, a couple of gory accidents and a subplot about suspected adultery are all that separates this story from the grade-school classic "My Side of the Mountain."

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06/23/02
James Sanford
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The Edge, more of a drama than the action/thriller it's being billed as, exhibits a restrained literateness that's quite effective.

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06/05/02
Kim Williamson
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A wilderness struggle that will take you to some deep emotional places.

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02/28/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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