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02/27/01
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... [More]
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, Harold Perrineau
Director: Lee Tamahori
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Reviews for The Edge
...The Edge's fusion of Mametspeak with a true life adventure remains brawny entertainment, even it it is difficult to take as seriously as the filmmakers intend.
02/14/01
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01/01/00
Hopkins and Baldwin turn in smoldering performances, but this is definitely not top-shelf Mamet...
01/01/00
What lets the movie down, surprisingly enough, is its David Mamet script which promises high tension and emotional confrontation bolted to quality action.
01/01/00
It takes more than a few lines of clever dialogue, a hero who reads books, and an actor with British training and lots of dignity to keep a movie from going pretty much by the book.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
...a solid man-against-nature tale...
01/01/00
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01/01/00
...the project resonates because of the talent of its stars...
01/01/00
I laughed frequently, but the problem is that I'm not sure the director intended there to be as much humor in his film as I uncovered.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
The Edge succeeds ably in blending his famously acerbic dialogue with nerve-racking adventure scenes.
01/01/00
Top CriticBut it's too predictable by half, and Mamet's profundities have more volume than mass.
01/01/00
Top CriticMamet's somewhat original script almost succeeds in breathing new life into the genre ... before making a fatal miscalculation in plotting toward the end.
01/01/00
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01/01/00
...even less intelligent than your average action flick.
01/01/00
With its stripped-down emphasis on surviving the elements and a natural predator, The Edge generates more suspense than many a fabricated action thriller.
01/01/00
Not a great movie by any stretch, but hugely entertaining nonetheless.
01/01/00
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Latest News for The Edge
February 02, 2006:
Director Lee Tamahori Charged With Solicitation
According to celeb-watching site TMZ.com, New Zealand-born director Lee Tamahori was arrested January 8 in Hollywood for solicitation of an undercover cop; furthermore, the... More...
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