The Wildest Dream 2010

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: You may not believe it's possible to bore people to death with a film about risking your life, but The Wildest Dream comes shockingly close. Read more

Eric Hynes, Time Out: There's inherent drama in watching a person amble up a mountain, but it's an act of bad faith to oversell a stunt. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: There's plenty of suspense in The Wildest Dream, along with some breathtaking photography... Read more

Tasha Robinson, AV Club: A study in gilding the lily, and talking down to an audience that shouldn't need this much overstatement. Read more

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Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader: In tandem with this bang-up adventure runs Mallory's fascinating life story. Read more

Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: It's all a bit hokey, though the mountaineering footage is often spectacular. Read more

Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: An unabashedly romanticized docudrama. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Though Anker's personal story turns out to be of considerable interest, it is Mallory's that is the most compelling and stays with us longest. Read more

Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer: Takes audiences on an awe-inspiring, nail-biting climb toward the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. Read more

Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle: It's about a love triangle -- unusual because the home-wrecking third party is the largest mountain in the world. Read more

Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Anker's story is remarkable. Read more

Brian Miller, Village Voice: Everest looks suitably majestic in this IMAX documentary, though five different expeditions on the peak are awkwardly cobbled into one dubious narrative. Read more

Stephanie Merry, Washington Post: The movie excels not in the plentiful shots of Everest's majesty, but in its nuanced depiction of Mallory through interviews, archival footage and letters. Read more