In 1974, high-wire artist Philippe Petit recruits a team of people to help him realize his dream: to walk the the immense void between the World Trade Center towers.
Robert Zemeckis’s 3D take on Philippe Petit’s tightrope walk between the twin towers takes truth and turns it into a cartoon.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays high-wire walker Philippe Petit in a romanticised biopic.
If you see it, best to see it big to appreciate the technical wizardry.
A patchy biopic that only thrills when Gordon-Levitt finally steps out onto the wire. Still, for all the 3D showboating, it’s a touching tribute to the Twin Towers.
Heartfelt and entertaining dramatised version of Philippe Petit’s amazing 1974 wire walk between the twin towers does a decent job of making palms sweat.
View to a thrill makes up for a few stumbles.
If you see it, best to see it big to appreciate the technical wizardry.
If you suffer from vertigo these scenes are utterly terrifying but they also take the breath away and ensure that The Walk is an experience you will never forget.
Jaw-dropping.
Robert Zemeckis’s brings his technical brilliance to this vertigo-inducing tale of high-wire artist Philippe Petit.
It’s extremely antic for the most part, covering a lack of real story with a lot of distracting quirk. Yet when Petit’s foot slips out onto a wire thousands of metres from the ground, it’s quietly mesmerising.
It’s worth it for those final, stomach-lurching 45 minutes when Petit becomes man on wire once again.
'If you hate heights, you won't be comfortable watching': Robert Zemeckis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on high-wire drama The Walk
Robert Zebecks talks The Walk as New York Film Festival opens
General release. Check local listings for show times.
RSS feed of Cinema reviews