Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary's monumental and historical ascent of Mt. Everest in 1953 - an event that stunned the world and defined a nation.
Considering the danger, spectacular setting and sheer derring-do of its subject matter, this is pretty leaden stuff. Disappointing.
This is genuinely inspirational stuff, and then some.
The film makes us admire him but there is little here of the excitement, pathos and despair that you find in the stories of climbers such as George Mallory and Joe Simpson.
Informative and absorbing if a little dry.
What feels like an authoritative but slightly stiff history.
Exciting history melted to nothing.
Imaginative retelling of the conquest of Everest in 1953 by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.
Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday May 23, 2014, until Thursday May 29, 2014. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee from Friday May 30, 2014, until Thursday June 5, 2014. More info: www.dca.org.uk