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Free Solo (12A)

Documentary

Documentary about rock climber Alex Honnold and his plans to scale Yosemite's El Capitan Wall without a safety rope.


The critical consensus

Insightful and exhilarating documentary following rock climber Alex Honnold.

****(*)Nikki Baughan, The List, 10/12/2018

A geological love letter to manspreading.

Aimee Knight, Little White Lies, 12/12/2018

This is daring, dangerous and dizzying stuff, the story of a one man simultaneously in competition and cooperation with nature. Meet Tom Cruise’s hero, probably.

****(*)Helen O'Hara, Empire Online, 13/12/2018

A daredevil with a samurai’s intensity, Alex Honnold scales a vertiginous cliff without ropes in this visually staggering documentary.

****(*)Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 13/12/2018


Features about Free Solo (12A)

Alex Honnold, free climber: 'There are many places where you can fall to you death'.

Killian Fox, The Guardian, 26/01/2019

Human spirit clubs to another level in Free Solo

Geoff Dyer, The Guardian, 22/02/2019

'It's sort of the extreme': Free Solo's Alex Honnold on rock-climbing without ropes.

Sam Wollaston, The Guardian, 26/02/2019

Where and when?

Cameo, Edinburgh from Friday December 14, 2018, until Wednesday January 3, 2018. More info: http://www.picturehouses.co.uk/

Glasgow Film Theatre, Glasgow from Monday December 24, 2018, until Friday December 28, 2018. More info: http://www.glasgowfilm.org/theatre/

Edinburgh Filmhouse, Edinburgh from Friday December 28, 2018, until Tuesday January 1, 2019. More info: www.filmhousecinema.com

General release. Check local listings for show times.

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