Synopsis
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.
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Cast
- Brendan MackeyJoe Simpson
- Nicholas AaronSimon Yates
- Ollie RyallRichard Hawking
- Joe SimpsonHimself
- Richard HawkingHimself
- Simon YatesHimself
Recommendations
- 90
The Hollywood Reporter
Factoring in Mike Eley's breathtakingly vivid photography and a virtuoso sound mix that completely envelops the viewer, it's enough to make you never again want to poke your head into the freezer. - 90
The New Yorker
Kevin Macdonald has a terrific tale on his hands, and his telling of it, very British in its matter-of-factness, can barely be faulted; yet the facts drop away, and it becomes impossible not to read the movie symbolically--as a journey to the center of the earth, or farther still. - 90
Variety
Uses first-person on-camera accounts of the adventure by Simpson and fellow climber Simon Yates to backdrop newly shot you-are-there footage that brings home the awesome and harrowing aspects of their feat. - 90
Washington Post
Tells a tale of fortitude that comes not from muscle but from the ineffable, bungee-like sinew that is the human spirit. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
The story itself is so powerful and troubling, the moral geometry so vertiginous, and the photography so big that anything other than the natural sounds of snowfall and footfall is a Flat Earth Society intrusion. - 83
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
It's a gripping outdoor adventure and the movies' most inspiring epic survival story in years. - 80
Village Voice
Unexpectedly bridges genres -- it's a buddy movie, a horror story, a boy's-own adventure, and a near metaphysical meditation on the limits of human endurance. - 70
The A.V. Club
At its heart, Touching The Void contends with the physical and spiritual dilemma of facing the unknown and overcoming paralyzing fear in order to emerge reborn on the other side. But the film's appeal is even more fundamental than that: It's just one of those stories that catches the breath, no matter how often it's told.
