Synopsis
Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the impossible.
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Cast
- Conrad AnkerHimself
- Jimmy ChinHimself
- Renan ÖztürkHimself
- Jon KrakauerHimself
- Jenni Lowe-AnkerHerself
- Amee HinkleyHerself
- Grace ChinHerself
- Jeremy JonesHimself
Recommendations
- 100
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Meru is a packed 90 minutes. And I guess it is inspiring, in the sense that if human beings can endure this kind of risk and punishment, they could colonize Mars or breed a super-race to carry our species to the ends of the galaxy. All the familiar critical adjectives (harrowing, etc.) sound especially lame in this context. The movie is sick. - 88
Chicago Sun-Times
The climbing sequences, the storms, the drama of broken equipment and nearly broken men — all great stuff, made even more compelling because the film does a wonderful job of letting us get to know and like each of the three adventurers. - 80
The New York Times
Blindingly beautiful and meticulously assembled by the award-winning editor Bob Eisenhardt, Meru easily makes you forget that what you are watching is completely bananas. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Though the Meru climbing and outdoor footage is spectacular, it is the personal struggle of each of the climbers, and the candid way they talk about them on camera, that give this film its considerable impact. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
Meru the film, then, might be the anti-Everest. There are no expensive special effects, but there is a lot of authentic climbing footage. - 75
Boston Globe
Much of Meru is about that second attempt, filmed with such grandeur and intimacy that sometimes attempting to figure out how they made the incredible shots almost spoils them. - 67
The A.V. Club
How one responds to Meru will largely depend on whether its three subjects come across as heroically courageous or suicidally reckless. - 63
RogerEbert.com
It’s a story that speaks for itself, and so the emphasis on talking heads explaining it to us is dispiriting.
