Synopsis
A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist escalates into a lethal battle of wills.
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Cast
- Charlie HunnamGavin Nichols
- Liv TylerShana Harris
- Terrence HowardHollis Lucetti
- Patrick WilsonJoe Harris
- Jaqueline FlemingAngela Lucetti
- Mike PniewskiLt. Markowitz
- Jillian BathersonHarper
- Dean J. WestFrank
- Amber GaiennieNews Anchor
- Katia GomezSelena
Recommendations
- 60
Movieline
Getting a movie's setup right is one thing. But following through on an intriguing premise is the hard part, and that's where Matthew Chapman's The Ledge, a thriller that wrangles with intricate ideas about faith and religious extremism, goes splat. - 50
Observer
It eventually fails, not because of its philosophical ideas, but because it introduces so many of them at the same time that even a viewer with a score pad can't keep up. - 50
The A.V. Club
The Ledge is a sometimes-fascinating, often-aggravating chamber thriller that works best when it's doubling as an inquiry into faith. - 40
Boxoffice Magazine
Before The Ledge descends into third act melodrama, there are enough intriguing moments to make the viewer sense the better film this one wanted to be. A real shame that one didn't make it to the screen. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Charlie Hunnam and Terrence Howard put enough actors' oomph into these ledge mates to make them authentic characters even though the film fails to achieve anything like the same level of authenticity. - 40
Variety
There's a great deal of on-the-nose talk here about faith, rationality, sin and so forth. But Chapman's sincerity is undercut by the crudely melodramatic explanations of why his principals believe as they do. - 30
The New York Times
The Ledge, it should be noted, is not dumb. What undoes it is its mechanical structure: a stale dramatic formula of the sort taught in elementary playwriting classes. - 20
Village Voice
Even if The Ledge couldn't be written off as a hollow polemic, there's also the lifeless drama, laughable dialogue, chintzy sets, and poor lighting to grapple with.
