The Edge

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The Edge

R,

1997,

1h 57m,

Adventure/

Mystery & Thriller/

Drama

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The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins) crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert Green (Alec Baldwin) and assistant Stephen (Harold Perrineau), Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles has reason to believe is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.

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Critics Consensus

The Edge is an entertaining hybrid of brainy Mamet dialogue with brawny outdoors action -- albeit one that sadly lacks as much bite as its furry antagonist.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

Feb 27, 2018

The Edge, for all its hokiness, makes it real. When Hopkins comes down from the mountain, I believed he was looking at the world with new eyes.

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Jason Bailey

Vice

Oct 7, 2017

It's not hard to read Charles' journey in 'The Edge' as analogous to its author's: the library-dwelling intellectual using his wits to brave rougher elements.

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Kenneth Turan

Los Angeles Times

Feb 14, 2001

4/5

...The Edge's fusion of Mametspeak with a true life adventure remains brawny entertainment, even it it is difficult to take as seriously as the filmmakers intend.

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Dan DiNicola

The Daily Gazette (Schenectady, NY)

Jan 10, 2023

C+

It's likely moviegoers will remember a bear more than the limp dialogue -- that is stale David Mamet.

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Ed Travis

Hollywood Jesus

Apr 10, 2020

I really enjoy this unique character that Hopkins created in The Edge, and I feel he owns the movie.

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Peter Canavese

Groucho Reviews

May 31, 2010

3/4

Mamet has always been concerned with primal masculinity...The test of these men is twofold: can they survive the wilderness, and can they survive each other? [Blu-ray]

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Kylo P

Mar 3, 2019

An "Edge" of your seat Action Adventure. Excellent performances from Anthony Hopkins and Alec Baldwin

Poe G

Jan 28, 2019

Satisfying combination of David Mamet and the action/survival genre. Good stuff.

Finn P

Jan 6, 2019

An entertaining movie but i would have enjoyed it more if Alce Baldwin had been eaten by the bear.

Nov 1, 2018

Don't let any of the pretentious critics and even a good portion of the overweening lay audience deter you from this film. The reason it is not constituted as one of the most critically acclaimed masterpieces of the last century is because it represents a white billionaire in a kinder light than the majority of films which generally portrays them as something akin to a capitalist hitler. It is a wonderful film criminally underrated and will simply awe you with the gravity and truth it aspires to illuminate. Which is that poverty does not inherently entail virtue and that wealth does not necessarily imbue the prosperous with vice. Occasionally, the the rich man is also the good man.

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Sep 1, 2018

One of my favorite movies! It's got it all!

Albus S

Jul 22, 2018

ÉG og Rebba horfðum saman uppí rúmi á kósý laugardegi

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Lee Tamahori

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Anthony Hopkins

Charles Morse

Alec Baldwin

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Elle Macpherson

Mickey Morse

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Synopsis

The plane carrying wealthy Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins) crashes down in the Alaskan wilderness. Together with the two other passengers, photographer Robert Green (Alec Baldwin) and assistant Stephen (Harold Perrineau), Charles devises a plan to help them reach civilization. However, his biggest obstacle might not be the elements, or even the Kodiak bear stalking them -- it could be Robert, whom Charles has reason to believe is having an affair with his wife and would not mind seeing him dead.

Director: Lee Tamahori
Producer: Art Linson
Screenwriter: David Mamet
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Art Linson Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Adventure, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 26, 1997, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $27.8M
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: Surround, DTS, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: 35mm, Scope (2.35:1)

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