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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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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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly Sep 7, 2011 B+

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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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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid Jun 27, 2008

A pretty routine B-type action movie with some nice touches.

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Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily Jan 25, 2006 4/4

A riveting story of survival, and the most rousing and gripping outdoor adventure since the original Jaws. One of 1997's very best films.

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Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Jan 8, 2005 C+

...not a terrifically memorable piece of filmmaking.

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Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews Feb 2, 2004 6/10

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Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Jan 21, 2004 C

Unsuccessfully mixes melodrama with action/adventure and satire.

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Jim Shelby Palo Alto Weekly May 20, 2003 1/4

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Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope Mar 16, 2003 2/4

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John R. McEwen Film Quips Online Feb 8, 2003 3.5/5

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James Rocchi Netflix Nov 7, 2002 4/5

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Christopher Smith Bangor Daily News (Maine) Oct 11, 2002 2/5

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Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com Jul 27, 2002 3/5

Mamets and Baldwins and bears. Oh my!

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James Sanford James Sanford on Film Jun 23, 2002

A few scattered profanities, a couple of gory accidents and a subplot about suspected adultery are all that separates this story from the grade-school classic "My Side of the Mountain."

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Kim Williamson Boxoffice Magazine Jun 5, 2002 3/5

The Edge, more of a drama than the action/thriller it's being billed as, exhibits a restrained literateness that's quite effective.

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Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Feb 28, 2002

A wilderness struggle that will take you to some deep emotional places.

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