30
The New York Times by A.O. Scott
A shallow yet empty action extravaganza.
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What are critics saying?
40
Wants to be a dizzy, precarious thrill ride. Glenn provides the only gravity that doesn't seem dull, literal and earthbound.
38
Avalanches are nothing compared to the deadening touch of the stereotyping and audience-insulting simplicities in the scenic but brain-dead Vertical Limit.
75
Charlotte Observer by Lawrence Toppman
Vertical Limit is like riding a roller coaster for two hours. First it's frighteningly exciting. Then it's mind-numbing
20
Austin Chronicle by Marc Savlov
It's a huge, bloated, hulking movie.
40
Village Voice by Michael Atkinson
Vertical Limit's real problem is its digitized sheen. Every shot seems to have been CGI-enhanced, so the movie has an overpasteurized, Velveeta-like glow -- processed movie food.
63
Chicago Tribune by Michael Wilmington
If you were forced to judge it simply on its action-movie visual and technical elements, you'd have to count it a roaring success... . But if you lay aside that action and watch the people instead, it's a morass of dimwitted family crises and hack action-movie cliches.
80
Rolling Stone by Peter Travers
Pulls off thrilling stunts that will leave you a sweaty-palmed mess. It's top-tier movie escapism.
40
So wound up in its own bungee cords, it leaves itself hopelessly tied in knots.
75
Chicago Sun-Times by Roger Ebert
Strong performances, particularly by Glenn as the hard-bitten climber with a private agenda, Vertical Limit delivers.