Review of Everest (2015) by Ydnar4 — 22 Jan 2016

I wanted to love Everest so badly but in the end I wound up just liking it. There's a pretty big cast in this movie some of which have bigger roles than others, but its a very well performed film. Jason Clarke is without a doubt the star of the film and he probably gives the best performance.

Josh Brolin was also very good. Then you have talent like Jake Gyllenhaal, Sam Worthington (who really impressed me) and Kiera Knightley. There is not a huge amount of development in the characters but Brolin and Clarke's characters do get a little which makes the second half of the film work a little better.

The film goes through a pretty big shift after about a hour and gets emotional, but not as emotional as it could've been. Then the ending is a bit of a bummer if you are not aware of this story. I did not and the ending was just slightly disappointing.