Review of The Walk (2015) by Dylan D — 30 Dec 2015
Who can say whether Philippe Petit's story would have been made into a film were it not for the events that transpired on 9/11. But that day did happen, and for all that's followed The Walk is, at least cinematically, perhaps the most important.
The film is a triumph. While it's a bit slow out of the gate, that sluggishness becomes a sense of anticipation becomes a nearly unbearable wait and hope, and all of that is only matching Philippe Petit's own unquenchable thirst to live his dream.
Once the action shifts to New York and the film spends much of its second half in the actual preparations for, and recreation of, the walk, it takes flight like few films before it and commands the audience's full attention not only as visual spectacle but emotional triumph.
It's a beautifully crafted film, breathtaking in every way, and a treasure of the cinema world and certainly in the post-9/11 era.
This review of The Walk (2015) was written by Dylan D on 30 Dec 2015.
The Walk has generally received positive reviews.
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