Into the Canyon (2019) User Reviews

Good but not great

[gincognito · 6/10 · 29 January 2022]

You're not really learning about the canyon, you're following 2 city guys who hike the canyon from one end to the other. It's more of a home movie than a true exploration piece in my opinion.

Also, as someone that's hiked the grand canyon, these guys were dangerously lacking in preparation and decision making. Their initial guide, Rich, had to stop them on their first attempt, and even on the second they are largely not educated on how to hike the canyon's unique dangers (heat, water, weather, etc) well, take dangerous/not necessarily interesting routes, and make numerous questionable decisions that could easily have gotten them killed.

I think we could have gotten a much better feel for the canyon's many wonders without the slog of hiking from one end to the other, but to do focused treks at key geographic, historical, and visual locations.

Beautifully filmed portrayal

[lrlewis-1 · 10/10 · 27 January 2020]

I have to say, this documentary really drew me in. It may be because of the struggle of the people who took on this crazy project (hike the ENTIRETY of the Colorado river at the bottom of the Grand Canyon). Maybe it was the incredible beauty of the place. Maybe it was the obvious difference between different parts of the river that have been relatively untouched by human hand, due to difficult terrain, compared to the sections that have seen development. Or maybe it's for exactly all these reasons that this story truly spoke to me. I noticed the director has filmed several short documentaries about rivers throughout the world. Thank you, Pete, for telling a story that speaks truth about holding our natural world dear, about allowing the wild places to be wild in for future generations. Truly inspiring story-telling.

Good Job Capturing The Splendor

[jctillery · 10/10 · 3 May 2021]

I have only been to the South Rim once (I leave next week for trip #2), but none of my pictures came close to capturing the truly breathtaking beauty of the Grand Canyon. This movie does an amazing job of bringing you in and showing you both the beauty and the danger of this amazing place. This movie should be required viewing for anyone going to visit the Grand Canyon. Really worth the time.

Beautiful Documentary

[shanna-nicole82 · 9/10 · 7 July 2022]

I love the way they also showed what Indigenous people are facing and how the land is at risk by greed.

Their journey was absolutely beautiful. Kind of scary at times as they were really close to the edge.

I didn't realize the Grand Canyon was so beautiful!

More like a video selfie than something informative.

[jerry-32590 · 1/10 · 27 July 2022]

Too much about the hikers' personal lives and views. Nothing about the formation and geology of the Grand Canyon. The whole show is about them and is super boring.

Little about them actually trekking

[manesh32 · 2/10 · 31 March 2023]

I was hoping to see a doco about them trekking through the Grand Canyon as that's what it showed it to be. Instead it was about their personal lives and all the issues with the local people there. That would be a good doco hearing about them but this was more displayed to be about them trekking through the Grand Canyon which was a tiny part. Such a waste of time to be honest as that's all I wanted to see as that's what they showed it to be. I couldn't care less about their personal lives to be blunt. Just a complete waste. Stopped watching as soon as it went to the local council story. So boring.