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41 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The TelegraphRobbie CollinThe TelegraphRobbie CollinZemeckis turns the event into a kind of blockbuster Cinéma Pur – an almost avant-garde game of composition, movement and perspective, exhilaratingly attuned to form and space. ("Mad Max": Fury Road did the same.) The camerawork is subtle and meticulous, the 3D head-spinningly well-applied.
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottAlmost magically, The Walk transforms itself into a beguiling caper movie, full of comic energy and nimble ingenuity.
- 90VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeWhat Zemeckis delivers here is an entirely different brand of spectacle from that which audiences have come to expect from recent studio tentpoles, sharing a true story so incredible it literally must be seen to be believed, as opposed to imaginary feats full of impossible CG creatures.
- 83HitfixDrew McWeenyHitfixDrew McWeenyWhen you're watching something Zemeckis made, anything can happen, and reality is up for grabs. In this case, he's used his powers for good, and the end result is stirring and spectacular at times, with a devastating, if subtle, final line of dialogue.
- 80Screen DailyCharles GantScreen DailyCharles GantZemeckis reminds us that it’s in the service of reality, rather than fantasy, that digital technology is often most potent.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyHarnessing the wizardry of 3-D IMAX to magnify the sheer transporting wonder, the you-are-there thrill of the experience, the film's payoff more than compensates for a lumbering setup, laden with cloying voiceover narration and strained whimsy.
- 63Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsChicago TribuneMichael PhillipsI cannot say how I'd feel about The Walk if I'd never seen "Man on Wire," because I did see "Man on Wire," and I can't un-see it. I love it. I can only say The Walk struck me as an honorable good try of an also-ran, though with some lovely things to offer.
- 60Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfRecreating the crime for The Walk, director Robert Zemeckis does a crackerjack job with the thrills and a so-so one with the laughs (at least the intentional ones) and skips the deeper magic altogether.
- A patchy biopic that only thrills when Gordon-Levitt finally steps out onto the wire. Still, for all the 3D showboating, it’s a touching tribute to the Twin Towers.