Pulling on heartstrings and playing with tension, Kormákur and his team straddle territory occupied by similarly-minded, slick actioners on one side and biting emotional dramas on the other — neutralizing everything they have worked to build.

| Aug 2, 2023

A hard watch...however, these emotions are heightened by the excellent work of actors and cinematography, who make the mammoth, deadly mountain and its treacherous conditions come to life through the screen.

| Aug 31, 2022

It isn’t a brash, bombastic popcorn flick. It isn’t a by-the-books ‘real events’ movie. Sure, it has its big name ensemble cast and its share of visual ‘wow’ moments. But at the same time it felt small, concise, and restrained.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 20, 2022

Marketed like a thrilling disaster film yet playing like a respectful drama, "Everest" still carries the sheen of every other Hollywood mountain climbing movie while offering enough of an eulogistic history lesson to be respectful of its true story.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 14, 2022

The viewer truly feels transported atop Everest, dizzied by the heights, beauty, and impressive scope of the scenery, which only further immerses us in this effective tale of daring and survival.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 27, 2022

The film collapses from the inside

| Jan 14, 2022

Where Everest fails to engage is in the writing, which is perfunctory at best.

| Original Score: B- | Aug 29, 2021

Go for the scenery, but don't expect great drama.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 3, 2021

Everest is a slow burn of a movie but it's one that proves to be worth it.

| Jan 15, 2021

The sights can't sustain a two-hour picture, which struggles to contain enough survivalist adventure to counteract all the impotent, overly sentimental moments.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Dec 4, 2020

Not all small moments are trifling  ... [and] the real-life subjects of this story deserve to be remembered as more than a footnote to its spectacle.

| Aug 13, 2020

'Everest' is a great visual show with an involved cast so that we are interested in its characters, but that only at specific moments manages to reach the heart of the spectator. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Apr 15, 2020

The best of 'Everest' is its cast, delivering and believing in what it's doing. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Sep 4, 2019

Everest is effective as disaster tragedy, personal drama and nature documentary.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 4, 2019

Although you can appreciate the fact that the events of the film stay relatively true to what actually happened and the technical aspects of the film are fantastic, it's still disappointing that the characters aren't given enough attention.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 11, 2019

I'll recommend it for what it is: a far-too-real disaster film. Bring the tissues.

| Jan 30, 2019

Best seen in IMAX 3-D, the movie takes full advantage of the format, showcasing the wondrous rock-and-ice covered landscape and extreme elements.

| Jan 24, 2019

The special effects are dizzying and truthfully, director Baltasar Kormakur seems to have dedicated most of his effort to giving the audience the feeling of being right there with the climbers.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 2, 2018

Everest is an engrossing cinema experience when it focuses on the intensity and drama of this real-life disaster, but its ultimate downfall is its unmanageable scope.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Nov 1, 2018

Though it is set in 1996, Baltasar Kormakur's stunningly shot Everest is an old school disaster movie of the kind that flourished in the 1970s.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2018