| Original Score: 2/4 | Nov 24, 2011

Despite some moments of truly athletic beauty First Descent is a fairly empty sports documentary that celebrates the gloss of the lifestyle, but doesn't do much to try and get under its skin.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Mar 22, 2011

If you've ever wanted to get a taste of the slopes from the comfort of a movie theatre, this film will do.

| Mar 1, 2007

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | May 12, 2006

If you're a diehard snowboarding freak, then welcome to your new favorite movie.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 26, 2006

If this had been an IMAX film, it could have been even more spectacular. It could also have been forty-five minutes shorter.

| Feb 4, 2006

Woah. Gnarly. How many times do you hear anyone say that any more? Here's a movie for those who can't get enough of snowboarding, documentaries about sports, or people whose vocabularies include "gnarly." Because "First Descent" contains all three.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 9, 2005

The history of snowboarding as a sport might be interesting if anybody really knew anything about it, but if this movie is any indication, no one does

Full Review | Dec 9, 2005

If you're not a fan of the sport, this docu-mercial will be mostly uphill.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Dec 8, 2005

The end result isn't hard to rethink as Surfer Dudes on Ice.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 8, 2005

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: C+ | Dec 6, 2005

Dewable Entertainment!

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 6, 2005

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 6, 2005

It's a good reminder why going to the local bijou is sometimes better than renting a video or DVD.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 6, 2005

First Descent comes off as an overlong, overstuffed promo for an 'industry' that hasn't needed promoting since the movie's target audience was in diapers.

| Dec 6, 2005