This awe-inspiring National Geographic documentary is as much a celebration of U.S. parks and wilderness as it is a record of one of the most audacious feats in the history of mountaineering.

| Mar 3, 2020

The visuals are stunning, offering head-spinning views with the comfort of total safety.

| Mar 5, 2019

Free Solo...is a jaw-dropper, both in what is documented and its visual impact.

| Mar 4, 2019

A visually dizzying but also thought-provoking film about one man's pinnacle of achievement.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 26, 2019

I just got so swept up in it all. I love hearing what others are so passionate about. Completely taken by Alex's story.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Feb 8, 2019

Impressive... But the question for me remains: Why on earth would anybody do this?

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 8, 2019

This is most definitely a film to see on the big cinema screen - unless, of course, you suffer from vertigo.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 26, 2019

There is something epic and disturbing about Honnold's singularity, his desire to be the one person on the planet who can do something that no one else can.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 23, 2019

It's worth seeing on the biggest screen you can find.

| Dec 26, 2018

It's scary and exhilarating stuff.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 26, 2018

Is it strange when the wholehearted pursuit of a singular and spectacular achievement inspires pity and fear more than awe?

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 20, 2018

The vast, sublime shots of Honnold framed by trees and valleys far, far below, are simply magic. Terrifying, but magic.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 20, 2018

The deftly captured footage of Honnold's preparation with ropes (he falls often), and his execution without, is consistently difficult to watch without flinching. I barely exhaled for the duration of the film.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 14, 2018

This is daring, dangerous and dizzying stuff, the story of a one man simultaneously in competition and cooperation with nature. Meet Tom Cruise's hero, probably.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 13, 2018

A mountain's mass and a man's resolve become symbiotically overpowering.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 13, 2018

I spent most of this film with my jaw on the floor.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 13, 2018

It's an amazing piece of cinema.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Dec 12, 2018

A geological love letter to manspreading.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 12, 2018

Free Solo is about getting dangerously close to the edge, where some people feel most alive. We get to experience that thrill secondhand, and that's enough.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 7, 2018

Do you have vertigo? Get dizzy easily? No? Good. Then you're in for an amazing, exhilarating climb to the top.

| Oct 22, 2018