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

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 18, 2011

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 17, 2011

| Original Score: C+ | Sep 7, 2011

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 4, 2011

While it desperately wants to crossover to a mainstream audience, it is what it is: a movie for skiers.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 26, 2008

Steep is more promo-reel than documentary.

| Sep 26, 2008

Catch this on an IMAX screen if you're interested, but for a great movie about mountain-based triumphs of the human spirit check out the inspirational Blindsight instead.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 26, 2008

In this handsomely shot documentary about extreme skiing, thrill-seeking devotees boast of their exploits, but shed no light on what drives them to risk their lives.

| Sep 26, 2008

It gets a little wearing, hanging out with these lions, but there's no denying the beauty of the landscape, with its fluttering avalanches, plumes of powder and vertiginous, zigzagging descents.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 26, 2008

Remarkably, given the extraordinary descents captured on film and despite the less than subtle stirring score, the film is ultimately lacking in any real excitement.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Sep 26, 2008

Amazing imagery of remarkable achievements and a chronicle of the sport but one that could have dug a little deeper into the psychology of the extreme skiers.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 26, 2008

If you're a fan of 'extreme skiing' (ie. hurling yourself down terrifyingly steep terrain with sticks on your feet), this film is your Holy Grail.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 26, 2008

There's awe-inspiringly beautiful footage in Steep and awe-inspiringly stupid talk.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/4 | Mar 7, 2008

A tedious movie about excitement.

| Mar 7, 2008

It's nearly impossible to walk away without a new motivation to find what can make you feel the way these characters do.

| Original Score: b+ | Feb 29, 2008

The tediousness becomes a little too palpable and the film's first half is frankly dull, despite some fine acting from Depardieu and Balibar.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 22, 2008

Sometimes it takes escaping death to feel alive -- especially if we have survived a cancer scare, a road accident or some other potentially fatal encounter. But Steep is about those who actively seek that dance with danger.

| Feb 21, 2008

Leaves us with images that aren't easily forgotten and a grudging respect for people who blaze new trails in search of a thrill.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 15, 2008

Steep is a throwback to the early days of movies when the sight of things in motion was a thrill in itself. Seeing leaves rustling in the wind or waves on the sea was a marvel.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 25, 2008