Critic Reviews for The Walk on Moviebuff.com

Energetic performances, the inspiring message and wonderful tribute to the Twin Towers make 'The Walk', a film worth seeing

James Porter, Moviepilot.com

'The Walk', is a tour of those buildings as they were originally and as they were meant to be

Deepanjana Pal, First Post

'The Walk', provides some thrilling moments, capturing a tightrope walk between the Twin Towers in 1974

Scott Renshaw, Salt Lake City Weekly

This isn’t much of a movie, but it is one hell of a monument

David Edelstein, Vulture

Despite the thrills and visual marvels on screen, this is a very emotional human story with a touching coda for the towers themselves that seems just right

Pete Hammond, Deadline

'The Walk', before ascending into the New York sky, tries to seduce you with forced amazement and sleeve-tugging displays of whimsy

AO Scott, The New York Times

A movie whose final-act achievements erase the shortcomings of its belabored buildup

David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter

Zemeckis hangs our hearts from his high-wire, even seducing us into looking down

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'The Walk', inspires the eyes, the brain and registers little but banality

Nigel M Smith, The Guardian

'The Walk', is not just a film, it’s an experience

Surabhi Redkar, Koimoi

'The Walk', is an event to be witnessed, and too much of the detail seems lost on such an enormous format

Peter Debruge, Variety

If you’ve seen Man on Wire, you’ll learn nothing new here

Kurt Loder, Reason

The sporadic dip in the narrative, the occasional bit of hammy drama, and a few loose ends character-wise do admittedly prevent the movie from being an all-timer, but it’s still most certainly something to experience

Eric Eisenberg, Cinema Blend

Ignore the tell and focus on the show, spectacular in every sense

Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Robert Zemeckis has added another priceless jewel to his crown

Avinash Pandian, Behind Woods

Zemeckis set out to create a cinematic experience, not to re-do the documentary, his film unfolds like a fantasy, but based upon real world elements

Rick Romancito, The Taos News

It’s ultimately as entertaining and moving as Man on Wire only on a far grander scale

Edward Douglas, ComingSoon.net

'The Walk', is an exhilarating one, which keeps you at the edge of your seat leaving your jaws open in the awe of the character “Phillippe” and Robert Zemeckis brilliance in laying the high wire tight which holds the movie strong in all corners

Sajid, Cinema Glitz

A towering technical achievement from Robert Zemeckis, with a minimum of talk, 'The Walk', walks the walk

Bill Wine, CBS Local

'The Walk', is a technical marvel in every way

Barbara Vancheri, Pittsburgh Post Gazette

'The Walk', is one very stomach-churning, vertigo-inducing argument for the big-screen movie experienc

Brian Truitt, USA Today

Delightfully quaint and definitely entertaining

Reagan Gavin Rasquinha, The Times of India

'The Walk', is engaging, without ever overdoing the drama

Juhi Matta, BookMyShow

'The Walk', is an amazing film, and is so on multiple levels

Josh Lasser, IGN

'The Walk', serves its cinematic purpose by showing you something that you've never seen before, from perspectives that seem as impossible as the stunt itself

Mike Scott, New Orleans Los Angeles News

Like the unbelievably fearless Petit, at this high point, you feel you are soaring, weightless, high above the world

Shubhra Gupta, Indian Express

'The Walk', does such a fine job of recreating Petit’s stunt in all its visceral glory

Angie Han, Slash Film

'The Walk', is a different kind of triumph of the human spirit, and it is to be celebrated

Michael Smith, Tulsa World

The Masterful Robert Zemeckis surprises us all in ‘The Walk’, by basing his film on one act of daredevilry by a wire walker never taking the path of melodrama

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'The Walk,', encompassing all the magical elements cinema has to offer, serves as a gorgeous tribute to those buildings loved, admired and missed by so many

David Blaustein, ABC News

'The Walk', doesn’t tap into the fear of heights, which not everyone has, so much as the fear of falling, which is universal

Mick LaSalle, SFGate

Watch this film for Levitt’s great portrayal of Petit, Zemeckis’ great visual effects and also the greatness of the feat achieved by the artist

Soumya Srivastava, Hindustan Times

'The Walk', from Robert Zemeckis, does more than simply send Petit’s death-defying stunt into motion

AA Dowd, AV Club

Watch man on wire in its entirety to fully grasp the intricate details of this caper, and you can feel free to consider 'The Walk', a visceral supplement

Eric Walkuski, JoBlo.com

You’ll be treated to breathtaking visuals of the twin towers and the New York cityscape in the telling of Phillipe’s stunt

Rohini Nair, Deccan Chronicle

'The Walk', starts selling itself to you the second you settle into your chair

Matt Zoller Seitz, Roger Ebert

The film is nothing less than thrilling

Peter Tonguette, The Columbus Dispatch