The Edge

The Edge (1997)

  • 60% of critics liked it
    (47 reviews)

  • 67% of users liked it
    (41,515 ratings)

Billionaire Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins) accompanies his much-younger wife Mickey (Elle Macpherson) and a fashion photography team headed by Bob Green (Alec Baldwin) to a remote lodge in Alaska. Charles is a quiet, introspective man, fond of accumulating trivia and other facts in his encyclopedic… More

R, 1 hr. 57 min.
Directed By
Lee Tamahori
Genres
Mystery & Suspense, Action & Adventure
In Theaters
Sep 26, 1997 Wide
On DVD
May 25, 1999

Critic Reviews

  • Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

    ...The Edge's fusion of Mametspeak with a true life adventure remains brawny entertainment, even it it is difficult to take as seriously as the filmmakers intend.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    It's subtly funny in the way it toys with the cliches of the genre.

  • James Berardinelli, ReelViews

    I laughed frequently, but the problem is that I'm not sure the director intended there to be as much humor in his film as I uncovered.

  • Susan Stark, Detroit News

    Anthony Hopkins' first action movie casts him as a gentle, brainy tycoon stuck in the Alaskan wilderness with only voracious bears and, just as threatening, Alec Baldwin for company.

  • Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

    ...even less intelligent than your average action flick.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • moon r


    Mamet penned adventure tale of survival as city boys get lost in the great outdoors ... and are hunted by a man-eating bear. Good performances throughout and a funny script keep things at a brisk pace. And did I mention the bear?

  • Ken S


    Solid little film from the pen of David Mamet. Hopkins and Baldwin play off each other well.

  • Lenny M


    The only reason I remembered this movie was because "it's that one where the black guy gets eaten by a bear." One black guy in the entire film, eaten by a bear. He barely gets any screen time at all, you see him. they fly off, he gets eaten. Boom. Scariest bear in… More

  • Alice S


    I actually rather like this Mamet-scribed film, probably because he didn't direct it. There's very little of his stilted repetition, and by virtue of the story's unique location, I can't really argue whether the must-happens are inorganic or not. They seem to… More

  • familiar s


    Won't keep you on "The Edge" of your seat, but ain't absolutely disappointing either.

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