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• Candy R

  
  Looked like a good cast but it was really slow going. I couldn't get into it.

• Lorenzo v

  
  <i>"One life. One chance. One step."</i> A police officer looks to talk down a young man lured by his lover's husband to the ledge of a high rise, where he has one hour to contemplate a fateful decision. <center><font size=+2 face="Century… More
  <i>"One life. One chance. One step."</i> A police officer looks to talk down a young man lured by his lover's husband to the ledge of a high rise, where he has one hour to contemplate a fateful decision. <center><font size=+2 face="Century Schoolbook"><b><u>REVIEW</u></b></font></center> My, this movie has a lot of things spinning. It's like watching CNN for an hour with every conceivable topic trying to be covered. Here are some of them (I am sure I missed a few): religious conversion as in "born again" and no religion, infertility, adultery, gay, and trauma (all three main characters had some form of it). Conversations ensue on all these so it is a chatty film. But the plot moves along with good twists and turns with a conclusive ending. I did find the character played by Liv Tyler to be overly subdued and monotone - and she rather slowed the film down too much. Or this film lacked energy bursts sometimes. For characters with a dysfunctional past they didn't seem particularly animated. I refer in particular to Liv Tyler who was selling herself for drugs and found the Lord through her husband. Or said another way, I would have expected a woman who opens a beer bottle with her teeth to be a little more spunky! Her husband (Patrick Wilson), it would seem, was a one-time pornographer and dealer who also found the Lord's calling - his anger is suppressed through his Biblical utterances. The film does require some patience - it became too academic in the middle as well as artificial. I did enjoy the performance of Charlie Hunnan and Terrence Howard. In the end I suppose what we have left is love and acceptance.

• Manu G

  
  One life. One chance. One step. Good movie. Interesting film. The plot is slow but the ending was wicked and enthralling. Acting was pretty good, especially from Patrick Wilson. I enjoyed it. Nice cast. A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian… More
  One life. One chance. One step. Good movie. Interesting film. The plot is slow but the ending was wicked and enthralling. Acting was pretty good, especially from Patrick Wilson. I enjoyed it. Nice cast. A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist escalates into a lethal battle of wills. Ultimately, as a test of faith, or lack of it, the believer forces the non-believer onto the ledge of a tall building. He then has one hour to make a choice between his own life and someone else's. Without faith in an afterlife, will he be capable of such a sacrifice?

• Walter M

  
  "The Ledge" begins with Detective Hollis Lucetti(Terrence Howard) getting some bad news from his doctor(Geraldine Singer). That being said, he is still having a better day than Gavin(Charlie Hunnam), a hotel assistant manager who is threatening to jump from a building in… More
  "The Ledge" begins with Detective Hollis Lucetti(Terrence Howard) getting some bad news from his doctor(Geraldine Singer). That being said, he is still having a better day than Gavin(Charlie Hunnam), a hotel assistant manager who is threatening to jump from a building in downtown Baton Rouge. As Gavin tells it, this all started shortly after Harper(Jillian Batherson) announced her plans to have a religious experience with a dildo that night when he hires his neighbor Shana(Liv Tyler). As thanks, her husband Joe(Patrick Wilson) invites Gavin and his gay roommate Chris(Christopher Gorham) for dinner, where thinking they are both gay, prays for them. Ironically enough, he may soon wish Gavin was gay... "The Ledge" gets off to a fine start with a lovely shot of the skyline and the immortal line: "How long have I been infertile?"(oops!) which says so very much. The fact that the rest of the movie drones on incessantly while saying little should give you an idea as to how dull this is, even with the stakes as high as they are. That's not to mention how little of this makes any kind of sense but at least there is a fine use of mass transit in a small city. The lengthy flashbacks sideline the always welcome Terrence Howard for long stretches in favor of the limited talents of Charlie Hunnam. That leaves one feeling sorry for Liv Tyler, caught up in the eternal debate between two intractable sides.(What is it with the South and religion, anyway?) Making Gavin a douche and Joe a volunteer does not come close to making them three dimensional characters. Just remember, as far as hell goes, Louisiana had plenty of experience of that with Hurricane Katrina.

• Christopher H

  
  The Ledge lacks any real, three-dimensional characters, consisting of people reading lines and adhering to the generic roles they have been placed with no shining or rising above. Do not get me wrong, the film is filled with great actors. Charlie Hunnam and Patrick Wilson are great… More
  The Ledge lacks any real, three-dimensional characters, consisting of people reading lines and adhering to the generic roles they have been placed with no shining or rising above. Do not get me wrong, the film is filled with great actors. Charlie Hunnam and Patrick Wilson are great opposites, they just are not given much to work with. The story told through flashbacks is utilized poorly, there is no danger until the last few moments, and the side story does little to hold relevant next to the unfolding main plot line. Chalk this up to poor writing choices and misdirection.

• Jason C

  
  The Ledge has a strong cast, but the back-story is a little lame, so it didn't make it to theaters (unless it was a real limited release). The story starts picking up, and comes to a fantastic end, but lacks enough power to make The Ledge recommendable. Casting was very good.… More
  The Ledge has a strong cast, but the back-story is a little lame, so it didn't make it to theaters (unless it was a real limited release). The story starts picking up, and comes to a fantastic end, but lacks enough power to make The Ledge recommendable. Casting was very good. I'd say worth it on a movie channel.

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