Double Dare: Critic Reviews

Thin but pleasantly diverting.

It provides a frank portrait of women trying to make it in a traditionally male game.

Amid plentiful clips of high falls, fistfights, and car chases, Micheli shows the unique challenges faced by women in this notoriously macho field.

A genuine pleasure.

Castellitto, who has won his country's best-actor award twice before, has such a haunting look in his eyes that he doesn't need to chew the scenery to get across his point. Cruz doesn't speak much, but her face screams of the pain that Italia faces.

Viewers are left feeling that it's still a male-dominated profession, but that determined women like these might just effect some small change.

Shows the hardship that women -- especially older women -- must endure in a male-dominated business.

Two stuntwomen, generations apart, reveal the humor and drama of their craft in this warm documentary.

Gives a terrific insider look at the making of action-adventure shows and movies.

Double Dare's weaknesses are only so apparent because of its many strengths.

Double Dare is more about camaraderie than competition.

As far as "human interest" documentaries go, Double Dare is an absolute winner.

A congenial doc.... I wonder if it might have been more interesting if it had widened its scope a bit -- but still, Jeannie and Zoe are likable gals.

Double Dare remains an entertaining and informative look at a little-known struggle for equality and respect in a physically unforgiving but completely vital Hollywood discipline.

Just as stuntwomen have to do, Double Dare pulls its punches.

[A] fly-in-the-face-of-reality perseverance is the key to the appeal of both the women profiled in the documentary Double Dare.

Bell's energy and Epper's perseverance give Double Dare an unstoppable one-two punch.

[N]ever lets its enormous love and respect for its subjects interfere with its straightforward and clear-eyed observations...

Micheli has enormous respect for these resilient, underappreciated performers. And after spending 81 minutes with the engaging, generous Jeannie and Zoe, it's hard to imagine anyone feeling otherwise.

Stunts are, quite naturally, the most explosive part of the film.

Entertaining documentary about stuntwomen who do risky business for a living.

Exudes a pleasant, affectionate warmth for its characters.

The real warmth of 'Double Dare' comes from its two protagonists, enthusiastic professionals who meld into friends even as they become family.

An engaging, outside-the-box treat.