The Edge: Critic Reviews

72%

MovieWeb: 0 reviews

59%

RottenTomatoes: 50 reviews

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Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

75

Full Review » 15 years ago
Janet Maslin New York Times (Top Critic)

80

The Edge succeeds ably in blending his famously acerbic dialogue with nerve-racking adventure scenes.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jeff Millar Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

50

But it's too predictable by half, and Mamet's profundities have more volume than mass.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

It's subtly funny in the way it toys with the cliches of the genre.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

75

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.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Todd McCarthy Variety (Top Critic)

Full Review » 4 years ago
Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

63

Full Review » 10 years ago
Gary Kamiya Salon.com (Top Critic)

80

...a solid man-against-nature tale...
Full Review » 12 years ago
James Berardinelli ReelViews (Top Critic)

50

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.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

80

...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.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews

75

Mamet has always been concerned with primal masculinity...The test of these men is twofold: can they survive the wilderness, and can they survive each other? [Blu-ray]
Full Review » 2 years ago
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid

A pretty routine B-type action movie with some nice touches.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Time Out

Full Review » 6 years ago
Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily

100

A riveting story of survival, and the most rousing and gripping outdoor adventure since the original Jaws. One of 1997's very best films.
Full Review » 6 years ago
Philip Martin Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

50

...not a terrifically memorable piece of filmmaking.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Staci Layne Wilson StaciWilson.com

Bart the bear steals the show!
Full Review » 7 years ago
Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews

60

Full Review » 8 years ago
Dennis Schwartz Ozus' World Movie Reviews

42

Unsuccessfully mixes melodrama with action/adventure and satire.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Eugene Novikov Film Blather

Full Review » 9 years ago
Jim Shelby Palo Alto Weekly

25

Full Review » 9 years ago
Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope

50

Full Review » 9 years ago
John R. McEwen Film Quips Online

70

Full Review » 9 years ago
James Rocchi Netflix

80

Full Review » 10 years ago
Margaret A. McGurk Cincinnati Enquirer

Full Review » 10 years ago
Christopher Smith Bangor Daily News (Maine)

40

Full Review » 10 years ago