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Feb 16, 2017gnomenut rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
"Dazzling" and "exhilarating" are not over-statements. Here's a nerve-wracking, sweat-inducing two hours for anyone with the slightest hint of acrophobia, particularly once the story moves to the towers. I spent the majority of this film perched forward and holding onto my seat. It's hard to believe that real people really tried something as daring and outrageous as this story tells. It's nearly unimaginable how someone with a grave fear of heights become a key player, nor how he endured the circumstances that unfolded. Even knowing how it was going to end didn't take away from the story, nor diminish the film for me. Follow this film with the documentary "Man on Wire", rather than the other way around, as other commenters have suggested. A half star lost for Joseph Gordon-Levitt's painful french accent, even though the rest of his performance is nothing short of amazing.