| The Edge Review |
| by James Brundage |
| What do you get when you combine a bear, a man that may or may not want to
kill another for his wife, and an entrapanuer with a seemingly infinite
wealth of knowledge? Ask me that a month ago and I'd say that I wouldn't see
a movie with that plotline if...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Phil St-Germain |
| Réalisé par Lee Tamahori
Mettant en vedette Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, L.Q.
Jones, Harold Perrineau
Écrit par David Mamet
Produit par Art Linson more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Tim Voon |
| THE EDGE 1997
A film review by Timothy Voon
Copyright 1998 Timothy Voon
1 :-) for the big, bad bear more |
| The Edge Review |
| by E. Benjamin Kelsey |
| Tell me if this doesn't sound wonderful to you: You're a billionaire and
despite your age, you have a young, gorgeous model for your wife. When it
comes time for a photo shoot, you accompany your lovely bride, on your own
private plane mind you, to a...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Marty Mapes |
| ***1/2 (out of 4) According to the Internet Movie Database, one of the
working titles for THE EDGE was BOOKWORM. Not very exciting, but it does
sum up what is most interesting about the movie, namely the character
Charles Morse, played superbly by...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Andrew Hicks |
| Just as the men-lost-in-the-woods genre seemed to fizzle out,
along comes THE EDGE, a fresh, clever film written by fresh, clever
David Mamet. His screenplay combines elements of his action movies
like Homicide with his dialogue-driven plays on film...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Michael J. Legeros |
| (Fox)
Directed by Lee Tamahori
Written by David Mamet
Cast Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson, L.Q.
Jones, Harold Perrineau
MPAA Rating "R" (presumably for violence and language)
Running Time 117...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Walter Frith |
| It's difficult to imagine a screenwriter like David Mamet not receiving the
respect he deserves from the Hollywood community. In 1992 he presented two
screenplays which made one good and one great film. 'Hoffa', the good film
starring Jack Nicholson...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Chris Webb |
| cast: Anthony Hopkins (Charles Morse), Alec Baldwin (Robert Green), Elle
Macpherson (Mickey Morse), Harold Parrineau Jr. (Stephen).
written by David Mamet
directed by Lee Tomahori more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Michael Dequina |
| The Edge (R) ** (out of ****)
Following test screenings, the title of Lee Tamahori's
survival-in-the-wilds thriller Bookworm was changed to the presumably more
slam-bang The Edge. However, this is a case where the original title
should have remained,...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Michael Redman |
| This is the tale of survival in the wilderness: men against bear. No, wait,
it's really about of two rivals for the same woman. No, no, the real story is
a man's discovery of his unknown inner resources. Hold on, it's "Grizzly
Adams" but with big town...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by edwin jahiel |
| THE EDGE ** 1/2 Directed by Lee Tamahori. Written by David Mamet.
Produced by Art Linson. Photography, Donald M. McAlpine. Production design,
Wolf Kroeger. Editing, Neil Travis. Music,Jerry Goldsmith. Cast: Anthony
Hopkins (Charles Morse), Alec Baldwin...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Steve Kong |
| The Edge is a beautifully photographed action thriller. There are two
strings of plot that run through the film, the biggest of them is of
survival. The other is about being rich. Who can you trust if you were a
multi-millionaire? Do people talk to you...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Boyd Petrie |
| I swear I have seen The Edge before. In fact, it reminded me of THE
BEAR, THE RIVER WILD, and other various films mixed into an entirely
different film. However, The Edge has done something that most action
films should do, and that is add heart and...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by David Sunga |
| Interesting note: David Mamet, the writer of this movie, is a renowned
American playwright who was born in Chicago in 1947. Mamet is best known
for slick macho city guy characters and their egos and posturing. He won
a Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Seth Bookey |
| Thriller. Suvival. Wilderness. Bear. Those are the terms the Internet
Movie Database uses to categorize The Edge, and boy, never were they
more accurate. Initially, the commercials for this movie made it look
like another dopey "two rivals...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| Where is Davy Crockett when you need him? As we children of the
50s know, Davy "killed him a bear (pronounced "bar") when he was only
three." The simplistic story for THE EDGE -- men get lost in the
wilderness, bear chases men, men chase bear --...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| THE EDGE
(20th Century Fox)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Harold Perrineau, Elle
Macpherson.
Screenplay: David Mamet.
Producer: Art Linson.
Director: Lee Tamahori.
MPAA Rating: R (profanity, violence)
Running Time: 113 minutes.
Reviewed...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Ben Hoffman |
| At last a thriller with a protagonist who could be a contestant on
Jeopardy. That is billionaire Charles Morse (Anthony Hopkins).
Charles thinks it is a wasted talent to know every kind of trivia;
nothing one can use in real life. more |
| The Edge Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| THE EDGE
By Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
20th Century Fox
Director: Lee Tamahori
Writer: David Mamet
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Alec Baldwin, Elle Macpherson,
Harold Perrineau, L.Q. Jones, Bart the Bear.
It's no fun being a billionaire. You'll have lots...more |
| The Edge Review |
| by James Berardinelli |
| United States, 1997
U.S. Release Date: 9/26/97 (wide)
Running Length: 1:57
MPAA Classification: R (Profanity, violence)
Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 more |
