Steep
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: December 21, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
58
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Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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11
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4
Negative:
2
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88
Chicago TribuneScott Schueller
Steep is one of those rare endeavors able to touch on the human condition without neglecting the film’s true star: big-mountain skiing. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubTasha Robinson
Enthusiasts and neophytes alike should be able to join together in gasping at the sight of people plunging down vertical walls of ice, taking their lives into their own hands for a brief, lion-lifed adrenaline charge. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianM. E. Russell
A surprisingly fatalistic, way-above-average ski documentary that lays out a 35-year history of the "extreme" end of the sport. Read full review
75
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
Although this is director Mark Obenhaus' first ski movie, it is every bit as exciting as the popular Warren Miller pictures, and boasts an unobstrusive soundtrack in place of the heavy metal racket that fuels most sports documentaries. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
Filled with breathtaking shots of crazed nutballs on skis plummeting down pitched peaks at high speed, Steep is a visually exhilarating sports documentary that is also more than a little exasperating. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen Holden
An undeniably impressive visual spectacle that follows the sport of extreme skiing. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesScott Schueller
Certain to appeal to the extreme sport enthusiast, but it also deserves a mass audience for its incredible imagery and window into a lifestyle most can't fathom. It's nearly impossible to walk away without a new motivation to find something that can make you feel the way these skiers do. Read full review
70
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Nonetheless, there's something life affirming in all of this. Even as most of us recoil with self-preservation at their feats, we also secretly applaud them pushing the envelope of mortality. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Obenhaus' documentary on extreme, "big mountain" skiing feels, despite its jaw-dropping camerawork and patently fearless subjects, like a relic from 1998. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
The skiers' explanations, on the order of "no risk, no adventure," won't wash with people born without the daredevil gene and watching them fly down these vertical blankets of snow, often out of control, is a little like watching a train wreck Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
If you like your skiing extreme but your documentaries safe, then carve a sharp turn over to Steep. Read full review
50
VarietyJohn Anderson
Like its sister films in the surfing-movie genre, the extreme-skiing movie Steep is less a documentary than a sales pitch -- not for a product or a place, but for a sport, one its practitioners feel requires pugnacious self-promotion. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAaron Hillis
Blandly beautiful, inarticulate extreme-skiing documentary. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterStephen Farber
Spectacular photography bolsters this shallow ski movie. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleDavid Wiegand
Steep begins to feel a mite in need of tighter editing. In truth, the film will appeal primarily to skiers, while others may get a bit, well, snow-blind. Read full review
30
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
A tedious movie about excitement. Read full review
25
New York PostV.A. Musetto
What they say is superficial. They never really explain why they risk their lives. In the end, Steep plays like a TV infomercial - and who wants to hand over $11 to watch one? Read full review
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