The Summit of the Gods
Netflix | Release Date: November 24, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
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Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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12
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0
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0
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100
ObserverChristopher L. InoaNov 24, 2021
One of the truly great animated films this year, one that now places Imbert alongside fellow countrymen Jérémy Clapin (I Lost My Body) and Rémi Chayé (Calamity) as part of a new generation of French animation talent that is delivering high quality animated projects in both story and style. Read full review
91
The PlaylistAndrew CrumpNov 22, 2021
What Imbert has done here, some years down the line, may solidify The Summit of the Gods, a work of fiction, as one of the greatest Everest films ever made. If nothing else it’s the Everest film that respects the mountain best. Read full review
86
Paste MagazineJacob OllerNov 24, 2021
The Summit of the Gods’ complex storytelling and convincingly lovely vistas make its philosophical case well: Whether you’re risking it all to get to a peak, to get to the bottom of a mystery, or to create a painstaking piece of animation, you’re lucky enough to have something you love. Read full review
84
PolygonTasha RobinsonDec 9, 2021
The Summit of the Gods isn’t a joyous film, and it isn’t a dreamy one. But it does feel like a remarkably insightful meditation, both about what it would really be like to fight your way up Mount Everest, and about why people keep taking up the challenge Read full review
80
EmpireKambole CampbellDec 3, 2021
If it falters early on, The Summit Of The Gods emerges an astonishing work of animation of both intimacy and incredible scale, stunningly well-crafted and smartly adapted. Read full review
80
IGNTara Bennett Dec 1, 2021
The Summit of the Gods is a standout tale in both story and animation technique. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesTracy BrownNov 24, 2021
The film’s beautifully painted mountains are particularly striking, and the climbing sequences are among its standouts. Live-action has nothing on the way these scenes convey both the majestic scale of the peaks and the technical skill necessary to attempt these summits (as well as the physical toll involved). Read full review
75
IndieWireDavid EhrlichDec 1, 2021
It’s here, in these more high-altitude and less high-minded passages that “The Summit of the Gods” reaches the peak of its power, as the lush 2D animation indulges in the kind of ecstatically true vistas that live action would never allow, while Amine Bouhafa’s gorgeous and beguiling score makes every step feel like a spiritual proposition before exploding into an avalanche of synths. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyNov 24, 2021
It’s in the climbing sequences that the movie’s animation is at its most imaginative, creating effects both exhilarating and harrowing. Read full review
70
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergDec 1, 2021
On limited terms — capturing the physicality of mountain climbing within the ethereal medium of animation — The Summit of the Gods is distinctive. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 30, 2021
While “Summit” doesn’t expand the animation frontier or lift animation as an artform, it’s a perfectly watchable way of telling a reasonably compelling story. Read full review
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Slant MagazineMark HansonNov 16, 2021
While the film intermittently stuns in revealing Everest’s topographical mystique, its expedition into what makes climbers tick struggles to get off the ground. Read full review
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