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Touching the Void (2003) | Top 21% · CriticCrunch

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Touching the Void

Movie2003·106 min

Touching the Void

Directed by Kevin Macdonald

Documentary Action Adventure Drama

A documentary action film directed by Kevin Macdonald.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 21%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.6/10

About Touching the Void

The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985.

Pacing: Gripping (8 of 9)
Tone: Dark (2 of 9)
Intensity: Harrowing (9 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Serious (1 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Earnest (5 of 9)
Texture: Gritty, Tense
Story Tags: survival of spirit, sacrifice duty, fate destiny, late 20th century, sports, historical event, wilderness, international, close friendship, everyman, survival, rescue mission

485 ratings

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Details

Director: Kevin Macdonald
Language: English

Cast

Brendan Mackey, Nicholas Aaron, Ollie Ryall

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How Touching the Void Ranks

All movies

Top 21%

2000s movies

Top 18%

Documentary movies

Top 21%

2000s Documentary movies

Top 16%

Kevin Macdonald films#4 of 10

Top 21% All movies.

the vibe

Touching the Void Vibe

What it feels like

grippingdarkharrowingapproachableseriouspersonalearnest

gritty

tense

What it's about

survivalrescue missionsurvival of spiritsacrifice dutyfate destinyeverymanclose friendshipsportshistorical eventwildernessinternationallate 20th century

pacing

gripping 8/9gripping 8/9

tone

dark 2/9dark 2/9

intensity

harrowing 9/9harrowing 9/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

serious 1/9serious 1/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

earnest 5/9earnest 5/9

texture

grittygritty