Man on a Ledge

M
2012
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102 mins
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Police thriller about a wrongly-accused criminal (Sam Worthington, Avatar) who threatens to jump from a high-rise ledge in order to talk with... More

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Man on a Ledge | Ratings & Reviews

"Dumber than its title and less exciting than its poster, this spectacularly silly thriller starts with a sky-high concept and soon plummets towards preposterousness."

Total FilmTotal Film

"Trusting an action drone like Worthington to anchor the human drama is a fatal mistake. With him perched on that narrow slab of concrete, it's only a matter of time before the film plummets."

Time OutTime Out

"It's fun in a perverse way; the viewer gets to experience a vivid sense of what it feels like to occupy a pigeon-poop smeared piece of stone high in the sky."

Time MagazineTime Magazine

"Rarely has a film exhibited a bigger disconnect between urban realism and utter ludicrousness."

The New York TimesThe New York Times

"The shopworn script by Pablo F. Fenjves, who ghost-wrote the unpublished O.J. Simpson book, If I Did It: The Confessions of the Killer, gets no help from director Asger Leth (Ghosts of Cite Soleil)."

Rolling StoneRolling Stone

"The movie cuts back and forth between two preposterous plot lines and uses the man on the ledge as a device to pump up the tension."

Roger EbertRoger Ebert

"To his credit, director Asger Leth (Ghosts of Cite Soleil) gets right to the business at hand where the set-up is concerned, but it's in the execution that this would-be thriller falls flat."

Hollywood ReporterHollywood Reporter

"It doesn't spend enough time on its ledge to be the definitive 'jumper' movie the title promises, but it’s a hoot if approached in the proper mood."

Empire MagazineEmpire Magazine

"As the plot unfolds, brick by brick, the structure starts to wobble until it finally collapses into unintentional comedy."

A.V. ClubA.V. Club

Man on a Ledge | Details

Rating
M, for violence and brief strong language
Runtime
102
Genre
Thriller
Country of origin
USA

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