Everest

Based on a true story, the film portrays Rob Hall (Jason Clarke) with his company “Adventure Consultants” leading a group of climbers on Mt. Everest. After months of acclimating and training at progressively higher levels of the mountain, they hope to reach the summit on what Rob considers a lucky day—May 10. On that day in 1996, however, luck was unkind.

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The film has little need of language filtering, but will skip over one slang term and infrequent religious exclamations. A few disturbing images are eliminated—a man coughing up blood, and random corpses of unfortunate hikers

Will Everest reach great heights?...

I love stories of strength, determination, and striving to reach goals (although why anyone would want to climb to the cruising altitude of a 747—where the human body literally starts dying—is beyond my comprehension!). Fantastic cinematography captures the grandeur of the mountain (as well as its fury), and a great cast portrays real people who encouraged, supported, and risked their lives for each other. I’m glad I climbed onto the couch and watched it.

Trudy Bockoven, a ClearPlay Small Hill Climber

Rated PG-13 for intense peril and disturbing images; 121 mins; Directed by Baltasar Kormákur