The Walk : Movie Review

This movie, is a true 3D experience. As the story of a monstrous feat is recounted by the lead character of the story, this movie makes the most of the 3D viewing experience to keep the audiences engaged and share the moments of their lives.

A film from the director of Forrest Gump, the Back to The Future franchise and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Robert Zemeckis delivers on the hype and expectations of the viewers. Based on a true story of an insane, French high-wire artiste Phillipe Petit, played by Joseph Gorden Levitt, in perhaps one of his best performances yet. He is driven by his dream to walk on a high wire between the Twin Towers in New York, and perform, as he calls it, the artistic coup of the century. He leaves his home in France with his girlfriend Annie (played by Charlotte Le Bon) and takes his training from his mentor Papa Rudy (played by Ben Kingsley), gathering more acquaintances along his way to help him succeed in this monument of a challenge.

The linear story line, of the events that built up to Phillipe's walk between the World Trading Center's Twin Towers, and the walk itself being the core of the film, keeps the audiences engaged throughout. It is well paced with fair amounts of humor and compassion. There are parts of the movie, where Levitt's french accent gets a bit out of control, but without upsetting the flow of the scene.

The Walk is a tricky balancing act between thrilling visuals and fact-based drama, and like Monsieur Phillipe Petit, it pulls it off with élan. As Papa Rudy says, "It was, something".

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