The Ledge
After an atheistic neighbor (Charlie Hunnam) has an affair with his wife, a vengeful Fundamentalist lures him to the ledge of a high rise, where he has one hour to contemplate a fateful decision.
9 February 1982, Moss Bluff, Louisiana, USA
1 July 1977, New York City, New York, USA
10 September 1977, Copenhagen, Denmark
11 March 1969, Chicago, Illinois, USA
14 August 1974, Fresno, California, USA
November 11, 2013
The Ledge has a couple very strong performances and it explores some interesting issues. There are some satisfying thrills to be had here and overall, it's not a bad watch.
August 26, 2011
Covering well-worn territory and offering no solutions, it ends up feeling shrill and angry and not nearly as profound as Chapman seems to think it is.
July 08, 2011
A film that's ultimately sabotaged by its own heavy-handed screenplay.
July 10, 2011
The framing device of its conceit is beyond silly, and its religious and philosophical debate a tad inorganic, but ambition and intellect help drive and push The Ledge in interesting ways.
July 07, 2011
Can't wait until Thanksgiving dinner to witness a pointless conversation between a pompous fundamentalist Christian and a sneering atheist? Then The Ledge is the movie for you.
July 08, 2011
Gavin recalls his experiences while standing atop a building ready to jump; we're meant to be on edge ourselves, but the only real mystery is why Tyler took such an unrewarding role in the first place.
July 07, 2011
What undoes it is its mechanical structure: a stale dramatic formula of the sort taught in elementary playwriting classes.
July 08, 2011
Unlike its talky hero, the credibility of this preposterous drama immediately plunges into the abyss.
December 29, 2011
A perfectly watchable drama, but it could have (and should have) been a bona fide thriller.
July 09, 2011
Nothing much holds together in this entropic drama that still manages to entertain sporadically through the efforts of its sincerely invested cast.
July 08, 2011
Chapman coaxes good performances from his cast, especially Wilson, who makes Joe's immense conflicts a matter of empathy as much as abhorrence. But Chapman doesn't have the filmmaking skills to conceal the talky, formulaic narrative.
July 11, 2011
Clunky writing and flat-footed direction derail this initially intriguing exploration into both the power and limits of belief.
