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To the Limit
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Metascore: 71 Metascore out of 100
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Thomas Huber, Alexander Huber, Dean S. Potter, and Chongo

Thomas and Alexander Huber, risk takers in the extreme, rank as two of the best mountain climbers of our time. Now the two Huber brothers have set out to break the record in speed climbing at the wall of all walls, the 1,000 foot vertical “Nose” of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, California. Featuring breathtaking footage of the mountains of Patagonia and Yosemite National Park, Pepe Danquart follows the Huber brothers to locations never before reached by a film crew. To the Limit is a portrait of two competitive brothers who go to the very edge of the possible, physically and psychologically. These brothers, who ordinarily live very different and separate lives, become like twins when they climb together, as they have since childhood, each driven to search for his own limits. To the Limit completes a trilogy of sports films by Pepe Danquart, the other films being Home Match and Hell On Wheels. (First Run Features)


GENRE(S): Documentary  
WRITTEN BY: Pepe Danquart  
DIRECTED BY: Pepe Danquart  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: October 21, 2008 
Theatrical: June 13, 2008 
RUNNING TIME: 95 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: Germany | Austria 
LANGUAGE(S): German | English 

Alternative Title: Am Limit

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83
The Onion (A.V. Club) Noel Murray
To The Limit is full of a lot of talk about "risk" and "dreams" and "making the impossible possible," and Danquart's stabs at making this an inspirational tale can be a little exhausting.
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80
Variety Richard Kuipers
A visually breathtaking essay about daredevils hooked on the thrill of speed rock-climbing.
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75
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Pepe Danquart's To the Limit from Germany looks great, but it's an altogether different animal.
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75
San Francisco Chronicle Walter Addiego
We're compelled to admire these athletes because, despite their obvious skill, they are in constant danger.
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70
Village Voice Vadim Rizov
Daring enough to appeal to more than just the usual extreme-sports junkies.
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60
The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
This disorienting, dippy documentary makes one thing abundantly clear: for the Hubers, the toughest climb may be into their own heads.
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