Meru (film)
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Edited by | Bob Eisenhardt |
Music by | J. Ralph |
Production company | Little Monster Films |
Distributed by | Music Box Films |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Language | English |
Box office | $2.3 million |
Meru is a 2015 documentary film chronicling the first ascent of the "Shark's Fin" route on Meru Peak in the Indian Himalayas. It was co-directed by married couple Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and won the U.S. Audience Documentary Award at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival.[1]
Premise
After attempting but failing to summit Meru in 2008,
Reception
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, Meru has an approval rating of 88% based on 78 reviews, with a rating average score of 7.3 out of 10. The site's consensus reads, "Gripping visually as well as narratively, Meru is the rare documentary that proves thought-provoking while offering thrilling wide-screen vistas."[3] On Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating, the film has a score of 77 out of 100 based on reviews from 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[4]
The film made $91,279 from 7 theaters in its opening weekend. It expanded to 35 theaters in its second weekend, making $562,786. During its fifth weekend, it earned $416,701 from 176 theaters, bringing the total box office gross to $2,334,228.[5]
On December 1, the film was selected as one of 15 shortlisted for the
Awards
- Golden Piton by Climbing Magazine for Best Big Wall Climb of the Year
- Number 1 ascent of the year by Rock and Ice Magazine
- U.S. Audience Documentary Award at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival
See also
- List of films shot over three or more years
References
- ^ "A Filmmaker's Epic Journey to the Peak of Meru". National Geographic. February 25, 2015. Archived from the original on March 2, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
- ^ "For 3 Climbers, Summiting Meru Was An 'Irresistible' Challenge". NPR. September 4, 2015. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved September 8, 2015.
- ^ "Meru Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
- ^ "Meru (2015)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved December 4, 2018.
- ^ "15 DOCUMENTARY FEATURES ADVANCE IN 2015 OSCAR® RACE". December 1, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
External links
- Official website
- Meru at IMDb