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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75The A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonThe A.V. ClubTasha RobinsonEnthusiasts and neophytes alike should be able to join together in gasping at the sight of people plunging down vertical walls of ice, taking their lives into their own hands for a brief, lion-lifed adrenaline charge.
- 75Portland OregonianM. E. RussellPortland OregonianM. E. RussellA surprisingly fatalistic, way-above-average ski documentary that lays out a 35-year history of the "extreme" end of the sport.
- 75Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill WhiteSeattle Post-IntelligencerBill WhiteAlthough this is director Mark Obenhaus' first ski movie, it is every bit as exciting as the popular Warren Miller pictures, and boasts an unobstrusive soundtrack in place of the heavy metal racket that fuels most sports documentaries.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenAn undeniably impressive visual spectacle that follows the sport of extreme skiing.
- Certain to appeal to the extreme sport enthusiast, but it also deserves a mass audience for its incredible imagery and window into a lifestyle most can't fathom. It's nearly impossible to walk away without a new motivation to find something that can make you feel the way these skiers do.
- 63New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsThe skiers' explanations, on the order of "no risk, no adventure," won't wash with people born without the daredevil gene and watching them fly down these vertical blankets of snow, often out of control, is a little like watching a train wreck
- 50VarietyVarietyLike its sister films in the surfing-movie genre, the extreme-skiing movie Steep is less a documentary than a sales pitch -- not for a product or a place, but for a sport, one its practitioners feel requires pugnacious self-promotion.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceBlandly beautiful, inarticulate extreme-skiing documentary.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterSpectacular photography bolsters this shallow ski movie.
- 25New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoWhat they say is superficial. They never really explain why they risk their lives. In the end, Steep plays like a TV infomercial - and who wants to hand over $11 to watch one?