First Descent
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  • Starring: Hannah Teter, Nick Perata, Shaun White, Shawn Farmer, Terje Haakonsen
  • Summary: First Descent chronicles the rebellious, inspiring and sometimes controversial rise of snowboarding -- as seen through the eyes of the snowboarders setting the standards and breaking the boundaries of this worldwide phenomenon. (Universal Pictures)

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  1. Positive: 10 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 22
  3. Negative: 5 out of 22
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Gregory Kirschling
    83
    First Descent is not as eloquent, and thus not as electrifying, as Stacy Peralta's "Dogtown and Z-Boys" or "Riding Giants," the two jock docs it's clearly modeled after. No matter: Visually, MD Films offers up a sugar rush.
  2. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    78
    Awesome.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Michael Rechtshaffen
    60
    Snowboarders are given their Dew in this nicely shot but lengthy exercise in corporate branding.
  4. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    38
    Boring, repetitive and maddening about a subject you'd think would be fairly interesting: snowboarding down a mountain.

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  1. H.
    9
    Anyone who rides a snowboard will enjoy this romp down the mountain. Likable characters, interesting history of the sport (without wasting too much time on what we all know already) and exciting backcountry images in Alaska. Despite what the critics say, there is little to no obvious product placement - they seem to be having a tizzy that Mountain Dew produced, but for the most part, Pepsi Co. appeared to keep its distance. Entertaining - and doesn't stop immediately when it gets to feature length!… Expand

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