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- 2011
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 41 m
- 2011
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 41 m
Summary After embarking on a passionate affair with his evangelical neighbor's wife, Gavin soon finds himself in a battle of wills that will have life or death consequences. As a nonbeliever, Gavin is lured by his lover's husband to the ledge of a high rise and told he has one hour to make a choice between his life or the one he loves. Without f...
Directed By: Matthew Chapman
Written By: Matthew Chapman
- 2011
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 41 m
- 2011
- R
- IFC Films
- 1 h 41 m
The Ledge
34
5.8
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Summary After embarking on a passionate affair with his evangelical neighbor's wife, Gavin soon finds himself in a battle of wills that will have life or death consequences. As a nonbeliever, Gavin is lured by his lover's husband to the ledge of a high rise and told he has one hour to make a choice between his life or the one he loves. Without f...
Directed By: Matthew Chapman
Written By: Matthew Chapman
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
34
7% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
57% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
36% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
34
7% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
57% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
36% Negative
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
Chapman coaxes good performances from his cast, especially Wilson, who makes Joe's immense conflicts a matter of empathy as much as abhorrence.
The Ledge is a sometimes-fascinating, often-aggravating chamber thriller that works best when it's doubling as an inquiry into faith.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 37 User Ratings
5.8
49% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
22% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
30% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 37 User Ratings
5.8
49% Positive
18 Ratings
18 Ratings
22% Mixed
8 Ratings
8 Ratings
30% Negative
11 Ratings
11 Ratings
The Ledge is definitely an intense story from start to finish. It tackles a subject most run from and keeps you tangled in the lives of its characters immensely. Each character has their own depth and story and the meshing of all of these is genius. If you like love stories, thrillers, tragedies, nail biters, tear jerkers or all of the above. This is the film for you! It will leave you contemplating life and religion for sure. Charlie Hunnam and Liv Tyler were a great onscreen match and both delivered A+ performances!!
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The Ledge is a sparse, uncluttered film challenging the viewer to confront the complexity of human life and how we attempt to make sense of our experiences. Most notably the film explores these issues at the intersection of religion. In Joe, Chapman finds his antagonist. Itâ
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Despite a capable cast and attractive Baton Rouge, La., locales photographed by Bobby Bukowski, The Ledge suffers from a seriously flawed script that's just too implausible to be taken seriously.
Charlie Hunnam and Terrence Howard put enough actors' oomph into these ledge mates to make them authentic characters even though the film fails to achieve anything like the same level of authenticity.
The Ledge, it should be noted, is not dumb. What undoes it is its mechanical structure: a stale dramatic formula of the sort taught in elementary playwriting classes.
Even if The Ledge couldn't be written off as a hollow polemic, there's also the lifeless drama, laughable dialogue, chintzy sets, and poor lighting to grapple with.
There's nothing wrong with establishing a field of unlikable characters, but The Ledge not only relies on paper-thin stereotypes, it keeps its allegiances clear from the beginning.
I loved everything about this movie. The acting and actors were just perfect, the story was interesting. Above all, it was a unique storyline. I usually have a hard time even sitting through a movie, but not this one. I didn't want it to end. I can't understand anyone not enjoying this film.
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This is very much a film about faith and thus religion, while it has a drama aspect, I'm not sure I'd classify it as a thriller as such. It is, however, somewhat thoughtful, although it didn't really have a big impact on me as a viewer as such but its not a really bad film, its just a bit...niche perhaps, quirky? yes. While I followed most of the plot, I did get a little lost in terms of the details of some characters but it was an interesting watch for the most part. If your not at all interested in faith or religion, then I'd imagine this film wouldn't interest, or appeal, to you but otherwise I'd recommend it (with the caveat that you need to pay attention to fully follow what goes on with the various characters).
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The movie had an interesting idea and an impressive cast, but unfortunately, it fell short. The story wasn't as engaging as they would've liked it to be, it got pretty boring at parts and none of the characters were likeable. At least Howard and Wilson's performances were entertaining.
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An all-star cast isn't everything, as proven by the independent drama, The Ledge. The film features, (big surprise) a man on the ledge of a building, threatening to jump, and when the police negotiator shows up, the man (Charlie Hunnam), through flashbacks, tells a twisted tale of love, adultery, and murder that led him to his current predicament. One of the biggest problems I have with this films is Charlie Hunnam, he was so good as outlaw biker, Jax Teller, on seven seasons of Sons of Anarchy, that I don't really buy him as this sweet, emotional guy. Not to mention the fact that he had better chemistry with Terrance Howard, who played the police negotiator, than he did with Liv Tyler, the woman he was supposedly willing to risk everything for. Together, Hunnam and Tyler seem almost uncomfortable and it wasn't just while they were talking. All of their interactions are awkward, clumsy, and uncomfortable to watch, something I assure you was not done on purpose. Aside from that, the story here, isn't even that great, The Ledge is more talking then anything else, yes I realize it's a drama, but something has to happen at some point doesn't it? I mean the endless talk is broken up by a couple of clumsy sex scenes and then it's back to talking, I really found the whole thing to be very boring, and apparently so did other Netflix viewers, as it was streaming for about two weeks before they pulled it. As I said before, the Ledge has a great cast, but besides that it's just another long, tedious, film you can live without.
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Production Company
Foresight Unlimited,
VIP Media Group,
Michael Mailer Films,
Film & Entertainment VIP Medienfonds 4 GmbH & Co. KG (I),
Rising Star,
Government of Saudi Arabia,
Ledge Productions
Release Date Jul 8, 2011
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating R
Tagline One life. One chance. One step.
Website
http://ledgemovie.com/
Awards
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
