Life is Climbing

May. 12,2023      
Rating:
5.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Visually impaired climber Koichiro Kobayashi, also known as Koba, relies on the voice of his site guide, Naoya Suzuki, as if it were his own eyes. In 2021, the pair travels to the United States with the aim of standing on the spire of the bright red sandstone Fisher Towers in Utah

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Reviews

Baseshment
2023/05/12

I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

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Deanna
2023/05/13

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

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Logan
2023/05/14

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

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Dana
2023/05/15

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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