OK for one viewing

Rating: 7/10 (25 January 2016)

Greetings from Lithuania.
"Everest" (2015) is kinda disappointing movie if you asked me. It has big great names in acting department attached, although we never really care that much about them - sure this is a sad story, based on very unfortunate events, but script lacks more involvement with characters. Acting was uniformly good, but nothing special. There are some great cinematography, and special effects do create this sense of place, but sometimes lazy directing takes away some tension moments. That said it surprisingly good paced movie, at running time 1 h 50 min it almost never drags.
Overall, "Everest" is a simply an OK movie for one viewing. Maybe we did see those stories before, and some better done, and although this movie is based on very true story, it fails to capture it - it is not a bad movie by any means, but overall package is flawed.