The Ledge
The Ledge
R | 08 July 2011 (USA)
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A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist escalates into a lethal battle of wills.

Reviews
Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Patience Watson One of those movie experiences that is so good it makes you realize you've been grading everything else on a curve.
Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.
Kamila Bell This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.
matheusutino This was the worst film I watched in 2017, with no doubt. With a weak script, in which the conviction and motivation for the actions of the characters are futile, based only on the appearance. Besides that it is impossible to feel empathy, as they do not show in a way clear the past of the characters, since they do not act in the marking moments of their lives, so they are just talking, not creating bonds with the public. And worst of all is that the film is extremely predictable, taking only a moment of the film, and that even so does not save the movie at all. In short, do not waste your time watching this movie.Obs : Sorry my english.
phd_travel This is a strange tale and it's quite interesting at first. Patrick Wilson plays a religious fanatic very well and he shows he is a versatile actor. Liv Tyler actually performs better than her usual which can be bland. Terence Howard plays a suicide counselor with his own problems and it's quite funny when it comes out while he is trying to talk Charlie Hunnam off the ledge of a building.There are some involving moments about religion and it's being rejected or embraced by 3 damaged people. It would have been better if the ending had been a happy and clever one instead. Maybe I missed the point of the movie.
adi_2002 Gavin is on the roof of a building ready to jump and Detective Hollis is sent to the scene to persuade the young man to get off. Between the two starts a conversation that we learn why Gavin wants to commit suicide.The story begins showing us Gavin's work at a hotel and the randomness makes the wife of a neighbor's to find work at the same hotel. Together with his roommate they are invited to dinner by Joe but he makes a remark to Gavin on thought he would be gay. Joe is a Christian but Gavin is an Atheist and after a conversation between them things tend to become an argue. Shana apologize behalf of his husband and after she is invited to have lunch by Gavin repeatedly between them is born an adventure about Joe finds and wants to do right in the way he knows. Meanwhile Hollis has his own family's troubles after discovering that his wife hid a secret for many years. Now Gavin is ready to do anything for Shana to live and no one can make him change his mind.Mixture between faith desire for revenge and sacrifice are well exposed but some will seem superfluous and do not think it was necessary this kind of subject to narrate a story even though the film catches you from the beginning and keeps you in suspense until final who could have been better and that somehow change the whole movie.
j_ee-k2 The plot of the film centers around an openly atheist hero (Gavin) and a Christian villain (Joe). At a particular point during the film, the conservative Christian husband engages in some interesting dialogue with the atheist man. It is most of this dialogue that this review concerns itself with. The film's director is an outspoken atheist named Matthew Chapman, who also happens to be the great-great grandson of Charles Darwin. He claims that he didn't make the film for atheists, but anyone who watches this movie may come away with a different opinion. Either way, not much appears on the web in the way of critiquing what must be characterized as an utterly irrational attempt at dispelling the Christian worldview. So I decided to provide a rational response to a particular section of the contrived dialogue that comprises the crux of the film's aim. Specifically, I have identified at least 20 errors in reasoning that occur during the dialogue that the viewer may or may not have picked up on. The critique is located at http://tinyurl.com/amrdt2c