Man on Wire Reviews

In 2015, they will release a fictional version of this movie directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and even though I should be really excited by this movie, I’m not, and I have in fact some really mixed feelings about this project. The point is that, before watching this documentary, I thought I would like the damned thing but I didn't expect to love it so much. Indeed, I thought it was just really amazing and it is easily one of my favorite documentaries. The great masterstorke is that I really didn't expect it to be be some kind of spellbinding thriller and, in my opinion, it was actually way more entertaining that many blockbusters that are released nowdays. On top of that, this whole act may seem rather pointless or meaningless but, for me, it was actually pretty much a real work of Art and this movie perfectly gave this feeling . In my opinion, it seems hard to believe that Zemeckis would manage to reach this level of excellence with a ‘fiction’ but we’ll see soon enough. Anyway, coming back to our main fearure, it is seriously one of the greatest documentaries ever made and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you are interested in this genre.

The documentary is creativily modeled after heist films but is not as immersive as it could have been. Because of the subject matter the film doesn't turns boring, and there are some good moments in the interview to Petit.