Sorry - big Jimmy Chin fan (photography & fillmmaking) here, but "Free Solo" spends way too much time on the "human interest" side of the story and NOT ENOUGH on the actual climb. When it finally commences, the climb zips between a few certain points on the route - a huge mistake, it should have been more comprehensive and detailed. I kept waiting for it to get going and when it does, it simply does not deliver. I couldn't believe how little time was spent on the CLIMB ITSELF. Did Chin not have enough good usable footage? Meru - Chin's previous film - blows this one apart in comparison. Meru is a classic - Free Solo is ANYTHING but.
Review of Free Solo
