| Overall: | C+ |
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| Violence: | D+ |
| Sexual Content: | B- |
| Language: | C- |
| Drugs/Alcohol: | C |
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If you’d like to read about the MacGillivray Freeman IMAX production filmed during the infamous 1996 climbing disaster, read our review of Everest .
For a much calmer Himalayan movie experience, look at Seven Years in Tibet . For the kids, Alaska features another mountain rescue.
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About the Reviewer: Rod Gustafson
Rod Gustafson has worked in various media industries since 1977. He founded Parent Previews in 1993, and today continues to write and broadcast the reviews in newspapers, on radio and (of course) on the Internet. He currently serves as the President of the Alberta Association for Media Awareness, a provincial non-profit society. He also authors a regular column for The Parent's Television Council in Los Angeles. He and his wife Donna have four children.
