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Meru

2015 Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin

Believe in the impossible

Meru is the electrifying story of three elite American climbers—Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, and Renan Ozturk—bent on achieving the impossible.

Conrad Anker Jimmy Chin Renan Öztürk Jon Krakauer Jenni Lowe-Anker Amee Hinkley Grace Chin Jeremy Jones

Alternative Titles

Όρος Μερού, Meru: odisea en el Himalaya, מרו - לכבוש את הפסגה, MERU／メルー, 메루, 한계를 향한 열정, Meru: O Centro do Universo, Меру, İmkansız Tırmanış, 攀登梅鲁峰, 攀登梅魯峰

Genres

Adventure Documentary

Themes

Moving relationship stories Humanity's odyssey: earth and beyond Show All…

Theatrical

25 Jan 2015

USAR

Physical

26 Feb 2016

Denmark7

16 Mar 2016

Germany0

TV

12 Jan 2018

Netherlands9

Denmark

26 Feb 2016

Physical7

Germany

16 Mar 2016

Physical0

Netherlands

12 Jan 2018

TV9 NPO 3

USA

25 Jan 2015

TheatricalR

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Popular reviews

Review by Matt Singer ★★★

A towering tribute to the remarkable power of human courage.
(And human stupidity.)
Like seriously, these guys are unbelievably brave!
(But also hella dumb.)
Review by Jordan Beaumont Anderson ★★★ 1

men will literally climb every fucking tall thing instead of going to therapy
Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★

The foolishly fantastic
power of passion, the
dangers of dreaming.
Review by kayla ★★★½ 1

I love climbing documentaries because I would never do this shit
Review by DreamScape40 ★★★½

Good documentary.
It's always interesting to know the background of mountain climbers.
Especially, when you have a good strong team like this group.
Thank goodness I'm all warm under my blankies.
⛰
Review by kyle ★★★

missed opportunity not using miley cyrus' "the climb"
Review by PF ★★ 6

Holy hell are they stupid.
And also, portaledge is a thing apparently. It's a deployable tent suspended off a vertical cliff until an avalanche carries it away; then it's called a bodybag.
Review by Andio ★★★½ 1

Not as gripping as free solo but definitely worth it. Jimmy Chin is a wizard. Climbing those mountains is hard as f*ck but climbing and capturing everything at the same time is just crazy.
Review by piangero ★★★½

They should put a McDonalds up there
Review by Joel B ★★★ 2

Wait wait so Conrad married that guy’s wife?
Review by Mike D'Angelo ★★★

51/100
A.V. Club review. Spent half the film admiring these guys and the other half thinking they should be brought up on charges of reckless stupidity.
Review by Daniel Cruse ★★★★½ 1

“Meru was the most challenging climb of my life. Not once, but twice.”
I put Meru on my watchlist as soon as I saw Free Solo and tonight I saw it was on Netflix and impulsively put it on despite the fact that I definitely should’ve gone to sleep a while ago and I can say without a doubt that I don’t regret the decision. This film had all of the same appeal that Free Solo did, the beautiful and well done, tense and thrilling climbing sequences, the great deep dives into the lives of the people who the film focuses on, Jimmy Chin’s filmmaking talents shined through in both of these movies.
Meru and Free Solo make me really…