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The Ascent

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Jessi Cape Austin Chronicle 2d
The Ascent brings you along as Mandy rebuilds her faith in humanity, one crawl at a time. Go to Full Review Linda and Al Lerner Movies and Shakers 19h
This film makes you actually feel all of what Mandy Horvath is feeling emotionally and mentally from the struggles of her past leading to her stubborn determination to overcome her physical obstacles to ascend Kilimanjaro, No matter what.  Go to Full Review Alan French Sunshine State Cineplex 20h
7/10
While The Ascent does not attempt to reinvent the wheel as a formal documentary exercise, it has incredible emotion in every scene. Go to Full Review Kit Stone Hue Watched It 1d
'The Ascent' doesn’t try to wrap Mandy’s story up in a neat bow. Instead, it offers a complex portrait of a woman whose physical and emotional journeys are intertwined. Go to Full Review Valerie Kalfrin AWFJ.org 4d
an absorbing and rousing look at someone determined not to let her past define her and scrambling toward whatever the future brings Go to Full Review Tom Atkinson Film Threat 4d
8/10
By the time Mandy reaches the summit, her achievement is undeniable, yet the film doesn’t frame it as a neat ending. The questions that haunted her in the beginning remain unresolved. The past doesn’t suddenly dissolve into thin mountain air. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Edward Drake

Director

Scott Veltri

Director

Francis Cronin

Director

Mandy Horvath

Self

Edward Drake

Producer

Scott Veltri

Producer

Movie Info

Director
Edward Drake, Scott Veltri, Francis Cronin
Producer
Edward Drake, Scott Veltri
Production Co
Good Complex
Genre
Biography, Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 42m