The Dawn Wall's reviews
Media reviews
Variety
In 'The Dawn Wall', we get close enough to their achievement to share it, and that?s enough to make anyone in the audience want to shoot the moon.
Filmmakers were there to document every excruciating inch, with stunning Yosemite scenery as their backdrop for almost every striking frame. The film they got out of it is, like the experience they were documenting, one of a kind.
The Hollywood Reporter
There's plenty of human drama during this climbing as well (some of it caused, or aggravated, by an unexpected media frenzy), alongside physical feats usually reserved on big screens for Tom Cruise and The Rock. Do the men make it to the top? Do yourself a favor and don't check Wikipedia before watching.
While 'The Dawn Wall' brings you up close to the miraculous feat of Caldwell and Jorgeson, the backstory (particularly of Caldwell) is just as amazing.