Lucy Walker has assembled one of the great sporting docs - partly because its scope extends beyond the slopes.
In its picture of the family constellation lies all of the film's strength, all testimony to its ambition, its capacity to fascinate with a revelation, an unexpected digression from the drama's main focus.
Walker captures a seesaw exhilaration between the thrill of pushing one's limits and the pain of dreams cut short.
Operating on several levels, this engaging documentary holds our attention with eye-opening information and pulse-quickening action, but what makes it unmissable is its emotional kick.
This compassionate account of the thrills and risks of extreme sports makes it required viewing for both aspirants and enthusiasts.
With no miraculous recovery to fall back on, the story simply has nowhere to go. And that's precisely the point.
Assembled from a plethora of visual sources, including the title footage, this impressively edited and dynamically scored film successfully combines visceral bursts of action with intimately observed sequences ...
Dangerous sports smacks up against towering ambition in this sensationally accomplished documentary to ask a universal question: How far do you go in order to be who you were born to be?
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