Touching the Void (2003)
"The closer you are to death. The more you realize you are alive."
ThumbScore
👍 80%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 88%
(RT: 94%, MC: 82) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Brendan Mackey as Joe Simpson
Nicholas Aaron as Simon Yates
Ollie Ryall as Richard Hawking
Joe Simpson as Himself
Richard Hawking as Himself
Simon Yates as Himself
Is Touching the Void good?
Most people think so. 80% audience score, estimated from 484 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 88%.
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Overview
The true story of Joe Simpson and Simon Yates' disastrous and nearly-fatal mountain climb of 6,344m Siula Grande in the Cordillera Huayhuash in the Peruvian Andes in 1985. Wikipedia ↗
