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The Canyon

Surviving is just the beginning

2009 · 1h 42m · R Thriller
Directed by Richard Harrah

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Overview

A survival story about a honeymooning couple who get lost in the wide expanse of the Grand Canyon.

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27%
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If well-meaning people didn't make stupid choices -- and if cellphones worked everywhere -- way fewer vacation-from-hell thrillers would probably be made.

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times
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The Canyon is undermined by the expectation of a big payoff that never comes.

Cary Darling, Dallas Morning News
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The best thing about this would-be nature thriller is Will Patton's zesty performance as a cackling, crazed muleskinner, a wily old hand who exits far too soon. There's nothing much to replace him, so we're in for a long 102 minutes.

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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Hint to newlyweds: Don't honeymoon in a primeval wilderness populated by diamondback rattlesnakes, aggressive wolves and alcoholic wilderness guides.

Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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The Canyon is so singularly inept it gives you a whole new appreciation for the ept.

Ty Burr, Boston Globe

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