Hillary

2016
7.4| 0h30m| en
Synopsis

The life of the legendary mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, from his lonely childhood, to the man he became - Hillary the climber - a man that conquered Mt Everest, a man loved by a nation.

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Great Southern Television

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Also starring Andrew Munro

Also starring Amy Usherwood

Reviews

MoPoshy Absolutely brilliant
CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.
Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.
Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
escctrlshift Based on what I've seen so far, up through episode 5, this is a fairly classy act. Being neither a mountaineer nor a student of Hillary's life -- indeed, I am student of South Asian culture and count many friends in the greater NYC Sherpa community, in which I am something of a happenstance celebrity -- I can't rate the series based on any sense of verisimilitude as far as Hilary and New Zealand are concerned.But I can rate it reasonably well based on its depiction of native Nepalese -- only I wish for more. And a better exploration of Tenzin Norgay whom I suspect, in real life, is a more charismatic person than the character shown here. (Certainly the importance of Sherpa Tenzin to the Sherpa community in Nepal can scarcely be overstated, nor that of Hillary's for that matter.) But at least "Ed"'s character is well-developed. The writing and direction leave a lot unstated, which clearly marks this as a "foreign" series, that is, for us American viewers. There is no slick production, after-effects or CGI beyond a necessary minimum. No portentous soundtrack gimmicks either. It's good solid family entertainment, nice enough to recommend to me Mum!