High Ground

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Eleven wounded warriors returning from Iraq and Afghanistan join an expedition to climb the 20,000-foot Mount Lobuche. Led by blind adventurer Erik Weihenmayer and a team of Everest summiters, they set out on an emotional climb to reach the top.
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Netflix Rating: 3.6
NYT Review: The documentary “High Ground" follows 11 wounded war veterans as they scale a 20,000-foot peak in the Himalayas. Read the review
Top Rotten Tomatoes Critics: "High Ground" is a moving documentary that is both the film it presents itself to be and something more. full review

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

Brown ... translates a collage of experiences - some desperate, some hopeful, all tragic - into a first-person commentary on the malign reverberations of war. full review

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

Brown takes advantage of the opportunity to present a broad array of feelings, less on the nature of these conflicts in particular and more on the mindset of the soldier in war - and the difficulties faced when no longer in the midst of the conflict. full review

Ian Buckwalter, NPR

[An] impressively restrained documentary ... full review

Ernest Hardy, Village Voice

A less than inspiring documentary about extremely inspiring individuals, "High Ground" is worth seeing for what it shows rather than how it shows it. full review

Ty Burr, Boston Globe

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