...Petits farefulde linedans [er] ualmindelig nervepirrende, og hele hans og vennernes arbejde med at gøre klar til kuppet er mindst lige så spændende.

...Joseph Gordon-Levitt imponerer i rollen som den temperamentsfulde franskmand, og han mestrer det absurd morsomme...

...spectacular still images of the man on the wire, walking fearlessly between the peaks of two skyscrapers, a pole in his arms, a gaping abyss at his feet.

...is worth seeing on a big screen for its final wire walk...for its lovingly recreated images of the World Trade Center, for its often wry humor (including a marvelous running gag involving an elevator operator)

...I actually hid my eyes from the laser-projected 3D Imax image at one point, overwhelmed by the sheer visceral spectacle of it all.

…det är omöjligt att inte kapitulera inför filmens rent fysiska kraft.

…filmen är onekligen en häftig just bioupplevelse.

Det handler om drømmene i modsætning til den nøgterne dokumentarfilm Man on Wire fra 2008...