The Alpinist (2021)
5/10
Cool doc. But...disingenuous?
15 December 2021
It's fun to think the possibility exists that any of us can just up and jet around the world, having all the adventures that our hearts desire. This film could lead one to believe that Marc-Andre and his gf (more on her in a minute) were just two poor, happy hippies whose passions centered around mountain climbing.

Except they weren't. Or at least, she wasn't.

Brette Harrington went to a boarding school (a high school, mind you) in the U. S. with a $60,000 a year tuition. Who is this girl? Who is her family? Could you afford this for your kid? I couldn't. No, this is reserved for the elite.

Marc-Andre was musically inclined and bilingual at the very least. Again, doesn't fit the profile of some broke, hitchhiking mountain climber afflicted with ADHD, does it?

I guess we'll never know, unless someone makes a bio about who these people REALLY are. I'd be interested in watching that.
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