In reply to Dominic Green:
I would say that the film is a lot better than OK. There are some aspects were perhaps not quite right but difficult to completely show conditions on a bit lump like Everest when filming in Italy.
I was put off the film by the trailer - but would recommend people going to see it.
It is nothing like Cliffhanger or Vertical Limits. The storyline concentrated on a few main characters - Rob Hall, his wife, Scott Fischer, Ed Withers, Doug etc. The scenery shots are fantastic.
1996 was a busy year for Everest and many books, articles and talks have ensued from that - a film like this has taken some time to come out and I felt at the end of the film, sitting next to someone who has been on Everest, that this film was a fitting account of what happened.