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Directed by | Matthew Dyas |
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Cinematography | Chris Openshaw |
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Music by | Rebekka Karijord |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures Content Group |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Explorer is a 2022 biographical documentary film about the life and exploits of British explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes, directed by Matthew Dyas. It was critically acclaimed as a "compelling portrait" of Fiennes.
The film includes both contemporary and archive footage and covers many of aspects of Fiennes' life including self-amputation of his fingers due to frostbite, involvement in the Dhofar Rebellion, leading the Transglobe expedition, being booted out of the SAS, running 7 marathons on 7 days on 7 continents, auditioning for James Bond, and reflections on his personal and family life. [1]
Explorer was released to theatres on 14 July 2022. It was released to video on 30 August 2022. [3]
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Metacritic | 81/100 [4] |
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On Rotten Tomatoes the film has a 100% rating based on reviews from 16 critics. [11] On Metacritic it has score of 81 out of 100 based on reviews from 5 critics "universal acclaim". [4] It has a 3 star review by Cath Clarke for the Guardian [5] and a 5 star review by Robbie Collin for the Telegraph . [6] Wendy Ide of The Observer gave the film a rating of 4 stars out of 5, which was higher than the rating awarded by the sister paper the Guardian. She called the film a "compelling portrait" of the subject. [9]
Empire contributor Ian Freer gave a 4 star rating, writing "If it adds little in the way of dissenting voices or a different viewpoint, Explorer tells the tale of a remarkable, stranger-than-fiction life and emerges as an affecting, entertaining portrait of a true eccentric". [7] Nell Minow for RogerEbert.com gave the film a 3.5 star rating writing that the "organization of the film is distracting" however the subject is "never less than enthralling". [8]