Skywalkers: A Love Story

Skywalkers: A Love Story is a 2024 American documentary film directed by Jeff Zimbalist and co-directed by Maria Bukhonina, and produced by Zimbalist, Bukhonina, Tamir Ardon, and Chris Smith. It is about rooftopping as it follows Russian couple Angela Nikolau and Vanya Beerkus.[3][4][5]

Skywalkers: A Love Story
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Directed by
StarringIvan Beerkus
Angela Nikolau
CinematographyRenato Serrano
Pablo Rojas
Ivan Beerkus
Angela Nikolau
Edited byAlannah Byrnes
Jeff Zimbalist
Music byJacques Brautbar
Tereza Dos Santos Costa
Production
companies
XYZ Films
Library Films
All Rise Films
Distributed byNetflix
Release dates
  • January 18, 2024 (2024-01-18) (Sundance[1])
  • July 19, 2024 (2024-07-19)
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Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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Skywalkers: A Love Story premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival.[6] A few days later, Netflix acquired distribution rights to the documentary.[7] The film was released on Netflix on July 19, 2024.[8]

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 74% of 58 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "Blending romance with vertiginous thrill-seeking, Skywalkers: A Love Story is a documentary of truly dizzying proportions."[9] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 64 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[10]

A review by John Nugent for the Empire film magazine gave the film a 3 out of 5 stars rating, praising the film's ability to get under the viewers' skin, but "doesn't quite reach the heights it could." The review also notes how the film could be seen as an advertisement for the couple's signature NFTs.[11] Nell Minow, writing for RogerEbert.com, rated the film 2 out of 4 stars, calling the climbs somewhat performative and the protagonists "completely self-centered."[12]

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References

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  1. ^ Horton, Adrian (2024-01-19). "'Our full potential is on the other side of fear': a vertigo-inducing look at 'rooftopping'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  2. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (January 27, 2024). "Netflix Lands Sundance Docu 'Skywalkers: A Love Story'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  3. ^ Gyarkye, Lovia (2024-01-19). "'Skywalkers: A Love Story' Review: Exhilarating Doc Takes Relationship Issues to New Heights". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  4. ^ Gleiberman, Owen (2024-01-19). "'Skywalkers: A Love Story' Review: A Thrilling, Vertigo-Inducing Documentary That Scales the Heights of Fear and Devotion". Variety. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  5. ^ Schager, Nick (2024-01-19). "The 'Skywalkers' Who Fell in Love While Risking Death 'Rooftopping'". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  6. ^ Kay, Jeremy. "'Skywalkers: A Love Story', 'Thelma' among handful of acquisition titles sparking early Sundance buzz". Screen. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  7. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr (27 January 2024). "Netflix Lands Sundance Docu 'Skywalkers: A Love Story'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
  8. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (January 27, 2024). "Netflix Lands Sundance Docu 'Skywalkers: A Love Story'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 27, 2024.
  9. ^ "Skywalkers: A Love Story". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 7, 2024.
  10. ^ "Skywalkers: A Love Story". Metacritic. Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  11. ^ Nugent, John (2024-07-19). "Skywalkers: A Love Story Review". Empire Magazine. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
  12. ^ Minow, Nell (2024-07-19). "Skywalkers: A Love Story movie review (2024)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 2024-07-21.
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