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wrote, "Though the facts may be facts, everything else is crocodile tears and spurious uplift, from the coy prologue in which the heroine tells her story to a winsome pack of children asking why she never got married, to the bitter-sweet ending (complete with drooling pop song) which would have given
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called it "a surefire formula tearjerker" whose most serious flaw was "the film's emphasis on the ordeal of Miss Kinmont's rehabilitation, which after all is a familiar enough but oh so heart-tugging process, at the expense of detailing her very struggle to do something useful with her life once she
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gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and wrote, "If a real person weren't involved, I'd feel more at ease saying this film is excessive in its grab for sympathy and admiration ... Bridges' natural charm brightens not only Kinmont's spirit but also the spirit of a movie that dangerously
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said: "The life came first, but the movie seems to have less interest in Miss Kinmont than in the devices of romantic fiction that reduce particularity of feeling to a sure-fire formula designed to elicit sentimental purposes. If you go to see 'The Other Side of the Mountain,' load up your
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wrote that the film "stands a good chance of becoming the next legitimate sleeper. In certain respects it's a superficial, banal piece of filmmaking, but the story it tries to tell has stirring and inspirational qualities, which cannot be found in any other American films at the moment."
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wrote, "Film is a standout in every department, perfect casting, fine acting, sensitive photography and general overall production all combining to give unusual strength to subject matter."
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was one of the most successful box office releases for Universal Pictures in years and was said to have helped the company survive a difficult period.
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even a Victorian chambermaid qualms with its breathless heaping of darkest hours before the dawn."
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Thomas, Kevin (May 16, 1975). "Jill Kinmont's Ordeal Slushy Going".
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Siskel, Gene (May 30, 1975). "'Mountain': More than a tear-jerker".
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The film earned North American theatrical rentals of $ 8.2 million.
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has learned to accept she will never again walk." Gary Arnold of
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Arnold, Gary (May 23, 1975). "A Moving 'Mountain'".
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In early 1955, Kinmont was the national champion in
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Index

May Justus
The Other Side of the Mountain (Jalali and Grau book)

Larry Peerce
David Seltzer
Edward S. Feldman
Marilyn Hassett
Beau Bridges
Belinda J. Montgomery
Nan Martin
Dabney Coleman
William Bryant
David M. Walsh
Charles Fox
Filmways Pictures
Universal Pictures
1975
drama
romance film
ski racing
Jill Kinmont
United Kingdom
slalom
1956 Winter Olympics
giant slalom
Alta
Utah
quadriplegic
Larry Peerce
David Seltzer

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