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By Jennifer Green
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based on child development research. How do we rate?
Death, language, drinking in sci-fi/action/romance film.
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The Gorge
What's the Story?
Drasa (Anya Taylor-Joy) is a Lithuanian sniper with an expert shot, a dying father, and a heavy load of guilt in THE GORGE. Levi (Miles Teller) is also an accomplished sniper and a former Marine dealing with mental health issues and loneliness, also due to his line of work. He's asked by a woman, Bartholomew (Sigourney Weaver), who appears to be affiliated with the military, to take a one-year assignment alone in a watchtower in an unidentified country, where he will keep watch over a mysterious gorge. One night he discovers the person in the watchtower on the other side of the gorge is Drasa. They begin a long-distance flirtation, interrupted occasionally by human-like creatures that climb up out of the fog below to try to attack them. What's the story behind these creatures, and what actually exists below the fog?
Is It Any Good?
Teller and Taylor-Joy do their best to keep this implausible action film (and equally improbable romance) from sinking into absurdity, and they sort of succeed. The stars of The Gorge take their roles seriously, despite some wild shifts in tone between romance and horror. (When their flirting is interrupted by crazy-looking creatures attacking them, they snap right back to their dalliance as if without further thought. What?!) They also carry off the action sequences with aplomb. Their efforts compensate for an ambitious script that isn't totally sure of the tone it's going for, and a farfetched storyline forced to explain itself too simplistically through a found video. Weaver is disappointingly underused.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the military and private sector actions at the core of the mystery in The Gorge. Do these seem realistic at all? How so, or how not?
Does this film fit into any single genre, or does it cross multiple? What other similar films have you watched?
Some of the action sequences are memorable; for example, the pair fleeing up the gorge wall. How do you think this was filmed? Where could you find more information?
Movie Details
- On DVD or streaming : February 14, 2025
- Cast : Miles Teller , Anya Taylor-Joy , Sigourney Weaver
- Director : Scott Derrickson
- Inclusion Information : Female Movie Actor(s) , Latino Movie Actor(s)
- Studio : Apple TV / Apple Original Films
- Genre : Science Fiction
- Topics : Fantasy , Friendship , History , STEM
- Run time : 128 minutes
- MPAA rating :
- MPAA explanation : intense sequences of violence and action, brief strong language, some suggestive material and thematic elements
- Last updated : October 31, 2025
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