Kyle and Mike are best friends who share a close bond — until Mike sleeps with Kyle's fiancée. THE CLIMB is about a tumultuous but enduring relationship between two men across many years of laughter, heartbreak and rage. It is also the story of real-life best friends who turn their profound connection into a rich, humane and frequently uproarious film about the boundaries (or lack thereof) in all close friendships.
- Director: Michael Angelo Covino
- Country: USA
- Genre: Comedy | Drama
- Year: 2020
- Run Time: 01:34:00
- imdb Score: 7.0/10 (723 votes)
- Language: English
- Rating: R
- Cast: Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, Gayle Rankin, Judith Godrèche
Carlos Aguilar - LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Thrilling and charming in a way that very few comedies ever are."
Nick Allen - ROGEREBERT.COM
"Covino shows truly impressive formal control, incorporating sophisticated camerawork and tightly coiled edits while allowing time, space and rhythm - in short, the foundations of cinema - to play as equal participants in the comedy."
Ben Croll - THEWRAP
"Toxic masculinity is played for rich and revealing farce in writer/director Michael Angelo Covino's assured feature debut, told over multiple years."
Peter Howell - TORONTO STAR
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Deauville Film Festival 2019
San Sebastián Film Festival 2019
London Film Festival 2019
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Stockholm Int'l Film Festival 2019
Los Cabos Int'l Film Festival 2019
Rio de Janeiro Int'l Film Festival 2019