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Profanity and mixed messages in perilous pulse-pounder.

Parents Need to Know

Why Age 14+?

Explicit modeling of reckless, dangerous choices. Peril comes from characters pu

Frequent use of profanity, including "ass," "a--hole," "d--k," "screw that," "s-

Grieving character gets drunk and has to be stopped from driving. Prescription p

Women wear low-cut tank tops, athletic gear, nightgowns and are photographed thr

Any Positive Content?

Themes of friendship, facing your fears, and living life to the fullest. That sa

The main characters are young women who are incredibly strong and brave, as well

Story centers on two strong, brave female mountain climbers/adventurers, Becky a

Violence & Scariness

Explicit modeling of reckless, dangerous choices. Peril comes from characters putting themselves in a dangerous situation, but threats that come from nature are terrifying, realistic, sometimes fatal. Wounds are bloody and graphic. Vultures peck and disembowel a carcass; organs seen. Suicidal intent displayed.

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Frequent use of profanity, including "ass," "a--hole," "d--k," "screw that," "s--t," "son of a bitch," "t-ts," and "whore." One use of "f--k off."

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Drinking, Drugs & Smoking

Grieving character gets drunk and has to be stopped from driving. Prescription pills are taken, and a character pours many into her hand to indicate that she's considering intentionally overdosing.

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Sex, Romance & Nudity

Women wear low-cut tank tops, athletic gear, nightgowns and are photographed through "the male gaze." Hunter is a YouTuber whose memorable mantra is "t-ts for clicks!" Pole-dancing reference and quick visual. Romantic conversation between married couple in bed together.

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Positive Messages

Themes of friendship, facing your fears, and living life to the fullest. That said, living by this mantra gets the characters into a life-threatening situation.

Positive Role Models

The main characters are young women who are incredibly strong and brave, as well as creative problem solvers.

Diverse Representations

Story centers on two strong, brave female mountain climbers/adventurers, Becky and Hunter, though there are moments in which they're objectified. Black supporting character.

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Parents need to know that Fall is an action thriller dealing with overcoming grief and fear. It centers on two young, adventurous women -- Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter ( Virginia Gardner ) -- who may be aspirational figures for teen girls. They're incredibly brave, and one is a fearless daredevil. But -- and perhaps this is because almost everyone behind the camera is a middle-aged man -- there are elements that undermine the female-empowering storyline. For example, there's a gratuitous pole-dancing scene. And the camera doesn't miss an opportunity to show how their tops just can't contain their breasts ("t-ts for clicks!" is Hunter's mantra). The women are trying to survive the elements, and the peril they face is nonstop and intense. Injuries are graphic, bloody, and even deadly. A despondent character gets drunk in a bar, almost drives home, and contemplates suicide. Persistent use of profanity includes "ass," "d--k," "s--t," and "f--k off." To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails .

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Warning, not for young teens

Great 11 and up., what's the story.

In FALL, rock climbers Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter ( Virginia Gardner ) set out to climb one of the United States' largest structures, an abandoned radio tower. When the 2,000-foot climb doesn't go as planned, the women must find a way to get to safety -- or die trying.

Is It Any Good?

Two women climb to new heights, only to find they can't escape the patriarchy in writer-director Scott Mann's vertigo-inducing actioner. Fall is competently made, with cinematography that will have viewers on the edge of their seats. It's one part suspense, one part horror. This is about surviving the elements, like a different kind of Cast Awa y -- one borne out of the main characters' recklessly overconfident decisions. And, just like in a horror movie, viewers will want to yell at the screen: "Don't do it!"

From a parenting standpoint, there's a great benefit to that approach: Perhaps, when faced with the option of participating in dangerous situations, teens who've seen Fall will "know better" because they've walked in the characters' shoes. There's no doubt that Mann is a dad, especially when the storyline takes a turn that reinforces the idea that "Father knows best." But there's also no doubt that Mann and his co-writer Jonathan Frank are men who grew up seeing women portrayed on screen in a different way than we expect today -- and that's where Fall plummets. Warrant's "Cherry Pie" blasts throughout, and it's hard to imagine that two 28-year-old women in 2022 would even know this sexist 1990 anthem, much less make it their ring tone. They're wardrobed so that their breasts spill out of their shirts, with Mann so aware that it's objectification nonsense that he writes a justification into the script. And, somehow in this story that's about a woman finding her inner strength when she's already incredibly physically strong, the script finds a way to make it about men ( sigh ). Just like Becky and Hunter's plans, this film starts with promise, only to drop with a thud.

Talk to Your Kids About ...

Families can talk about the appeal -- and risks -- of extreme sports. Why do you think people choose to participate in dangerous activities? What role do YouTube and social media play in encouraging creators to attempt wild stunts?

Would you call Fall "female-forward storytelling"? Why, or why not? How do you think it might have been different if it were written or directed by a woman?

What are the movie's messages? Does the story undercut those messages? If so, how? What will you take away?

Is drinking glamorized? Are there realistic consequences? Why does that matter?

Talk about the courage that Becky and Hunter demonstrate. Is it misguided, given the events that transpire? Where's the line between daring and foolhardy?

Movie Details

In theaters : August 12, 2022
On DVD or streaming : September 27, 2022
Cast : Grace Caroline Currey , Virginia Gardner , Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Director : Scott Mann
Inclusion Information : Female actors
Studio : Lionsgate
Genre : Thriller
Topics : Sports and Martial Arts , Friendship
Character Strengths : Courage , Teamwork
Run time : 107 minutes
MPAA rating : PG-13
MPAA explanation : bloody images, intense peril, and strong language
Last updated : August 9, 2024

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Fall Reviews

The leads, along with the cinematography, score, and the downright terror you’ll feel, make Fall worth the watch

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 29, 2024

Fall is at its best when dealing with the challenges of being stuck In the middle of nowhere and no help in sight. Everything that could possibly go wrong does, and the fact the protagonists are mildly competent makes every complication more plausible.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 13, 2024

Some viewers might find the twist at the end of the third act surprising, but it all comes down to the unusual and absurd reason that finds it difficult to come to terms with this nightmare climb.

Full Review | Sep 8, 2023

To truly enjoy Fall is to buy into its semi-unbelievable premise, but does that really matter?

Full Review | Jul 24, 2023

Please watch Fall with a barf bag in case you are afraid of heights. But please do watch it. This is an endorsement of the movie, BTW, and not a warning sign for you to never give it a try.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 20, 2023

Fall is a solid, well-played, and broadly effective thriller. While perhaps overly familiar in its genre tropes, it still succeeds with strong visuals, driven characters, and an urgent pace.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | May 22, 2023

Offering plenty of reminders that the most devastating thing can be hope, Fall is a simple premise executed with brutal, bravura and brilliant effectiveness.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 10, 2023

...Fall is a rather memorable, if messy film that engages the eye and trolls the brain…

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 2, 2023

[Fall] keeps the spectator in a constant state of anxiety in a situation where life hangs by a thread. Or a rope... [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10 | Mar 27, 2023

To be fair, on a surface level – and let’s be honest, that’s the level upon which Fall is intended to function – director Scott Mann effectively exploits all the stuff that’ll make you clench your glutes...

Full Review | Jan 4, 2023

Audiences will just be dumbfounded by its mean spirited relentlessness for cruelty, and the sheer ineptitude (and idiocy) of our two main characters.

Full Review | Jan 1, 2023

But Fall’s main attraction, and the primary source of its visual pleasure, is the freestanding, red latticed tower itself, identified as the “B-67” and possibly inspired by the WHDH-TV tower in Massachusetts.

Full Review | Dec 23, 2022

This one’s a solid attempt at unsettling you. You will want to shut your eyes several times fearing a nasty fall.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 19, 2022

Fall is ultimately 70 minutes of great fun. The problem unfortunately is that it goes for 100 minutes.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 9, 2022

If you don’t have a fear of heights already, you certainly will after watching Fall. This is an intense thriller that needs to be experienced on the biggest screen possible.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 13, 2022

Just reach inside your mind with the interplay of sound and vision and shake the hippocampus until your own nightmares come out to play with whatever’s on screen.

Full Review | Oct 28, 2022

Heart pounding intensity with decent dialogue leads Fall down a path of recycled tropes that has thrills, a few scares, and some good acting.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 18, 2022

The images are certainly spectacular, the core of the plot is original, and there's a great thriller amidst the watered-down scenes between two protagonists mistreated and reduced by the screenplay... [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Oct 7, 2022

Pure sensorial cinema for restless hearts and kamikaze spirits, even if from the comfort of the couch... [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 6, 2022

Fall is a surprising survival thriller due to the intense boorishness with which its plot evolves. [Full review in Spanish]

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 4, 2022

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‘Fall’ Review: A Don’t-Look-Down Thriller That Will Have You Clutching Your Seat

Two women climb an abandoned TV tower in the desert, and we're with them every shivery step.

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“ Fall ” is a very good “don’t look down” movie. It’s a fun, occasionally cheesy, but mostly ingeniously made thriller about two daredevil climbers, Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner), who decide to scale the B67 TV tower — an abandoned 2,000-foot communication tower that juts up in the middle of the California desert. It’s based on an actual structure (the KXTV/KOVR Tower outside Sacramento), which is used like the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the skyscraper that became the pedestal for Tom Cruise’s you-are-there stunt sequences in “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol.” And if, like me, you loved that movie in part because of how deviously it toyed with your fear of heights, “Fall” is likely to hit you as an irresistible piece of vertigo porn. It’s for anyone who ate up “Ghost Protocol,” as well as the awesome rock-climbing documentaries “Free Solo” and “The Dawn Wall,” and wants to continue that shivery vicarious high.

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Critics, for some reason, now like to mock the visual sleight-of-hand that goes into a thriller like this one, as if the CGI involved were all too easy to see through. But in this case I couldn’t disagree more. “Fall” was shot in the Imax format in the Mojave Desert, and there are moments when I honestly don’t know how the director, Scott Mann , the cinematographer, MacGregor, and the two actors did it. Were they actually on a tower — and, if so, how high up? Were there stunt people, or was every bit of this brought off with computer trickery?

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The abandoned TV tower, like the KXTV/KOVR Tower, is, we’re told, the fourth highest structure in the U.S. It has a photogenic vermilion finish (imagine the Golden Gate Bridge as a rusty hypodermic needle), and it turns out to be the perfect setting for a movie about climbing into the sky. As the two women ascend, the desert below looks like something viewed from an airplane. The trick is that the elements of the image are all visually united: tower, horizon, climbers. Without a cut, the film will glide from close-ups to vertically angled drops to death-defying panoramas; the light and shadow are always just right. You know how it feels when you watch an old movie with rear projection that’s laughably fake? “Fall,” by contrast, represents a totally credible and innovative use of CGI. Watching the movie, we believe our eyes and, therefore, our raised pulses.

The two women have agreed to make this climb as a way to wrest Becky out of her funk. In the film’s opening sequence, we see the two ascending a vertical rock face along with Becky’s husband, Dan (Mason Gooding), who winds up plunging to his death. A year passes, and Becky can’t let go — of him, or of the anxiety that has calcified around the tragedy. Facing her fear, scaling that TV tower along with her best friend (they plan to scatter Dan’s ashes when they get to the top), is the only thing that will purge the demon.

As terrifyingly tall as the tower is, it doesn’t strike us as something that would offer that much of a challenge to highly experienced climbers. There’s a ladder on the inside of the caged needle that goes up for 1,800 feet. For the remaining 200 feet, the ladder is outside the structure. I wouldn’t want to climb 30 feet of it, but these two aren’t scared of heights, and the feat they’ve laid out for themselves looks a hell of a lot easier than shimmying over the smooth plunging rock faces they’re used to. That’s why they succeed pretty quickly. Half an hour into the movie, they’ve ascended to the small circular platform up top.

But along the way the whole structure has been quivering, with telltale shots of a nut or a bolt coming undone here and there. It’s the outside ladder that’s getting loose, and as they take the last steps, a chunk of it falls out from under them, the weight of that chunk pulling the rest of the ladder down with it. Just like that, they’re stranded. The cylindrical pole that’s left is too smooth to climb down. The rope they have isn’t long enough. And though they’ve got their phones, they’re up too high to get service. There is nothing up there but the two of them and their do-or-die ingenuity.

At the start of the movie, Hunter is all giddy enthusiasm, like a Reese Witherspoon go-getter from the ’90s, and Becky, lost in her malaise, is all po-faced misery and dread. But the two actors show you how these women come alive, and connect, by climbing. It’s through their expressive skill that we believe in what we’re seeing. “Fall” was made for just $3 million, and it’s good enough to remind me of another perilous small-scale thriller centered on two people doing all they can to survive: “Open Water,” the scary 2003 indie that basically extended the opening sequence of “Jaws” over 80 minutes. Movies like these come with built-in narrative devices — like, for instance, the soap-opera revelation that comes up between Becky and Hunter. There are moments when the script overdoes the millennial effrontery, especially when it’s focused on Hunter’s identity as a YouTuber who wants to document the whole climb for her 60,000 followers (“This bad boy is over 2,000 feet tall, and your homegirls are going to be climbing to the tippy tippy top!”).

Mostly, though, we’re with these two, living through every vulture attack and sudden drop that involves something like hanging from a rope and trying to grab a stranded backpack. Is there a pedestrian below who could save them? The movie deals with that possibility in a way that recalls the Robert Redford-stranded-at-sea movie “All Is Lost.” “Fall” is a technical feat of a thriller, yet it’s not without a human center. It earns your clenched gut and your white knuckles.

Reviewed online, Aug. 9, 2022. MPA Rating: PG-13. Running time: 107 MIN.

Production: A Lionsgate release of a Tea Shop Production, Capstone Studios, Grindstone Entertainment Group production, in association with Flawless, Cousin Jones. Producers: David Haring, James Harris, Mark Lane, Scott Mann, Christian Mercuri. Executive producer: Roman Viaris, Barry Brooker, John Long, Dan Asma.
Crew: Director: Scott Mann. Screenplay: Jonathan Frank, Scott Mann. Camera: MacGregor. Editor: Robert Hall. Music: Tim Despic.
With: Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mason Gooding.

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‘Fall’ Review: Things Are Looking Down

In this nerve-shredding thriller, two young women fight to survive while stranded on top of a 2,000-foot TV tower.

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By Lena Wilson

If you, too, are afraid of heights, you’re likely to experience “Fall” as a straightforward horror movie instead of a thriller. The director Scott Mann has certainly packed this latest venture with enough jump scares and bloodshed to blur genre lines. As a result, “Fall” occasionally feels overrun with gimmicks and gotchas, but it also offers one hell of an adrenaline rush.

The film opens on a tragedy. Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and her husband, Dan (Mason Gooding), are scaling a cliff face with their friend Hunter (Virginia Gardner), when an accident sends Dan plummeting to his death. Just shy of a year later, Hunter drags Becky back into the climbing game by promising her an easy half-day jaunt up a 2,000-foot TV tower. The two have been estranged; Hunter spent the last year becoming an influencer while Becky binge drank and contemplated suicide. But when they end up stranded on a small platform at the top of the tower, reconciliation takes a back seat to survival.

“Fall” loses its grip in the final act, as tension gives way to ludicrous horrors. Still, its twists are so bizarre that they’re kind of fun, and the actors sell them hard .

Most of all, this is an impressive feat of cinema. The bulk of the film was shot on a 60-foot platform on top of a mountain, to keep things looking realistic. Of course, that only makes “Fall” all the more harrowing. As Becky and Hunter’s brushes with death compounded, I kept flattening myself into my seat like a literal scaredy cat. Be glad it’s not playing in IMAX.

Fall Rated PG-13 for Ahhhhh!!! Running time: 1 hour 47 minutes. In theaters.

Lena Wilson is a project manager at The New York Times and a freelance writer covering film, TV, technology and lesbian culture. More about Lena Wilson

Fall (2022) Movie Review & Ending Explained: Did Becky actually survive?

Single-location movies have a practical purpose: executing a story without worrying much about budgetary constraints. And as the proclivities of humanity have shown, the more the limitation, the more the abundance of creativity. However, the lack of acknowledgment of the fundamental flaw in the premise sometimes stops a movie from becoming great. Notwithstanding, sometimes, a movie’s sole purpose is to entertain, either by eliciting a palpable sense of horror or a nail-biting sense of tension. Scott Mann’s latest film, “Fall (2022),” falls more on the latter side of the category.

It is easy to lampoon “Fall” as “47 Meters Up”, as it is being bankrolled by the producers of “47 Meters Down”, itself a cult classic and a fantastic companion as a double feature. Both of these films follow two close female friends who must work together to get out of an unsolvable jam when the extreme sporting event they are a part of inevitably goes wrong. While “47 meters down” finds these women submerged in a cage in shark-infested waters, “Fall” finds them stuck 2000 feet up on top of a radio tower. But we are getting too ahead of ourselves.

Fall (2022) Movie Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis

Why does becky agree to climb the tower.

Virginia Gardner & Grace Caroline Currey in Fall (2022) Movie

The movie opens with best friends Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner), with Becky’s husband, Sam, rock climbing. While manipulating a particularly tricky opening, Dan is startled by a bat flying out of the crevice he was holding on to, disturbing him and losing his foothold. As Dan hangs in the air, his body connected to his harness, he tries to swing back but falls to his death. Fifty-three weeks later (one year for those counting), Becky’s life is a mess.

Swallowed in grief, resigned to alcohol, and distanced herself from her father (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) because her father did not trust Dan to be good enough for her, she tried to commit suicide until Hunter visited her. Hunter tries to console her and suggests that Becky accompany her in climbing a 2000-foot TV tower situated in the desert. It would serve a dual purpose of both spreading Dan’s ashes once they climb to the top and providing a cathartic experience for Becky to gain closure on her loss and fear.

Hunter, the adrenaline junkie, has now become an Instagram influencer. The climbing of the tower is the latest in a long line of crazy stunts she executes to attract fame and satiate the adrenaline junkie within her. As they drive towards the tower, they stop at a restaurant for dinner, where Hunter teaches her to charge her phone by connecting her charger to the leads of the lamp and using that as a power outlet. The girls drive towards the tower the next day but cannot pass the gate. Thus, they start walking toward the tower, where they come across a pack of vultures picking up a half-dead coyote.

As they shoo the vultures away, Hunter shoots a picture of the dead coyote. The girls soon reach the foot of the tower, where they start climbing the internal ladder. Becky almost backs out due to nerves, but Hunter convinces her to keep going. There are shots signifying how rickety the entire structure of the tower is and how the screws connecting the ladders and holding them upright are precariously close to unscrewing themselves due to the pressure being exerted on the steps.

Virginia Gardner as Shiloh Hunter in Fall (2022)

How do the two women get trapped at the top of the tower?

The girls reach the end of the internal ladder, which leads to a platform. From there, they must climb another 200 feet until they reach the top of the tower. As Becky and Hunter climb up the ladder, unbeknownst to them, one of the bolts comes loose. The girls finally make it to the top of the tower, where they manage to spread Dan’s ashes. An emotional moment that hit both Becky and Hunter hard. They also take pictures of them hanging in precarious positions with the help of Hunter’s 4K camera drone.

Finally, they decide to start climbing back down, but as Becky starts to climb, the unscrewed part of the ladder comes loose, causing the entire ladder to topple and fall to the ground. It also causes Becky to drop the bag containing their drone and water bottle on top of one of the satellite dishes attached below. Hunter manages to pull Becky up using the harness. It presumably causes a large gash on her knee, which Hunter helps her to stop bleeding by making a tourniquet. They also found a flare gun and binoculars in the compartment at the base of the tower.

Stuck at the top of the tower, Becky and Hunter cannot find a signal, thus rendering their smartphones effectively useless. After waiting for five hours and realizing that no one had heard the ladder crash and no one was coming to help them, the two tried to search for help via their binoculars and saw a trailer parked up near the gate. They planned to lower the phone a couple of feet so that the phone could regain signal, which would send an already prewritten message via Hunter’s Instagram.

How do the girls try to communicate?

They finally decide to drop the phone by putting it in one of Hunter’s shoes and reinforcing the shoe by padding it with Hunter’s sports bra-the logic being that the phone would regain the signal while falling and send the signal. However, the phone breaks, and even a dog belonging to one of the trailer park men sniff the shoe and finds the phone but doesn’t look up at the tower. The girls finally wait until dark before launching the flare from the flare gun and attracting their attention. Unfortunately, instead of driving the trailer to help them drive up to the gate, the men stole the car they had parked there.

Becky and Hunter start getting hungry and dehydrated. As charged emotions flare up, Becky watches a video of her and Dan’s wedding and notices Hunter’s gloomy face in the video. With the tattoo emblazoned on Hunter’s ankle (“1 4 3”), this compound forces Becky to confront Hunter by revealing to her that Dan had trouble proclaiming he loved her, choosing to say those three numbers instead. Hunter admits to having had an affair with Dan for four months, initiated by Dan after a drunken encounter. It forced Hunter to distance herself from Becky after Dan’s death because she had broken off the affair with Dan as she valued her friendship with Becky far more.

The following day, having ruefully acknowledged that the phone is broken and no one is coming, Hunter decides to climb down to the satellite dish and try to retrieve the bag containing the water and the drone. Using the harness, she lowers herself to the top of the satellite dish and manages to jump to the other dish and retrieve the bag. Hunter uses the selfie stick to reach the harness and manages to reach up. As she starts climbing up, Becky pulling her from the top, she appears to slip and fall to the dish. Becky, terrified, manages to peek down and sees her still alive, albeit her hands are profusely injured. But Becky manages to pull her up.

Do the girls manage to get the drone working?

Becky then tries to deliver a piece of paper using the drone to the motel where they had stayed the night before, but the battery starts running out, which forces them to retrieve the drone. Remembering Hunter’s trick of charging the phone via the lamp leads, Becky climbs up to the port where the tower’s night light is attached. Her wounded leg is already starting to smell, but she manages to climb up the pole with considerable effort, unscrew the light, and connect the drone’s charger with the leads and her marriage ring as a conduit. As the drone charges slowly, Becky holds on for dear life throughout the night, barely dodging the vultures smelling blood from her wounded leg.

Finally, after the drone is charged, the girls attach the piece of paper to the drone and fly it over the gate towards the motel. But, as fate would have it, and as a callback to a previous scene in the first act, a truck crashes into the drone and destroys it, shattering her hopes of ever sending a message. Becky soon starts to lose herself from delirium and dehydration, almost falling from the platform. She finally asks Hunter for her other shoe, so she can drop her phone and ask for help. But Hunter coolly replies that she doesn’t have the shoes because she isn’t here in the first place.

Fall (2022) Movie Ending, Explained:

What happened to hunter.

It is then revealed that she died when Hunter slipped and fell into the dish. Becky had only managed to pull up the bag. The “Hunter” who had been helping Becky throughout the rest of the events up to this point had been a figment of her imagination. It does make sense, as the “Hunter” who had been at Becky’s side after climbing back up to the platform had been more cautious, trying to provide Becky with moral support by talking about wrestling—a hobby which only Becky enjoys—or how Hunter convinced Becky to climb up the tower to connect the drone’s charger, to make Becky manage to survive.

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Did becky actually survive.

One of the vultures flies down the following day and rests on the platform. Inching closer to Becky’s leg, it starts to nibble at the flesh. Waiting for that moment, Becky manages to capture that vulture by the throat and bash it, killing it. After eating it to regain strength, Becky finally manages to connect herself to the harness and pull herself down to the dish, where Hunter’s dead body lies half mangled by the impact of the Fall. The vultures tear apart her stomach exposing it further. The vulture nibbling Hunter’s flesh looks up at Becky’s bloodstained face and flies away, realizing there is another hunter. Becky, weeping with grief and whispering that she loves her, types a message to her father, inserts the phone inside Hunter’s shoe, stuffs the shoe in Hunter’s exposed stomach, and then pushes off the satellite.

In the next scene, we see Becky’s father, James, driving toward the tower and reaching the base to see police cars and paramedics already present. His heart sinks when she sees a dead body being carted off by the paramedics, but, he finally sees Becky, and the movie ends with their tearful reunion.

Fall (2022) Movie Review

Grace Caroline Currey in Fall (2022) Movie

From the standpoint of the premise itself, Fall is a flawed movie because it inherently exposes how underwritten and cliched the characters are. To undergo closure, the two protagonists decide to climb a 2000-foot tower, which is already rickety and falling apart. But what makes Fall so effortlessly engaging is Scott Mann’s direction, especially during the moments where he records the characters climbing and keenly focuses on the bent steps, the loose screws of the ladder, or the moments of physical prowess exhibited by the two protagonists.

It manages to make Fall reveal itself as a movie not having enough depth from an emotional perspective (the pedestrian dialogue doesn’t particularly help matters). Still, as a movie capable of eliciting tension and forcing you to have clammy hands due to Mann’s choosing to deploy wide shots and drone shots to evoke the feeling of standing atop a structure of great height, Fall does its job.

This movie proves Scott Mann’s expertise as a technically proficient and sound director, and Fall is one of those rare and engaging mid-budget movies. The visceral excitement and tension smooth over the dodgy CGI at specific segments. The performances, especially by Grace Caroline Currey as Becky, make you believe in her character arc, even if the writing doesn’t.

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Fear reaches new heights.

For best friends Becky and Hunter, life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. Now Becky and Hunter’s expert climbing skills will be put to the ultimate test as they desperately fight to survive the elements, a lack of supplies, and vertigo-inducing heights

Grace Caroline Currey Virginia Gardner Jeffrey Dean Morgan Mason Gooding Jasper Cole Darrell Dennis Julia Pace Mitchell Bamm Ericsen Evie Mann Joseph Mann Nick Lynes Branden Currey

Director Director

Producers producers.

Scott Mann David Haring James Harris Mark Lane Christian Mercuri

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Scott Mann Jonathan Frank

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Colin Jones

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Robert Hall

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Additional directing add. directing.

Ingrid Kleinig

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Dan Asma Barry Brooker John Long Roman Viaris

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Scott Daniel

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Pete Hickok Jennifer Chan

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Ingrid Kleinig Alice Ford Jennifer Poe Alice Rietveld Jimmy Romano T.J. White Miya Tsudome Jess King Anthony Genova

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Rob Walker David Kitchens Alex Joseph Payam Hosseinian David Barber

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Lisa Catalina

Makeup Makeup

Brittany White Erin Blinn

Tea Shop Productions BuzzFeed Studios Capstone Pictures Lionsgate

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Personally, i would have simply not climbed to the top of the 2,000 foot tower with a sign that says “NO TRESPASSING DANGER OF DEATH” without alerting anyone to where i was. That’s just me tho

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This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

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Terrible continuity, annoying characters, and frequent views of push up bras and cleavage - there's not much here to like..

Theaters: After a personal tragedy, rock-climber Grace decided never to climb again until a friend persuades her to clime a 2000 foot television tower. When the two women become stranded at the top with no way down, it will take all of their climbing skills to survive.

Release date August 12, 2022

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The guide to our grades, parent movie review by keith hawkes.

Becky (Grace Fulton), her husband Dan (Mason Gooding), and her best friend Hunter (Virginia Gardner) are all enthusiastic climbers. When Dan is killed in a tragic accident while scaling a mountain, Becky gives up not just on climbing, but on life.

Determined to drag Becky out of her apartment, Hunter concocts a plan. For the past year, she’s been globe-hopping, doing insane climbs for a YouTube channel. Now she’s found something closer to home and she wants Becky to come with her. The plan is to scale a 2,000-foot-tall disused television tower, filming content for Hunter’s YouTube channel along the way, and then scatter Dan’s ashes from the top. But 2,000 feet is a long way to go, and all they’ve got is some water, Hunter’s drone, and 50 feet of rope…

Sadly, the bad writing doesn’t stop there. Hunter is wearing several pushup bras in a lowcut top, which the writers excuse in dialogue by saying she’s just showing off to get more views on her channel. While I’m not saying that’s not a factor in online content optimization (one which this website is unlikely to adopt, like it or not), it’s a completely unnecessary addition to the film. This “wardrobe” choice has obviously been made to boost the film’s views and not to appeal to a fictional digital audience. Honestly, this is 2022. Aren’t we beyond appealing to the male gaze in a cheap attempt to get eyes on the screen?

If the jiggle isn’t annoying enough, this production has recurring continuity issues. Among other things, the rope appears and disappears randomly as the camera cuts between close ups and wide shots. If you’re still not discouraged, the profanity might finish you off. For a PG-13 movie, there’s a lot of scatological profanity, and if the “Trivia” section on the IMDb page is to be believed, the production crew dubbed out around 30 f-bombs to take Fall from Restricted to PG-13. It would certainly explain how frequently adult characters in a life-or-death situation say “freaking”. That’s about all the family-friendly editing they did, though, because there’s also quite a bit of gore, making this a dubious choice for younger audiences who would otherwise be willing to put up with the irritating characters and poor writing. Frankly, I wouldn’t watch this if you paid me…at least, not twice.

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Why is Fall rated PG-13? Fall is rated PG-13 by the MPAA for bloody images, intense peril, and strong language.

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Best friends face a terrifying scenario when they attempt to free climb an abandoned TV tower. Fall is a vertigo-inducing thriller that keeps you guessing with a bombshell reveal . The plot follows the standard disaster track until clever twists ramp up the adrenaline. Slick technical direction sells the literal high stakes as the situation becomes increasingly desperate. A minor detour into second act melodrama almost derails the nail-biting crisis. Fall wisely resumes the tension and then barrels toward a sharp climax. It would have benefited from a leaner runtime but forgivable for overall popcorn cinema fun.

Married couple, Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Dan (Mason Gooding), free climb a steep rock face with their best friend, Hunter (Virginia Gardner). Disaster strikes when a clamp fails. Nearly a year later, a depressed Becky drinks and takes pills in abject sorrow. Her concerned father (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) tries to establish a connection. Becky rejects his kindness and continues to spiral down.

Hunter, now a bourgeoning social media star, has an idea to lift Becky's spirits. She wants to climb a derelict, two-thousand-foot TV tower in the desert called B-67. The only way Becky can reclaim her life is to be adventurous once more. That's what Dan would have wanted. Becky reluctantly agrees. They drive out to the middle of nowhere with excitement and trepidation.

B-67 soars into the blistering sky. Buzzards chew on the guts of a dying critter. They ignore "danger" and "no trespassing" signs. A nervous Becky ropes herself to Hunter; who begins to document their journey for her followers. They carefully make their way past broken transmitters to a small metal platform at the top. Hunter revels at their glorious achievement. Becky weeps in elation. They don't realize that rusted bolts have fallen from the ladder. It crumbles spectacularly into a dust plume thud. They are stuck on the platform with no cell reception or supplies. Becky has a nasty gash on her thigh. The buzzards circle at the scent of blood.

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Believability of Fall

Fall's most important aspect is believability. Becky and Hunter's dilemma doesn't work if you think they're on a set in front of a blue screen. Director/co-writer Scott Mann ( Final Score , Heist ) sells the nerve-wracking balancing act. The women sit precariously in the rushing wind. Their rescue attempts are intercut with long-distance and sickening overhead shots. The tower is a needle glistening in the brutal sun. Mann does a great job orchestrating the camera angles, visual effects, and sound design. There's never a point where the film looks fake.

Fall manages its dramatic arc with mixed results. Currey sheds a river of tears as Becky. She's been through a crushing tragedy so that's expected. The script adds an unnecessary subplot between the women as they dangle. These ten minutes of meandering serves no real purpose. Mann has you hooked then swerves away from a gripping primary narrative. He tries to avoid the pulp label by beefing up the plot. I say own the grit and stick with it. Fluff detracts from entertainment value.

A third act whopper puts the ship back on course. It's a doozy that caught me completely off guard. A good surprise takes Fall to another level. See this film on the biggest screen possible. Acrophobics should steer clear of this one.

Fall is a production of Capstone Global, Tea Shop, Flawless, and Cousin Jones. It will have a theatrical release on August 12th from Lionsgate Films.

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5 Reasons Fall 2 Can't Be A Direct Sequel

Fall: 10 movies that used their locations as plot devices, 8 recently announced movie sequels we're shocked are actually happening.

The ending of the 2022 movie Fall movie leaves some questions unanswered and has ambiguous deeper meanings, adding to the intensity and suspense of the story.
By the ending of Fall it's revealed that Becky is hallucinating, and that Hunter is dead for most of the movie — after her fall, she does not catch the backpack and climb back up.
The tower in Fall is based on a real tower in the California desert and was specifically constructed for the film, creating a desolate backdrop that reflects the characters' isolation and loss of hope.

The Fall movie ending provides a nail-biting climax to an intense, high-altitude story of survival that leaves some questions unanswered and some deeper meanings ambiguous. Fall revolves around a grieving mountain climber named Becky whose husband Dan fell to his death. A year later, her friend Hunter proposes climbing to the top of a decommissioned 2,000-foot TV tower to scatter his ashes, and Becky agrees in the hope that it will help her to move on. However, they ironically end up fighting for their own lives when they’re stranded at the top with dwindling hope of survival.

While it earned an admirable $21 million at the box office (via The Numbers ), Fall didn’t really take off until it arrived on streaming a few months later. Fall was a surprise hit on the small screen, pulling in so many viewers that a Fall sequel has been confirmed . The way the Fall movie ending brings its story to a conclusion with Becky taking charge and figuring out a way to save herself is a satisfying end to a vertigo-inducing ride — however, it's the shocking twist that ensured Fall became so widely discussed.

A collage of three images of Becky and Hunter from the movie Fall

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How Long Is Becky Trapped On The Tower?

Becky is stranded 2000ft above the ground for around a week in fall.

While Fall doesn’t provide an exact timeframe for Becky’s ordeal on the TV tower, it’s pretty easy to work out. She’s on the tower for long enough to become delirious from hunger and dehydration. After the drone is destroyed and Becky loses hope of being saved, it takes her a few days of no food and water to finally realize Hunter is dead.

The day after Becky realizes that Hunter didn't survive, Becky is attacked by a vulture that she kills and eats to regain some of her strength. By the time Becky is saved by emergency services in the Fall movie ending, she’s spent around a week on the tower.

Fall Movie Main Cast Members
Hunter	Virginia Gardner
Becky	Grace Caroline Currey
James	Jeffrey Dean Morgan
Dan	Mason Gooding

What Does Hunter's Tattoo Mean?

The 1-4-3 tattoo in fall reveals that dan had cheated on becky with hunter.

During their first night on the tower, after Hunter’s car is stolen, Becky notices a tattoo on Hunter’s ankle that ends up revealing a four-month affair that Hunter had with Dan before Becky married him. The tattoo features the numeric phrase, “1-4-3.” Becky instantly connects these numbers to Dan because he used to use “1-4-3” to tell Becky he loved her.

Hunter reveals that she and Dan had been having a secret affair behind Becky's back.

Since “1-4-3” was Dan’s obscure way of telling Becky he loved her, Becky immediately deduces that he must’ve used the same line on Hunter to warrant the tattoo. Hunter reveals that she and Dan had been having a secret affair behind Becky's back. This is why Hunter volunteers to retrieve the backpack — it's partially to try and make amends. Unfortunately, Becky cannot bring herself to forgive Hunter, and the 1-4-3 tattoo causes a rift between the two friends that is never resolved, as Hunter dies before the Fall movie ending.

Here are the five biggest reasons Fall 2 cannot be a direct sequel to 2022’s Fall and why it should start afresh with a new story and characters.

Is The Tower From Fall Real?

The tower becky and hunter climb is fictional, but based on a real structure.

Fall isn’t based on a true story, but the 2,000-foot TV tower that Becky and Hunter get stuck on is based on a real tower in the California desert. It has a fictitious name and purpose in the film, but the filmmakers were inspired by the real-life KXTV/KOVR radio tower (via Digital Spy ). Also known as the Sacramento Joint Venture Tower, this broadcast tower can be found in Walnut Grove next to a Doppler weather radar station. Standing at 2,049 feet tall, KXTV/KOVR tower is the tallest structure in California.

The tower seen in the film was constructed specifically for the production at the top of a mountain to create the illusion that the actors were at a higher altitude than they actually were

The tower seen in the Fall was constructed specifically for the production at the top of a mountain to create the illusion that the actors were at a higher altitude than they actually were (via Radio Times ). But the shooting took place in California, the same state where the real tower is located. This location was crucial to creating the vertigo-inducing visuals of Fall . The California desert provided a desolate wasteland as the backdrop to symbolically reflect Becky and Hunter’s isolation and their gradual loss of hope as rescue seems more and more unlikely.

Why Did The Campers Not Help Becky And Hunter?

The campers symbolize that nature isn't the only danger.

Becky and Hunter sitting on the tower in Fall

When Becky and Hunter realize they’re stranded at the top of the tower with no chance of escape, one of the first things they find is a flare gun. Since they only have one flare, they only have one chance of alerting potential rescuers to their presence, so they don’t want to use it until they know someone will definitely see it. On the first night, they hope some campers in the desert will spot them. Just as the campers are getting ready to call it a night, Becky and Hunter shoot the flare into the sky.

Becky and Hunter face threats from gravity, harsh weather, and birds of prey — but other human beings can be just as cruel and uncaring.

The flare catches the campers’ attention as intended, but they don’t save Becky and Hunter. When the campers see the flare and realize the owners of the nearby vehicle are trapped on the tower, they see it as an opportunity to steal their car. This spirit-crushing scene in Fall highlights that other people can be as much of an obstacle to survival as dangerous circumstances. Becky and Hunter face threats from gravity, harsh weather, and birds of prey — but other human beings can be just as cruel and uncaring.

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Why Didn't Becky Realize Hunter Was Dead?

Becky was suffering from psychological shock.

The biggest twist in Fall reveals that Hunter was dead throughout the latter portion of the thriller movie . After she climbs down to retrieve her backpack, Becky manages to pull both Hunter and the backpack back to the top of the tower. The pair then try to charge the drone, so they can send it to get help. However, when the twist is revealed, it emerges that Hunter never made it back to the top of the tower. After the botched attempt to retrieve the backpack. Hunter becomes a sort of mouthpiece for Becky’s conscience and inner monologue.

There are some hints that Hunter isn’t really there.

Aside from the improbability that Hunter could survive the fall and climb back up, there are some hints that Hunter isn’t really there. When Becky drops the backpack, Hunter makes no attempt to catch it. After a couple of days, Becky realizes Hunter isn’t alive. When she fell from the tower, she hit a communication dish and bled to death.

Becky didn’t notice Hunter had died in Fall because she was so weak and feverish from lack of food and water that she hallucinated her friend was still alive.

Becky didn’t notice Hunter had died in Fall because she was so weak and feverish from lack of food and water that she hallucinated her friend was still alive. The hallucination was a psychological result of Becky’s denial about being left stranded at the top of the tower all by herself . Imagining a dead character is still alive as a coping mechanism is a common trope in survival stories — it can also be seen in Adrift and Gravity .

What Happens After Becky Is Rescued?

The ending of fall doesn't reveal much about becky's fate once she makes it down from the tower.

What happens to Becky after she’s saved in the Fall movie ending will likely be explored in the sequel. She will either resume her daredevil lifestyle with a new lease on life after fighting so long for survival or double down on her fear of danger and close herself off. If Fall 2 is a direct sequel, then it will follow on from the Fall movie ending and detail where Becky’s life goes after surviving her ordeal on the TV tower.

If it’s not a direct sequel, then the franchise could become a sort of anthology series introducing new characters stuck in unenviable high-altitude situations like the one seen in Fall .

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The True Meaning Of Fall's Movie Ending

The climax of the fall movie is about having perspective.

Becky reunites with her dad at the end of Fall

The real meaning of the Fall movie ending is that life shouldn’t be taken for granted. In the blink of an eye, anyone can find themselves in a deadly situation with the odds stacked against them. The ending of Fall is bittersweet because Becky survives, but Hunter doesn’t.

This near-death experience puts everything into perspective and makes Becky’s differences with her dad seem petty and insignificant

After spending so many months mourning the loss of Dan, coming so close to death and losing another loved one reminds Becky to keep fighting and embrace life. This near-death experience puts everything into perspective and makes Becky’s differences with her dad seem petty and insignificant, leading to a heartfelt reunion between the two.

What Was Real & What Was Hallucinated?

Nothing about the ending of fall is guaranteed to be real.

The biggest thing that played out in the twist at the Fall movie ending was that Becky was on her own for much of the time. She never realized that Hunter had died, and she hallucinated the entire discussions and planning with her friend. Hunter's death happened after she fell to the platform below and bled out. This means that almost everything Becky saw in the second half of the movie was fake, a hallucination that started when she began to realize there was no hope.

It is possible that the vulture Becky killed was simply another figment of her imagination

Since Hunter and Dan had an affair, Becky was angry, and she manifested that in her entire anger and spite toward her friend — all within the hallucination. There was also the moment prior to the Fall movie ending where a vulture attacked her and Becky killed it. This was one of two vultures that was feeding on Hunter's dead body, and she shooed the other vulture away and finally climbed down and sent out the SOS message for help.

However, with the other hallucinations, it is possible that the vulture Becky killed was simply another figment of her imagination, making one wonder if Becky ever did make it down, or if the conclusion of Fall was another ending like The Descent .

Does The Fall Ending Set Up The Sequel?

Fall 2 is confirmed, but will be a new story.

Fall movie 2022 trailer Grace Caroline Currey

While the ending of Fall was pretty definitive, two sequels have been confirmed, though little is known yet about the plot of Fall 2 (and especially of Fall 3 ). However, it is known that the Fall sequel will be an entirely new story, following on from the original in the thematic and spiritual sense more than directly from the plot. This is somewhat unsurprising, given that the ending of Fall saw Becky rescued from the tower and reunited with her father, James. Given her harrowing ordeal, it's unlikely that she'd want to attempt another climb anytime soon.

While the ending of Fall didn't directly set up a sequel, it did lay the foundations for what looks set to be a franchise of standalone movies about wayward climbers who find themselves trapped at dizzying heights.

What's more, the basic premise of Fall means that a sequel featuring entirely new characters in a fresh location has a lot of mileage. There's plenty of scope for Grace Caroline Currey's Becky to return too. While the chances of her being stranded yet again in Fall 2 aren't high, there's nothing to suggest she couldn't return as some kind of survival expert who's turned her experiences into a career helping others in similar situations.

The biggest question about Fall 2 is, of course, the location. It probably won't be set at the B67 tower again, but there is no shortage of vertigo-inducing locations the sequel to Fall could use. So, while the ending of Fall didn't directly set up a sequel , it did lay the foundations for what looks set to be a franchise of standalone movies about wayward climbers who find themselves trapped at dizzying heights.

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Fall stars Grace Caroline Currey as Becky, a once fearless climber who believed in exceeding human limitations and pushing herself to the limit. But when a tragic accident during a climb leaves her traumatized, she can no longer pursue the life she once loved. However, adventure calls again when her friend Hunter (Virginia Gardner) seeks her help on an ascent up an abandoned 2,000-foot tall radio tour, to which Becky reluctantly agrees after reflection. However, this ascent goes wrong, and now the two are stranded 2,000 feet in the air with no way down. Now Becky and Hunter must use their survival skills to weather the elements and escape their vertical prison before they run out of time. Fall was released in theaters on August 12 2022, and costars Jeffery Dean Morgan. The film also shares the producer of 47 Meters down, a similar thriller-styled film.

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'The Fall Guy' review: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt make movie magic

It takes guts to attempt an action-packed romantic comedy. For every Romancing The Stone , there's a barrage of forgettable imitators. (See: Argylle. Well, don't see Argylle . It's awful. )

It's a tricky thing to strike a satisfying balance of thrills and laughs with a love story that gets our hearts (and/or loins) engaged. But David Leitch, the former Brad Pitt stunt double turned director of such gonzo action movies as John Wick, Bullet Train , and Atomic Blonde , doesn't scare easily. And now he's delivered the gonzo gift to cinema that is The Fall Guy.

Adapted from the 1980s TV series of the same name, this action-comedy centers on one of the unsung heroes of Hollywood: the stuntman ( Barbie 's Academy Award-nominated Ryan Gosling ) who takes all the hits so that the arrogant A-lister ( Bullet Train 's Aaron Taylor-Johnson) doesn't have to. But don't fret if you aren't familiar with the small-screen inspo. The Fall Guy is making its own fun, thanks to a crackling script from Drew Pearce, and the dazzling chemistry between Gosling and Emily Blunt.

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How does The Fall Guy movie relate to the TV series?

Ryan Gosling is under attack in "The Fall Guy." Credit: Eric Laciste / Universal Pictures

Ryan Gosling plays Colt Seavers, a stuntman character originated by Lee Majors in the show created by Glen A. Larson. However, where Majors' hero was moonlighting as a bounty hunter when he wasn't on set, Gosling's version is more a hapless nobody who stumbles into a criminal conspiracy. And it's love that keeps him there.

There's trouble on the set of Metalstorm , a sci-fi epic/romance that stars the obnoxious Tom Ryder (Johnson) as a daring space cowboy. But when the mercurial movie star goes MIA, his old stunt double is called back into action. Not only is Colt tasked with doing intense stunts to keep the movie's production schedule on track, but the high-strung producer Gail Meyer ( Ted Lasso 's Hannah Waddingham) asks him to unearth the missing actor.

It's not just the movie Colt is trying to save. You see, this is the directorial debut of his former flame, Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt). With his heart on his sleeve, this stuntman throws himself into the fray to make her dreams come true, all in hopes of scoring a second chance at romance.

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt are perfectly paired in The Fall Guy.

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt star in "The Fall Guy." Credit: Eric Laciste / Universal Pictures

Crucial to a good action/rom-com is a dynamic where conflict and chemistry collide. You need the stars to click on screen so the audience is invested in their getting together. But they need to be believably pugnacious with each other so the why of not being together is clear.

Smartly, Blunt and Gosling gave the world a preview of their chemistry at the 96th Annual Academy Awards , where they playfully bickered over the Barbenheimer rivalry . In The Fall Guy , the characters are less openly hostile. Jody favors passive-aggressively dressing down Colt over a megaphone on set, while he pushes back with sheepish flirtations. (Look, he knows what he did.) While this sounds less than romantic, it is nonetheless enchanting.

There is some suspension of disbelief required, of course, but not in the movie's premise — it's that Gosling is supposed to look like he's not a movie star, while he still basically looks like Ken , albeit with some scruffy facial hair. However, as he did playing Ken or the battered detective in The Nice Guys , Gosling has a looseness to the physicality in his comedy that plays divinely. The stunts here are done by a top-notch stunt team, which the movie's promotional tour is keen to celebrate. But Gosling brings to banter scenes and other comedic moments an ego-free display of mugging, an earnest thumbs-up gesture, and even crying to Taylor Swift's "All Too Well" that establishes Colt as a goofball as much as a tough guy. When Blunt coolly instructs him to drive her to her car — parked just feet away from where they idle — you can see the core sense of humor they have in common.

After a couple of Quiet Place movies and the sternness of Oppenheimer , it's a delight to see Blunt back in comedy. She's got terrific comedic timing that pairs perfectly with her well-placed hard stare. Her Jody isn't made to be an ambitious bitch in the way of broad '80s movie stereotypes, but she has her moments of playing rough. Yet Jody is chiefly defined by trying to maintain her cool under incredibly stressful circumstances, which makes little moments where she breaks down burst with humor — be it a karaoke jam to Phil Collins or literally grasping at a straw.

Together, Gosling and Blunt create a could-be couple that's alluring not only for their looks but also their awkwardness. Dumb jokes and fumbling flirtations shrewdly undercut what could be a glossy, unnatural rom-com to make a movie that's endearing and entertaining.

The Fall Guy is a winsome showbiz comedy.

Ryan Gosling, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and several stuntmen from "The Fall Guy." Credit: Eric Laciste / Universal Pictures

True to his reputation, Leitch provides plenty of outrageous action scenes once again. Some are for the movie-within-the-movie, including a car roll that broke a Guinness World Record. Some are part of Colt's off-set misadventures, which include swordplay, fire fights, daring escapes, and a speedboat chase.

As the discourse around including stunts in the Oscars rages on, The Fall Guy will definitely be a major talking point for advocates of the category addition. However, the stunt community representation within the film feels a bit thin, being just Colt and his stunt coordinator, played by a jovial Winston Duke . They're a terrifically funny duo, but as the third act leans hard on the concept of community, I wished the broader stunt team were more present to make a big leap land more powerfully.

Winston Duke kicks ass in "The Fall Guy." Credit: Eric Laciste / Universal Pictures

The Fall Guy is about more than stunts, folding in the bonds that form across departments on set, including a horny VFX supervisor (Zara Michales), a too-Method ingenue (Teresa Palmer), and a perturbed personal assistant ( Everything Everywhere All at Once 's Stephanie Hsu ). As a whole, this movie delights in giving a peek behind the scenes to reveal the messy human conflicts (which also make for great on-screen drama), as well as the absurdity inherent in playing pretend for a living. What is never mocked is the dream of making movies.

Whether she's furious at Colt or frustrated by outrageous obstacles, Jody is driven by making the movie that she's dreamed of her whole life. Colt isn't just dedicated to her but also to her vision, as is much of the supporting cast of characters. And in this, there's an enveloping exhilaration, as if we the viewer are part of this collaboration too. This energetic sense of inclusion welcomes us into the twists, fails, and breakthroughs the characters face in an electrifying way. All of that barrels into a finale that is not just exciting but enthralling.

The Fall Guy is action/romantic-comedy done right, a rare gem in the crown of this challenging subgenre.

The Fall Guy is now streaming on Peacock.

UPDATE: Aug. 29, 2024, 1:04 p.m. EDT "The Fall Guy" was originally reviewed out of SXSW 2024.

Legends Of The Fall

“Legends of the Fall” is the kind of movie where you have to make a conscious effort to keep the words “Big Sky Country” out of the first paragraph of the review.

It’s an epic Western saga about a beautiful woman from back East, and the three sons of a Montana rancher who loved her and fought for her, told against the backdrop of World War I. This is the kind of story that usually appears in an interminable series of paperback novels with the titles embossed in silver, but in fact this material is based on a slim novella by Jim Harrison , who must be mighty surprised how much his stuff adapts to the screen just like Margaret Mitchell and John Jakes.

It’s not that the movie is bad. It’s pretty good, in fact, with full-blooded performances and heartfelt melodrama. It’s that the material is so cheerfully old-fashioned it makes “Giant” look subtle.

This is the kind of big, robust Western love story that just begs to be filmed – which, come to think of it, it has been.

The movie stars Anthony Hopkins as Col. Ludlow, whose distaste for the U.S. Cavalry’s treatment of the Indians has led him to carve out an empire of his own in Montana. His wife, having borne him three sons, has repaired to the comforts of the East, leaving the Colonel to see them grow to manhood. There’s Alfred ( Aidan Quinn ), the oldest and most responsible. Tristan ( Brad Pitt ), the middle son, whose idea of entertainment is to awaken hibernating bears and cut out their still-beating hearts. And there’s Samuel ( Henry Thomas ), the youngest.

The movie opens with portentous narration by One Stab (Gordon Tootoosis), the Indian who is the Colonel’s most trusted friend. One Stab talks in the same kind of slightly hoarse, slightly musical profundity used by many Indians in the movies. Just as all airline pilots are said to have speech patterns influenced by Chuck Yeager, so many movie Indians seem to model their vocal style on the late Chief Dan George . We have a feeling One Stab’s narration will not be able to entirely avoid the words of the movie’s title, and we are correct.

Soon Samuel returns from the east with Susannah, a young woman who is his fiancee. She is played by Julia Ormond , a young British actress who looks, here, uncannily like Ingrid Bergman . She is strong, capable, beautiful and high-spirited, able to ride, rope and shoot, and when Tristan, the Brad Pitt character, saunters in covered with sweat, blood and horsehair, we can tell just by the way her nostrils flare that riding, roping and shooting are not necessarily even her best sport.

The Colonel hates war and the Army, and wants his boys to settle down in Montana and run the ranch. But Samuel is much disturbed. He is a virgin who seeks advice from his brothers, and perhaps feels uncertain about his prowess. Maybe that, along with patriotism, is involved in his decision to go to Canada and enlist when World War I breaks out. The Colonel is outraged, but the other two sons enlist, too, and we are asked to decide which is the more unlikely: That all three would end up on the same battlefield, or that Tristan would not be required by the British to cut his flowing blond locks.

I dare not reveal too much of the plot, except to hint that in one way or another Susannah figures in the lives of all three of the sons, against a background of the changing West, as cities grow and prohibition benefits a thriving criminal class. The Colonel meanwhile grows older and more infirm, in one of those strange Anthony Hopkins performances that steals every scene with its air of brooding, motionless menace.

The movie is a showcase for acting, and in addition to Ormond and Hopkins, it also shows how strong Aidan Quinn and Brad Pitt are, in roles that have inescapable parallels to the Rock Hudson and James Dean characters in “Giant.” There is even a time when Pitt goes away “forever,” just as Dean’s character threatened to do, although in an act of sensational one-upmanship this movie sends Pitt all the way to New Guinea for some practical anthropology.

“Legends of the Fall” is not a Serious Movie, despite the profound sentiments of its narration and the classical ironies of its plot. It is a high-class horse opera – emphasis on opera, with an abundance of operatic coincidences, passions, loves, losses, overwrought arias and heart-wrenching soliloquies. On that basis it is enormously entertaining, a throwback to the days when Hollywood didn’t apologize for passionate stories involving three brothers whose fates are intertwined with that of a legendary woman, as they’re all outlined against the Big Sky.

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I love movies, and I love moviemaking just as much. As someone who spends nearly every waking hour marveling at and celebrating the craftsmanship required to make a film, David Leitch ’s The Fall Guy is a dream come true . Yes, it’s a crowd-pleasing romantic comedy thriller, but first and foremost, it’s one big-hearted ode to the artists responsible for movie magic.

What Is 'The Fall Guy' About?

Ryan Gosling leads as Colt Seavers, a stuntman whose day-to-day consists of getting shot, blown up, sent spiraling via elaborate car crashes, and then some . All of that nearly ends when Colt is in the middle of a devastating accident. Time passes and Colt doesn’t bounce back. He steers clear of all things Hollywood until receiving an unexpected call. His ex, Jody ( Emily Blunt ), is making her first big-budget studio movie and it’s at risk of getting shut down. Its star, Tom Ryder ( Aaron Taylor-Johnson ), is missing. In an effort to get the film back on track, and hopefully win Jody back in the process, Colt agrees to track Tom down. Little does he know, it’s a mission that will demand he put his stunt person skillset to use — in the real world against real criminals.

The Fall Guy works on every single level . When the trailer first dropped, initially, I was overjoyed by the idea of getting a feature film that focused on filmmaking and stuntwork. However, when the trailer ventured beyond a movie set, I feared that once the main mission got underway, it’d teeter away from filmmaking and too close to a more traditional action movie narrative. I couldn’t have been more wrong about that. The Fall Guy firmly stays rooted in set life and the making of Jody’s movie, but whenever it moves out into the streets of Sydney, every single ounce of action is delightfully tethered to Colt’s on-set behavior. It results in a slew of downright hilarious action beats where what works on set doesn’t prove as effective against real criminals and also packs plenty of truly incredible physical achievements.

The Fall Guy is an often hilarious romp of a movie, but it doesn’t take its acknowledgment of stuntwork lightly, nor the work required of other departments to make a movie. All of the action in The Fall Guy is incredibly well-shot , ensuring it can match, if not surpass, the stunt scenes we’d see in any other Hollywood action film. But, these scenes also have a more tactile quality to them than most films. Many moments reminded me of seeing live stunt shows at theme parks in the best possible way. The physical feat required to pull something off is undeniable because it’s happening right before your eyes. Every ounce of Fall Guy elicits a similar feeling. It’s a highly enjoyable and wild ride, but one that never lets you forget that real human beings (and one very, very good stunt dog) did all of this for you, the audience.

'The Fall Guy' Is a Masterful Action Movie With Great Stunts

The concept remains fresh and fun from start to finish courtesy of its wildly charming leads, impeccable pacing, and uniquely dynamic action set pieces. Minus some noticeable digital backdrops, the stunt choreography, cinematography, and editing choices are all top-tier .

This will come as no surprise given their expertise in this space, but Leitch and cinematographer Jonathan Sela are true masters of capturing action. The imagery is often downright stunning, the viewer’s eye is always exactly where it needs to be , and they also appear to know just how much to capture in camera in a single shot. From there we get Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir ’s edit, which features a highly effective balance of cuts with purpose and lengthier shots that strongly enhance the believability and visceral nature of all the set pieces.

And then there’s Gosling who is utterly pitch-perfect as Colt Seavers . This role was made for him. His charisma is through the roof as he absolutely nails the balance between selling Colt as a highly trained stunt person but also one that, much to the viewer’s amusement, is realizing his on-set tricks don’t have the same effect off-set. He rocks maximum chemistry with everyone in the ensemble.

The Romance and Supporting Cast Are Stellar in 'The Fall Guy'

Ryan Gosling as Colt Seavers, pointing at a person offscreen, in The Fall Guy

Admittedly, I can be a tough sell with the romantic component of romantic comedies/romantic thrillers, but the connection between Gosling and Blunt’s characters is undeniable . As always, Winston Duke boasts maximum screen presence playing Dan, a close friend of Colt’s and the stunt coordinator on Jody’s film. One of many of Fall Guy ’s greatest delights is seeing Duke and Gosling team up for a fight. Taylor-Johnson and Hannah Waddingham also soar in their roles. Taylor-Johnson is great as an insufferable movie star with a massive ego and Waddingham steals the show as the producer of Jody’s film who’ll stop at nothing to make things happen.

I truly had a massive grin on my face from start to finish watching The Fall Guy . It’s an extremely well-crafted action movie that’s absolutely buzzing with energy and charm for all 125 minutes of its running time. What makes it an all-timer is how it functions as one big, loving celebration of cinema.

I'm always in awe of the fact that no single person can make a movie. These productions demand hundreds, if not thousands of artists who are deeply passionate masters at their crafts come together in order to bring someone’s vision to theaters and share it with the world. Every contribution is valuable, and every contribution is vital. With an extra special emphasis on the wizards responsible for jaw-dropping stunts, The Fall Guy heavily highlights that in the form of an exceedingly entertaining ride . It's both a big-screen delight and a moviemaking lover’s dream.

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The Fall Guy is both an entertaining ride and a celebration of stunt performers everywhere.

Ryan Gosling is pitch-perfect in the role, capturing the balance between talented stunt performer and unwitting action hero.
All of the way the action is put together, from the stunts themselves to the cinematography and the editing, is expertly done.
The chemistry between Gosling and Emily Blunt is undeniable, ensuring the movie doesn't skimp on romance.
There are some noticeable digital backgrounds.

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Netflix’s 2024 fall movie lineup includes Rebel Ridge, Emilia Pérez, The Piano Lesson

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When one door closes, another one opens. The summer movie season may be over, but the fall movie lineup is about to begin.

On Wednesday, Netflix released its 2024 fall lineup , including action spectacles, prestige dramas, and informative documentaries. The fall lineup kicks off on September 5 with Apollo 13: Survival , a documentary about the Apollo 13 rescue mission, followed by Rebel Ridge , a new action movie from Jeremy Saulnier, on September 6.

Additional September releases include Uglies , the long-awaited adaptation of a beloved young-adult novel; Will & Harper , a documentary about the friendship between Will Ferrell and Harper Steele; and Rez Ball , a sports film about a Native American high school basketball team.

October marks the arrival of Anna Kendrick’s directorial debut, Woman of the Hour, a crime thriller about a serial killer who appears on a dating show. On a lighter note, October also hosts the premiere of Lonely Planet , a love story starring Laura Dern and Liam Hemsworth.

Carry-On Spellbound The Six Triple Eight Emilia Pérez Woman of the Hour It’s What’s Inside The Piano Lesson Rez Ball Lonely Planet That Christmas Here's the official 2024 fall movie lineup: https://t.co/dSdEvMu1xo — Netflix (@netflix) August 28, 2024

November signals the arrival of two Oscar plays from Netflix : Emilia Pérez and The Piano Lesson . Emilia Pérez is a French crime musical starring Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Zoe Saldaña. The quartet of stars won Best Actress at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Meanwhile, The Piano Lesson stems from Denzel Washington’s son, Malcolm Washington, and stars Samuel L. Jackson and Denzel’s other son, John David Washington.

The final month of the year features Carry-On, the highly anticipated thriller starring Taron Egerton; That Christmas , a heartwarming animated film from Richard Curtis; and The Six Triple Eight , an inspiring story about the first and only Women’s Army Corps unit of color to serve overseas in World War II.

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Apollo 13: Survival – September 5
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Uglies – September 13
His Three Daughters – September 20
Jailbreak: Love on the Run – September 25
Will & Harper – September 27
Rez Ball – September 27
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Lonely Planet – October 11
The Shadow Strays – October 17
Woman of the Hour – October 18
Family Pack – October 23
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Hot Frosty – November 13
Emilia Pérez – November 13
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Spellbound – November 22
The Piano Lesson – November 22
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The Six Triple Eight – December 20
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Labor Day weekend ideally means taking some much-needed time off from work to spend time with friends and loved ones. And if you're really lucky, you can take some time to watch some great action movies from the comfort of your own home.

Let's face it: Even the most devoted Marvel fan can only watch Deadpool & Wolverine so many times before it gets boring. Thankfully, a handful of this summer's best action movies -- as well as a few from last year -- are readily available to stream right now. To narrow down your search, we've picked the five best action movies that you should stream this Labor Day weekend.

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Feasting on the limitless possibilities of storytelling and imagination, director Tarsem Singh Dhabdwar might be accused of visual gluttony for his efforts in The Fall . Richly composed of frame after wondrous frame of seemingly impossible imagery, his production is an exercise of narrative simplicity and visual splendor. The story you’ve heard before, but you’ve never seen it quite like this—never with the inconceivable and tangible beauty painted with Tarsem’s detailed brushstrokes. From Eiko Ishioka’s baroque costumes to the stunning location shooting in upwards of twenty countries the world over, the film shows us sights the eye cannot believe are real, except they are: A centuries-old irrigation tank with labyrinthine staircases, a city painted blue, an elephant swimming in glimmering water, a face that emerges from the earth—they’re all shot from the expert eye of a devoted artist inspired by the limits of his medium, and how camera placement can underscore the world’s uncanniness and grandeur. Mostly eschewing the digital effects that today’s filmmakers rely on, The Fall presents a love letter to visual storytelling and, in its use of a stuntman as a protagonist, the tactile potential of cinema in the hands of dreamers and fabulists.

Known primarily for music videos and commercials, the Indian director went by Tarsem at the time of his film’s long-delayed wide release in 2008. Tarsem had dropped his last name when directing The Cell in 2000, a film so visually powerful that one forgets Jennifer Lopez, Vince Vaughn, and Vincent D’Onofrio starred. For The Fall , he also dropped his middle name, taking credit as simply Tarsem, an apt abbreviation for such a singular vision. The filmmaker borrows his screen story from Yo Ho Ho (1981), a Bulgarian film by director Zako Heskiya, about a young boy and an injured actor who dream up a pirate adventure while in the hospital. After purchasing the rights, Tarsem spent about 16 years creating a lookbook of exotic locations and visual concepts to bring the story to life. The production became a passion project while he made a name for himself, working with musicians such as R.E.M., Lou Reed, and En Vogue, and brands including Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Philips, and Nike. While shooting commercials in various locations around the globe, Tarsem had seen stunning buildings and natural wonders that he wanted to use in the picture. But no financiers would purchase his script, which he cowrote with Dan Gilroy and Nico Soultanakis.

The film started to become a reality when he ran the idea by directors David Fincher ( Zodiac , 2007) and Spike Jonze ( Adaptation. , 2002), whom Tarsem met in music video circles and who receive “Presented by” credit here. The eventual production cost around $30 million, though Tarsem paid for much of the cost, funded by his commercial work. So The Fall carries the mark of being a labor of love and utter self-indulgence in the most inspired way. The filming took place over four years, with Tarsem capturing images from Bali, China, India, and various European countries, often while on assignment for his commercial projects. A Victorian hospital in South Africa played the primary location in Los Angeles. Other sites look impossible. At Deadvlei in Namibia, a painterly sequence unfolds on a white claypan accented by dead black trees and surrounded by burnt orange sand and a crisp blue sky. The viewer might even assume that digital artists conceived these images, such as the ancient stepwell of Chand Baori in India, which looks like a staircase from the mind of M.C. Escher. But Tarsem told The New York Times he wanted to avoid CGI in The Fall : “I had enough of that in my first film, as much as I enjoyed it. I decided in this one that the art direction was going to be in the landscape and in the costume design and nothing else.”

With Roy and Alexandria giving the story life, the film unfolds in an escapist tale of bandits rallying against Governor Odious (Daniel Caltagirone), a villain who has taken Sister Evelyn (Justine Waddell), the fantasy counterpart of Roy’s ex-girlfriend. Indeed, each character has a real-life equivalent. The hero, who begins as a stand-in for Alexandria’s father (Emil Hoștină), transitions into Roy as the Black Bandit—the leader of a posse, each member of which has a reason to want revenge on Odious: A one-legged actor (Robin Smith) at the hospital becomes a demolitions expert named Luigi; an orange harvester (Jeetu Verma) becomes an Indian warrior; the ice delivery man (Marcus Wesley) becomes a freed slave; a hospital orderly (Leo Bill) becomes Charles Darwin, who carries a sack with monkey assistant inside. In its technique of using real-world characters with correlating roles in the fantasy world, The Fall’s story structure is familiar—a tale that begins in the real world and folds its characters into a parallel fantasy. The Wizard of Oz (1939) remains perhaps the most venerable example of this, though Terry Gilliam’s dream trilogy ( Time Bandits , 1981; Brazil , 1985; The Adventures of Baron Munchausen , 1988) would adopt a similar template. However, informed by Alexandria and Roy’s regular changes to the narrative trajectory of the fantasy, their story has less forward thrust than the scenes set in reality.

Much of the storytelling relies on the innocence and charm of then-six-year-old Romanian actress Catinca Untaru. Untaru’s earnest, unscripted reactions look and feel spontaneous, endearingly haphazard, and genuine. Tarsem admitted as much when he told The Guardian , “If you don’t fall in love with her then you’ll be so alienated that everything else just looks like a visual wank!” Fortunately, Untaru’s presence never feels like the work of a child actor, which can sometimes feel stagey and practiced. Rather, there’s a natural sense of play, particularly in her scenes with Pace, who had to improvise to keep up with her rambunctious behavior and broken English. The Fall would mark the fourth screen role for Pace, a Julliard-trained actor who made his debut playing trans woman Calpernia Addams in Showtime’s Soldier’s Girl (2013). He would later become famous for roles in various Hollywood franchises: the Twilight saga, the Hobbit trilogy, and the MCU. But his performance here, particularly in later scenes when the suicidal Roy’s story takes a downward turn, and Alexandria pleads with him for a happy ending, is heartbreaking. “Why are you making everybody die?” she cries. “It’s my story,” Roy defends through tears. “Mine, too,” she says.

Sadly, Tarsem’s filmic trompe l’oeil was all but discarded at the box office, opening in limited release against several summer blockbusters about two years after its 2006 debut at the Toronto Film Festival. It became a rare gem found by curious cinephiles, and it remains less popular and decidedly less mainstream than Tarsem’s subsequent work on his mythical fantasy Immortals (2011); misguided Snow White adaptation, Mirror Mirror (2012); and sci-fi actioner Self/less (2015). Roger Ebert hailed it as a “visual orgy.” Other critics decried it for the same reasons, complaining that Tarsem was more interested in visuals than complex characters or a compelling narrative. Much of the publicity at the time noted the film’s supposed absence of CGI. “Singh claims there is no CGI in his breathtakingly visual film,” wrote Damon Wise in The Guardian . And yet, watching the film fifteen years later, it’s evident that Tarsem used the “no CGI” angle as a marketing ploy. A scene where an object moves underneath a character’s flesh is a clear work of computers, and so is a shot involving Wesley falling on several arrows that have penetrated his character’s back. Several other minor examples appear throughout the film, but no matter; the result speaks for itself in a thousand stunning pictures, enchanting the viewer beyond measure. The most apparent deviation comes in the form of animators Christoph Lauenstein and Wolfgang Lauenstein’s nightmarish stop-motion dream sequence, which today looks straight out of Mad God (2022).

The Fall belongs on a shortlist of ambitious and excessive films that challenge any pejorative associations with the word indulgent . Rarely does every shot of a film evoke such mouth-agape awe and a sense of wonderment flowing through every moment. Of course, as Tarsem suggested, the film might seem empty if not for its charming leads and their apparent chemistry. But even without the endearing story at the center, the eye-popping scenery and costumes would be enough to remind the audience about the power of visual storytelling. Fortunately, as Untaru and Pace tug our heartstrings and reduce us to tears, the predominantly natural visuals mesmerize us. Tarsem achieves something that belongs in the same category as works by Gilliam, Ken Russell ( The Devils , 1971), and the Wachowskis ( Cloud Atlas , 2012)—filmmakers inspired to cram so many details into the frame that some audiences respond with sensory overload. And while his later work would never match the visionary heights reached in The Fall , the film remains evidence of Tarsem’s talent and a lovingly made testament to the link between cinema and imagination.

(Note: This review was originally suggested and posted to Patreon on April 12, 2023. Thank you for your continued support and patronage, Elizabeth! )

Bibliography:

Greenhill, Pauline. “Camera Obscura and Zoetrope: Tarsem and Magic/Reality in Transcultural Fairy-Tale Film.” Narrative Culture , Vol. 6, No. 2, Thinking with Stories in Times of Conflict (Fall 2019), pp. 119-139.

Kehr, David. “Special Effects From the Real World.” The New York Times . 11 May 2008. https://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/movies/11kehr.html . Accessed 8 April 2023.

Wise, Damon. “Final Fantasy.” The Guardian . 4 October 2008. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/oct/04/fall.tarsem.singh. Accessed 8 April 2023.

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This fall, Hollywood has one job: Keep summer’s box office momentum going.

Summer came in like a lamb but went out like a lion. Early misses such as the family-friendly fantasy "IF" and the action-epic "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" gave way to Pixar’s "Inside Out 2” and Marvel’s "Deadpool & Wolverine," both billion-dollar hits. Though ticket sales at one point had been down roughly 27% over last year, 2024 is now running only about 15% behind 2023 — not the best news, maybe, but an encouraging sign in this post-pandemic era.

So what will it take to keep audiences coming back to theaters? Hollywood’s plan is a familiar one: Offer a little something for everyone.

The most likely hits on the schedule are built on existing brands. That goes for family-friendly movies, such as the Broadway-to-film adaptation "Wicked" and Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel "Beetlejuice Beetlejuice," but also for grown-up films like the Bob Dylan biopic "The Complete Unknown" and the R-rated sequel "Joker: Folie à Deux." If you want something truly original, here's one: Francis Ford Coppola’s "Megalopolis," a wild-looking production whose story seems to conflate ancient Roman themes with modern-day drama.

One thing missing: A massive, end-of-year blockbuster like a "Star Wars" or an "Avatar." Instead, the final months of 2024 will lean on kid-targeted titles ("Moana 2," "Sonic the Hedgehog 3”) and muscular action movies ("Gladiator II," "Kraven the Hunter").

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BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE

Michael Keaton returns in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice." Credit: Warner Bros. Pictures

Three generations of the Deetz family return to Winter River — and so does the trickster-demon Betelgeuse (Michael Keaton). Tim Burton redirects his original cast members Winona Ryder and Catherine O’Hara, and adds newcomer Jenna Ortega.

THE KILLER'S GAME A hit man (Dave Bautista) with a terminal illness puts out a hit on himself — but then must stay alive to protect his imperiled ex-girlfriend (Sofia Boutella). It’s an action-comedy, from stuntman-turned-director J.J. Perry.

TRANSFORMERS ONE

(left-to-right): D-16 (voice of Brian Tyree Henry), B-127 (Keegan-Michael Key and Elita-1 (Scarlett Johansson) in "Transformers One." Credit: Paramount Pictures

The animated origin story of Optimus Prime (Chris Hemsworth) and Megatron (Brian Tyree Henry), sworn enemies who once were friends. With Scarlett Johansson and Jon Hamm. Josh Cooley, of the Oscar-winning "Toy Story 4," directs.

WOLFS An action-comedy starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt as professional fixers hired to cover up a high-profile crime. The writer-director is Jon Watts, of the new "Spider-Man" films.

MEGALOPOLIS

Adam Driver as Cesar Catilina in "Megalopolis." Credit: Lionsgate

Coppola’s new fantasia sets a Roman epic in an alternate America. Characters include the idealistic Caesar Catilina (Adam Driver), the corrupt Mayor Cicero (Giancarlo Esposito) and television journalist Wow Platinum (Aubrey Plaza).

THE WILD ROBOT An animated adventure with Lupita Nyong’o as the voice of Roz, a robot shipwrecked on an island full of lively animals. With Bill Nighy, Mark Hamill and Stephanie Hsu.

LEE Kate Winslet plays Lee Miller, an American fashion model who became a World War II correspondent for Vogue. She photographed the siege of Saint-Malo, the liberation of Paris and the horrors of Dachau.

JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX

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Joaquin Phoenix returns as Arthur Fleck, aka The Joker, who meets music therapist Harley Quinn (Lady Gaga). The film’s French title translates as "madness of two." Directed and cowritten by Dix Hills’ Todd Phillips.

SATURDAY NIGHT

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Jason Reitman ("Up in the Air") re-creates the making of the first episode of "Saturday Night Live" with a cast of mostly newcomers, plus Willem Dafoe, J.K. Simmons and Dylan O’Brien. Fun fact: The movie’s release date is also the show’s 1975 debut date.

PIECE BY PIECE Rapper-producer Pharrell Williams tells his life story using LEGO animation. This is the toy company’s fifth feature film, and its first under a new deal with Universal. The voice cast includes Kendrick Lamar, Gwen Stefani and Uniondale’s Busta Rhymes.

ANORA Brighton Beach stripper (Mikey Madison) and a young Russian playboy (Mark Eidelstein) fall in love, to the dismay of his parents. It’s the latest sex-work comedy-drama from writer-director Sean Baker ("Tangerine," "Red Rocket").

FLIGHT RISK Mel Gibson directs Mark Wahlberg in a thriller about a U.S. air marshal who must ferry a fugitive (Topher Grace) to trial. Michelle Dockery ("Downton Abbey") co-stars.

SMILE 2 In Parker Finn’s sequel to his 2022 hit horror film, a global pop star (Naomi Scott) begins to experience strange events.

NICKEL BOYS An adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s novel about Black teenagers who enter a Jim Crow-era reformatory system. It’s directed by RaMell Ross, whose previous film, the documentary, "Hale County This Morning, This Evening," earned an Oscar nod for 2018. Starring Ethan Herisse and Brandon Wilson.

VENOM: THE LAST DANCE Tom Hardy returns as Eddie Brock, a journalist who shares his body with a violent alien symbiote. It’s the third (and final?) entry in one of Marvel’s weirder franchises.

A REAL PAIN

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Jesse Eisenberg ("The Social Network") writes, directs and stars in a comedy-drama about two mismatched cousins on a trip to Poland. It premiered at Sundance, where co-star Kieran Culkin earned rave reviews and Eisenberg won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award.

HERE Tom Hanks and Robin Wright reteam with their "Forrest Gump" director Robert Zemeckis (and screenwriter Eric Roth) for a multifamily, multigenerational drama. Based on Richard McGuire’s graphic novel. With Kelly Reilly and Paul Bettany.

THE PIANO LESSON

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Two sons of Denzel Washington — actor John David Washington and first-time feature director Malcolm Washington — adapt August Wilson’s play about a family fighting over a prized piano. With Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Deadwyler ("Till") and Erykah Badu.

CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER’S POINT A seasonal comedy-drama from Smithtown filmmakers Tyler Taormina and his co-writer Eric Berg. Inspired by their own friends and family, and shot in their hometown. Starring Michael Cera, Francesca Scorsese and Sawyer Spielberg.

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A security agent (Dwayne Johnson) and a bounty hunter (Chris Evans) team up to rescue a kidnapped Santa Claus (J.K. Simmons). Directed by Jake Kasdan, of the new "Jumanji" films.

HERETIC In a rare horror-movie turn, Hugh Grant plays Mr. Reed, the oh-so-friendly fellow who answers the door when two young missionaries come knocking. Written and directed by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods ("A Quiet Place:).

GLADIATOR II

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Paul Mescal ("All of Us Strangers") takes the starring role in Ridley Scott’s sequel to "Gladiator," his swords-and-sandals Oscar-winner from 2000. With Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington and Connie Nielsen.

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The Oz-inspired Broadway musical comes to the big screen with Cynthia Erivo as the future Wicked Witch (aka Elphaba) and pop star Ariana Grande as Glinda. Jon M. Chu, of "Crazy Rich Asians," directs.

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Disney’s animated sequel, with Auli’i Cravalho in the title role and Dwayne Johnson as the Polynesian demigod Maui, looks like a hit already; it has Thanksgiving weekend virtually to itself.

NIGHTBITCH After putting her career on pause, a stay-at-home mom (Amy Adams) begins turning into a dog. Written and directed by Marielle Heller ("Can You Ever Forgive Me?") from Rachel Yoder’s novel.

THE SIX TRIPLE EIGHT Writer-director Tyler Perry tells the story of the first — and only — Women’s Army Corps of color to serve overseas in World War II. With Kerry Washington, Ebony Obsidian, Susan Sarandon and Oprah Winfrey.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE WAR OF THE ROHIRRIM An animé entry in the cinematic Tolkien universe. Brian Cox voices Helm Hammerhand, king of Rohan. Peter Jackson is an executive producer; Kenji Kamiyama directs.

KRAVEN THE HUNTER The origin story of Kraven (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), a vengeful Marvel villain. Russell Crowe plays his problematic dad. Directed by J.C. Chandor ("Margin Call").

MUFASA: THE LION KING

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The story of Mufasa and Taka — one a future king, the other a future villain. Barry Jenkins ("Moonlight") directs Disney’s photoreal-animated prequel. With the voices of Aaron Pierre, Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner.

BABYGIRL In a gender-flipped thriller, a high-powered CEO (Nicole Kidman) begins an affair with a much younger intern (Harris Dickinson). Written and directed by Halina Reijn.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3

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The live-action/animated sequel features Keanu Reeves as the voice of the antihero Shadow — at least according to reports. Here’s what we do know: Regular cast members Ben Schwartz, Jim Carrey and James Marsden return.

A COMPLETE UNKNOWN

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Timothée Chalamet plays a young Bob Dylan. Skeptical about that casting? The online trailers might change your mind. Directed and cowritten by James Mangold ("Logan," "Cop Land"). With Elle Fanning and Edward Norton.

NOSFERATU A vampire becomes infatuated with a young woman in the latest from art-horror maestro Robert Eggers ("The Witch," "The Lighthouse"). Starring Emma Corrin, Bill Skarsgård, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Willem Dafoe.

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