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Scott Mann ’s “Fall” belongs to the trapped horror subgenre of films like “ The Shallows ” and “ Open Water ,” but it takes a dynamic that usually unfolds in the middle of deep water to thousands of feet in the air. Mann and co-writer Jonathan Frank have a clever concept that results in a film that should be avoided by anyone with even the mildest vertigo—I wouldn’t say I’m particularly afraid of heights but there are some scenes that made my stomach turn a bit. You’ve been warned. Sadly, the concept only takes “Fall” so high, and the execution, including some ineffective acting, editing, and other technical choices, makes this a misfire. It doesn’t exactly crash to Earth as much as drift off into the forgettable air of film history.

Becky ( Grace Caroline Currey ), husband Dan ( Mason Gooding ), and Becky’s BFF Hunter ( Virginia Gardner ) are climbing a sheer mountain face in the opening scene when tragedy strikes and Dan plummets to the ground below. A year later, Becky is drowning her grief in a bottle, avoiding Hunter and her worried father James ( Jeffrey Dean Morgan , taking a part so small that it's like a favor to a friend). One day, Insta-star Hunter comes to Becky with a proposal: They’re going to climb an abandoned 2,000-foot TV tower that’s basically in the middle of nowhere, from which they will find closure and spread Dan’s ashes. Of course, it goes very wrong, leaving Becky and Hunter stranded on top of the tower with no way down and no way to communicate with anyone who might be able to save them.

Filmed in the Mojave Desert, the vast majority of “Fall” takes place on the tower, and the film admittedly gets some nice adrenaline from the initial climb and disastrous ladder collapse that follows. In fact, there’s a better version of the film that starts right with the climb, allowing the characters’ trauma to arise through their conversations on the way up instead of with a horrendous set-up act that’s filled with clichés and poor filmmaking (it also would have helped reduce the runtime on a 107-minute movie that should be closer to 87). When Becky and Hunter begin their actual ascent, Mann has his firmest grip on the movie, building tension in a way that can be pretty effective.

And then “Fall” stalls again. Hunter is given a secret that's more like melodrama than realism, vultures and drones get involved, and the movie gets increasingly silly through its final act. The best “trapped” films usually rely on realism, making viewers feel like they’re actually trapped in the rocky waves of a film like “Open Water,” and “Fall” crumbles under that analysis. Currey and Gardner give committed performances in physical terms—it looks like an exhausting production—but they’re saddled with juvenile dialogue that doesn’t capture the terror people would really feel in this situation. “Fall” only works if we believe the predicament in which Becky and Hunter are trapped, but the thin dialogue, showy cinematography, and overzealous edits betray the potential of this nightmare.

Ultimately, “Fall” has been designed to be seen on as a big a screen as possible, which is why Lionsgate is going wide with it this weekend instead of shuffling it off to VOD. Much has been written about getting ticket buyers back into theaters with event movies that demand the theatrical experience. It's too bad this effort to help keep the theater industry aloft will only let viewers down.

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Fall (2022)

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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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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.

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Fall review – wildly effective survival thriller delivers seat-edge suspense

Two young women are trapped on top of a 2,000ft tower in an absolutely absurd yet undeniably effective nightmare

P re-release debates over the title of Jordan Peele’s patchy summer hit Nope were settled last month when the secretive writer-director revealed that no, it wasn’t an acronym for “not of planet earth” but was something far more simple. It was, as others had expected, a nod to what many audiences are accustomed to wearily shouting at the screen during a horror film. Investigate that unsettling sound coming from a barely lit basement in a remote house late at night? Nope! Accept a lift from a creepy stranger in a blood-spattered pick-up truck? Nope! Climb up an ancient and abandoned 2,000ft TV tower without support, food or alerting anyone else first? Nope!

With the release of ridiculous yet undeniably rattling new thriller Fall, it’ll be heard on a loop from cinemagoers across the US this weekend, said first with an eye-roll before being screamed through sweat-drenched fingers. Hinged on a setup so stupid that it takes some strength to make it through the first 15 minutes without checking out, the buzz-free August surprise manages to erase all early doubt with enough genuine seat-edge suspense to turn it into the most exciting and effectively agonising action movie of the summer. I found it hard not to quietly cheer while watching this tiny-budgeted underdog swoop in and climb its way to the top of the tower; Mavericks, Thors and Grey Men falling away with speed.

In a sub-Cliffhanger cold open, Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) suffers a devastating loss when her husband Dan (Mason Gooding) falls to his death in a climbing accident leaving her and best friend Hunter (Virginia Gardner) to pick up the pieces. A year later, Becky is drowning her sorrows when Hunter, now a successful YouTuber specialising in extreme stunts, calls, saving her from the brink. The estranged pair reunite when Hunter suggests she join her on an audacious climb to the top of a 2,000ft tower in the middle of the desert. Spurred on by a vague idea of confronting fear, she says yes. But when they reach the very top, disaster strikes, the ladder falls away and they’re left stranded.

It’s all head-shakingly ridiculous and while the script isn’t equipped to find a believable justification as to why someone trying to get over such horrific trauma would want to do something quite so deranged, none of that really matters once we’re halfway up (a point that we’re chillingly reminded is the height of the Eiffel Tower). While the dodgy green screen in the cold open had me worried, despite an astonishingly low $3m budget, British director Scott Mann manages to make the high-in-the-sky danger feel scarily, stomach-churningly real and if the pace allowed for it, it’d be tempting to Google just how on earth they managed it all while watching. Despite obvious VFX work (even Tom Cruise would turn down such a stunt), the joins are so hard to spot and the illusion so skillfully conjured that I found myself utterly, horribly immersed in the big dumb spectacle of it all. Spanish cinematographer MacGregor and an A-game visual effects team use the structure’s perspective to breath-taking, dizzyingly queasy effect and even find time for some rather stunning standalone images, briefly transforming a B-movie into something oddly artful.

Stupidity might have got the pair up to the top but their actions once situated are grounded and satisfyingly competent, Mann and co-writer Jonathan Frank finding an impressive amount of mileage from two people stuck on a small grate with a small bag. It’s a puzzle for them to solve and like the very best survival movies, it has us trying to solve it alongside, could that or would that or how about questions tidily fitting in-between the steady stream of nopes. There are two silly, derivative twists, the first incredibly easy to spot and the second incredibly easy to get annoyed with, but it’s mostly a pretty straightforward against-the-odds thriller, a throwback of sorts with some slight nu-tech tweaks (who knew a selfie stick could be such a vital emergency tool?). The tension of it all is heightened even moreso by two fully committed performances from little-known actors giving it their all, trying admirably hard to sell some laughably goofy dialogue during a physically gruelling vertical obstacle course (Gardner emerges as the real standout, possessing the effervescence of a young Reese Witherspoon).

Fall is the rare three-drinks-in “what if?” elevator pitch that somehow survived the journey to the big screen, made with unusual precision and punch. Director Mann sets his sights low even as his simple, sturdy film climbs so very, very high and in doing so, delivers in a way that so few have this year, a $3m embarrassment to the studios throwing a hundred times more at blockbusters with a hundred times less of a thrill factor. Arriving in the dog days of summer, it’s something of a marvel.

Fall is out in US cinemas on 12 August and in the UK on 2 September

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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.

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?

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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One of cinema’s great wonders is the way a few moving pictures on a flat screen — composed and choreographed just so — can make a viewer’s palms sweat and heart race. Just look at “Fall,” a survival thriller that at times feels like an extended experiment in audience-poking, testing how many times director Scott Mann can induce a state of mild panic by repeatedly showing the same image. That image? Two young women standing on a small metal platform, perched 2,000 feet above the ground, attached to a narrow tower with no ladder.

“Fall” stars Grace Caroline Currey as Becky, a skilled mountain climber still reeling a year after witnessing the accidental death of her husband during an ascent. Virginia Gardner plays her best friend, Hunter, a social media influencer and daredevil who tries to shake Becky out of her torpor by inviting her along as she shimmies up an abandoned communications tower in the desert. On the way up, the ladies do have a ladder — rusty and shaky. But while they’re triumphantly taking selfies at the top, the way back down collapses.

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Mann and his co-writer, Jonathan Frank, follow a lot of the formulas for these kinds of movies, for better and for worse. On the downside, they pad out their story with Becky’s personal trauma, making her unresolved feelings about her husband’s death a bigger part of the plot than they need to be.

On the upside, “Fall” does what the best survival movies do, by carefully enumerating the resources the heroes have at their disposal so that we can enjoy watching them figure out how to deploy these pieces wisely — or wince as they waste chances. At the moment when the ladder crashes, Becky and Hunter have no cell service, and the backpack with their water is stuck on a dish about 20 feet below them. But they do have a drone camera, a flare gun, two phones and climbing gear. How can they use what they have to get help, while avoiding the circling vultures and whipping winds?

A similar question could be asked of the filmmakers: Can they do enough with this tiny amount of material to fill a whole movie? Well … sort of. Mann and Frank throw in some unexpected twists and obstacles; but while this film is quite long, it still feels like it’s missing one or two more story beats, either early or late. The space occupied by Becky’s heartbreak could’ve been filled with something more viscerally gripping.

That said: Oh jeez, that tower is so tall, and that platform so small, and those women look like they’re barely hanging on. For the most part, “Fall” works because it plucks on the same raw nerve, over and over. How many times can Mann freak out the audience by cutting to a vertiginous shot of the unfolding crisis? Every time. Sometimes cinema is simple.

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Rating: PG-13, for bloody images, intense peril and strong language Running time: 1 hour, 47 minutes Playing: In general release Aug. 12

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Fall review: an unexciting entry in the survival thriller genre.

Fall will be torturous for anyone afraid of heights but could otherwise be a bit of a bore for someone looking for thrills that go beyond that.  

Like spinning a wheel labeled with people's greatest fears and landing on acrophobia, the latest entry in the thriller subgenre of single-location, anxiety-inducing situations is Fall , a movie that will be torturous for anyone afraid of heights but could otherwise be a bit of a bore for someone looking for thrills that go beyond that. Movies like Fall don't require much character work, nor do they need much plot beyond the situation at the center of the film and Fall is no overachiever. With predictable twists and one grating character, the Lionsgate movie tries to do something different from others like it, but it can't quite reach the heights that its main characters aren't (and should be) afraid of.

Fall follows Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner) who, when the movie opens, are climbing a rock face with Becky's husband Dan (Mason Gooding). When Dan tragically falls to his death, Becky is sent into a tailspin of grief, giving up her favorite pastimes of free-climbing and pole-dancing to wallow alone at the bar. Soon enough, Hunter shows up with a proposition to climb a 2,000-foot tall radio tower. Mainly, it's so she can film a drone video of Becky hanging from the ledge for her 60,000 followers. When Becky and Hunter reach the top of the out-of-commission tower, the ladder falls, and they are stuck nearly half a mile above the desert with no cell service, no water, and no way down.

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As far as survival thrillers go, Fall follows the playbook established by films like 47 Meters Down or Crawl . As Becky and Hunter look out at the desert surrounding them, Fall offers plenty of visuals that are rendered well enough, with the desert surrounding them becoming even more deadly 2,000 feet above the ground. With limited space to move, it adds a new dimension to claustrophobic thrillers, one that makes the sky just as scary as the endless ocean in survival thrillers like Open Water .

Unfortunately, it doesn't add much to the genre itself. One twist that's supposed to land with an emotional punch is telegraphed early on and in a way that will make what's coming quite obvious to keen viewers. Another twist, while not as obvious, doesn't land as well as it's supposed to. Fall's nearly two-hour runtime also makes the circumstances feel drawn out when thrillers like these are better served with brisk runtimes that don't allow for much thought in between their obligatory plot points.

As Becky and Hunter's circumstances become increasingly dire, their efforts at rescue become almost laughable. That's the problem with Fall's setup. There's not much they can do except watch from 2,000 feet in the air as their attempts fail. There's no way for them to climb down and no way for them to call for help. They must rely on hair-brained attempts at contacting those on the ground and when those fail, there's not much left. While their attempts at rescue are funny, nothing is as funny as the film's incorporation of Becky's pole-dancing skills or its use of the song "Cherry Pie" by Warrant in one nail-biting sequence.

Gardner and Currey do what they can with the material, but both Gooding and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (as Becky's father) are criminally underused, a fault of the film's setup more than anything else. Sure, the film adds a new perspective to the survival thriller genre, but it relies so heavily on the idea that heights are scary (even if its protagonists don't think so) that there's not much left beyond that by the end of the film. When Fall concludes, it commits a cardinal sin of the genre that may have audiences scratching their heads.

Fall releases in theaters on August 12. The film is 107 minutes long and is rated PG-13 for bloody images, intense peril, and strong language.

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A Movie So Ideal for the End of Summer That It’s Actually Called Fall

August has always been a wasteland, the Sunday night of months, when the weather is at its sticky worst and everybody who has the ability to fuck off to someplace more pleasant has already done so. If you don’t have the means, there’s the cheaper sanctuary of the cineplex, with its welcoming darkness and arctic air-conditioning — except that after a summer in which theatrical releases mounted a rousing comeback , the studios neglected to schedule any big movies for this period in which we most need something dumb and fun. Fortunately, there’s a not-that-big movie that fits the bill of being silly and simple enough to fill a lazy afternoon without demanding anything strenuous from its audience at all. That movie is Fall , in which two young women climb up to the top of a remote TV tower for the sake of closure — and also content — and then get stuck up there.

Fall is part of that grand cinematic tradition in which attractive actors get trapped somewhere dangerous and have to struggle to save themselves, hopefully for at least the 80 minutes required for an acceptable feature-length. Recent-ish participants include Ryan Reynolds, who in a lull in his career back in 2010 spent the entirety of Buried in a wooden coffin; his spouse Blake Lively, who was trapped on a rock in the ocean by a persistent shark in the improbably good in 2016’s The Shallows ; and Emma Bell, Shawn Ashmore, and Kevin Zegers, who got marooned on a ski lift suspended over some convenient wolves in 2010’s Frozen . Like those movies, what Fall offers is a double layer of tension. Will Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner) figure out a way to make it off a 2,000-foot TV tower unscathed? And will writer-director Scott Mann figure out a way to draw out the suspense for long enough when there are only so many things that can happen on top of a 2,000-foot TV tower and one of them is in the title?

Does it really matter? I’m tired. Tapped out. I have no means for a vacation at the moment and nothing else left to give to this season, and Fall asks for so little that it feels like too much to demand something as basic as logic or characters in return. See, Becky’s husband Dan (Mason Gooding) died during a rock-climbing excursion the two of them were taking with Hunter, and a year later, Becky’s still mourning — you can tell by the fact that she drinks alone at bars. Then Hunter, her internet-famous bestie, shows up with a proposal that will help Becky get her mojo back: They’re going to climb the decommissioned B67 TV tower out in the California desert. Becky is a sad brunette and Hunter is a fun blonde, and that’s about all there is to the two, despite a brief gesture toward an extreme-sports frenemies dynamic right out of The Descent . Braving the height looks like the bigger challenge at first — there’s a ladder up the side of the tower, so it doesn’t require Spider-Man-like free-climbing skills. But then the ladder, rusted and neglected, sheers off, leaving the two women trapped on a narrow platform high above the earth.

There’s blistering sun, and an attempt to get help with a flare gun, and when things get really desperate, some marauding vultures. Mann and his crew built a version of the tower close to a cliff to give his shots a real sense of dizzying height and a more tangible sense of danger. An incredibly weak twist pays off with a hilariously gruesome, triumphant finale. But what really makes Becky and Hunter’s little saga so seasonally appropriate is that it feels like a consolation for those of us feeling a little stuck ourselves. These two daring, adventure-seeking women head off for what’s supposed to be a fun getaway that tests their limits and restores their sense of self, and what happens? They get stranded, sunburnt and dehydrated, unable to get a phone signal or anyone’s attention as scavengers try to eat them. Sure, the vertiginous shots up the side of the tower are stomach-turning, but what’s really satisfying is the message that sometimes it’s better just to stay home. It’s Fall , get it? Summer is over. 

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Summary Best friends Becky and Hunter find themselves at the top of a 2,000-foot radio tower.

Directed By : Scott Mann

Written By : Jonathan Frank, Scott Mann

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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…

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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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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.

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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 : September 29, 2023

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Saumen Bagchi 921 318 days ago

It is not so horrific and spine chilling , there was more room to make it better

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Posted by Karina "ScreamQueen" Adelgaard | Aug 11, 2022 | 4 minutes

FALL is a new thriller that is part survival and part fear-of-heights terror. It works surprisingly well, and can even handle the fairly long runtime. In other words, do check it out. Read our full Fall movie review here!

FALL is a new fear-of-heights thriller that is every bit as much a subgenre as “shark horror” is. I mean, just think about how many people suffer from fear of heights. Also, for most people, it’s a fear they’re confronted with quite often. Not many people, who fear sharks, ever have to be near them.

I wasn’t sure that this movie could handle a runtime of 1 hour and 47 minutes. In my mind, this should be around the 90-minute mark. However, yet again, I had to just pack away my own ideas about what “should be”. This movie has enough to last as long as it does.

Continue reading our  Fall  movie review below. The film is out in theaters from August 12, 2022.

Simple concept, perfectly executed

The story that turned into  Fall  was actually conceived as a short film. Fortunately, it turned out that there was enough there to create a feature film.

Inspired by movies such as Brad Bird’s Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (where the Burj Khalifa Tower in Dubai is scaled) and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin’s Oscar®-winning documentary Free Solo , they went to work. Especially that last one is easy to see in the opening scene.

The result: Best friends Becky ( Grace Caroline Currey ) and Hunter ( Virginia Gardner ) climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower. After reaching the platform and getting ready to get back down, pieces of the tower collapse and they find themselves stranded with no way down.

For a few moments, I did fear that some relationship drama would take up space. However, it was just a small part of the movie. Also, while some elements along the way might annoy you, just hang in there until the complete story has been told.

No green screen, just pure terror

To keep it real and get all the best shots, the filmmakers decided to actually shoot this on a platform out in the real world. Sure, some movie magic is included (they’re not the full 2,000 feet in the air with no safety net). But no green screen was used for Fall .

Of course, this also meant that the casting included making sure that the two stars could handle heights. Fortunately, both Grace Caroline Currey (Becky) and Virginia Gardner (Hunter) could work with heights. Both work remarkably well in this movie!

In the only other two roles that actually matter, we see Jeffrey Dean Morgan ( The Unholy ) as Becky’s father, while Mason Gooding ( Scream 5 ) plays her husband.

Insanely sweaty palms

While I am not crazy about heights, I don’t really have a fear of heights. I know as much because my Heaven of Horror co-founder, Nadja, does have a fear of heights. As a result, her palms (and even her feet) started sweating profusely… and that was from just watching the trailer !

Watching the entire  Fall  movie was like an actual workout. Within the 107-minute runtime, there is probably at least a good 90 minutes of full-on terror for anyone uncomfortable with heights.

While I was experiencing increased heart rate and thought it was very fascinating (and yes, out of my comfort zone), she was sweating and squirming. So much that her Fitbit complimented her on the fact that she was getting a solid workout.

What I’m trying to say is simply that watching this survival movie will probably feel like an actual survival experience if you have a fear of heights.

Consider yourself warned!

And also,  go for it , it’s a great way to explore just how bad your fear of heights is.

Watch Fall  in theaters – if you dare!

Scott Mann is the director of  Fall  with the screenplay written by him and Jonathan Frank ( Mara ). Scott Mann previously directed the movies The Tournament  (2009) and Heist  (2015) . Currently, the two have a new survival movie in pre-production.

The title is  Tsunami LA  which probably tells you all you need to know!

To double down on having people attached who knew how to create survival terror, producer James Harris is also onboard. He produced the movie 47 Meters Down which deals with both the fear of sharks as well as claustrophobia and fear of drowning.

With Fall , the filmmakers have stated that they “wanted it to be the ultimate fear of heights movie” and they might just have succeeded. The simplicity of this concept is executed so well that it gets under your skin as the story (and survival element of the story) evolves!

Fall  is out in theaters from August 12, 2022.

Director:  Scott Mann Writers: Scott Mann, Jonathan Frank Cast: Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Mason Gooding, Jeffrey Dean Morgan

  For best friends Becky (Grace Caroline Currey) and Hunter (Virginia Gardner), 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 in this adrenaline-fueled thriller costarring Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

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After having a number of chance encounters, New York City cabbie Michael (Eric Schaeffer) and renowned model Sarah (Amanda De Cadenet) begin an unlikely affair. With Sarah's aristocratic husband, Phillipe (Rudolf Martin), away in Europe, she is free to engage in such impulsive infidelity, but eventually the lovers have to confront the reality of their relationship. Just when Sarah thinks she has Michael figured out, however, he makes a surprising revelation.

Genre: Drama

Original Language: English

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Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2017

Box Office (Gross USA): $12.0K

Runtime: 1h 32m

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’Fall' is An Edge-of-Your-Seat Thriller Filled With Gravity

Grace Caroline Currey and Virginia Gardner star as thrill-seeking climbers who become trapped in this taught new movie.

(L to R) Grace Caroline Currey and Virginia Gardner in 'Fall.'

‘ Fall ’ is now in theaters and it might just have you re-thinking plans to climb abandoned, rusty, remote towers that stretch 2,000 feet high above the desert sky.

Actually, if you were already considering planning to climb abandoned, rusty, remote towers that stretch 2,000 feet high above the desert sky, you might already want to re-think your life choices as a whole.

Still, stranding a pair of thrill-seekers thousands of feet in the sky certainly makes for a pulse-pounding drama, which gets a lot out of a little. And that’s not a criticism – ‘Fall’ offers stripped-down thrills and eschews excess for an effective story, at least until close to the end.

The movie kicks off with a throwback to Sylvester Stallone classic ‘ Cliffhanger ’, in which Becky ( Grace Caroline Currey ), husband Dan ( Mason Gooding ) and daredevil Hunter ( Virginia Gardner ) are climbing an impressive cliff face when Dan falls and is killed (this is hardly a spoiler, as it literally kicks off the movie).

Becky is shattered by the event – though probably not as much as Dan – and, mired in grief for nearly a year, shies away from any dangerous activities beyond getting drunk in bars. Her father James ( Jeffrey Dean Morgan in a small, but emotional role) tries to pull her out of it to little effect.

Yet it’s Hunter who finally convinces Becky to get back out there, proposing a new challenge – the women will climb the 2,000-foot-high B67 TV Tower that sits abandoned in the sweltering, dusty California desert. Becky is naturally nervous to attempt it, but Hunter’s energy and cajoling helps her come back out of her shell and clambering on to the ladder.

Climbing up the tower is scary yet exciting for the pair, but when a rusted external ladder breaks and falls away, they’re left stranded high above the ground. And that’s where the drama really begins.

Director/co-writer Scott Mann and co-writer Jonathan Frank originally conceived the idea as a short for a program that didn’t go ahead and have since re-tooled it into this feature. Its roots as a short piece are still evident – a lot of the kinks have been worked out, and the movie uses its sparse premise to figure out some fresh dramatic opportunities.

Grace Caroline Currey in 'Fall.'

Currey, who you might know from ‘ Annabelle: Creation ,’ ‘ Shazam! ’ and TV’s ‘Revenge’ shares the lion’s share of the screen time with Gardner (2018’s ‘ Halloween ’, ‘ Project Almanac ’). Both actors make their characters work as the story unfolds and the pair tries to let someone that they’re stuck.

You buy into the idea that these women have known each other for years and, as the mood shifts slightly on the windswept top of the platform, they both ensure that characters (particularly Hunter) who could be annoying, never go fully that way.

With the main throughline, it’s Currey who makes the biggest impression, carrying the weight of a character searching for a way out of her crushing grief and sadness. She finds it in the thrill of accomplishment, though that soon turns back into nerve-shredding fear. Gardner does good work as Hunter, too, though.

You’ll want both of them to survive, even if you do wonder what the hell they were thinking in the first place. Being brave is one thing, but stupidly failing to bring tools that could help in the event of different scenarios is quite another.

Virginia Gardner in 'Fall.'

Outside of our dynamic duo, the cast is mostly limited to Morgan’s brief moment and the few people on the ground who come anywhere near the tower – suffice to say, it doesn’t usually go well.

A smart move here was deciding against the original plan to shoot on an LED “volume” (as seen on ‘ Star Wars ’ series ‘ The Mandalorian ’), the budget instead necessitating using platforms of different heights, including one 60 feet up. The reality plays into the tension, and you actually feel the danger that the characters are in.

If you’ve ever had issues with vertigo or a huge fear of heights, we’d caution that you’ll be in for a visceral, scary experience that could test the limits of watching something like this in the theater. And that’s to Mann’s credit – he, cinematographer MacGregor and editor Robert Hall craft something that works on different levels, many of which are likely to raise your blood pressure.

Shots of screws slowly wriggling free from their warped holes, jiggling cables and impressive sound work with groaning structures and whistling wind and it whips our protagonists’ hair around their faces.

There is some overreliance on fake-outs in the early going – handles suddenly breaking free from ladders, for example. There’s foreshadowing and then there’s fore-slapping you in the face with the idea of what could happen.

And, as the story moves along and the drama deepens, one or two of the turns stretch credibility. Though it’s an ambitious way to go, there’s something about it that doesn’t quite ring true.

That said, it doesn’t detract too much from the vicarious thrills that ‘Fall’ has to offer. It will keep you guessing as to how the situation will resolve, and there are some smart visuals on display, not the least of which is the use of a drone that the two women initially use to document their achievement and then attempt to fly to a nearby town to alert the authorities to their predicament.

Provided you don’t mind a cold chill pooling in your stomach if you have any issues with height while watching, ‘Fall’ offers an entertaining ride at the movies and offers proof that it’s not just Tom Cruise that can entertain while clinging to very high things.

You may just end up at the edge of your seat… but do try to hold on, even if it’s only a two-foot fall to the floor.

‘Fall’ receives 3.5 out of 5 stars.

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Becky is completely and desperately stranded in her pit of despair.

Her beloved husband, Dan, died while out on a rock-climbing jaunt. Despite all the proper precautions taken, his equipment failed, and he fell like a helpless stone from a very high mountain wall. Becky was right there, climbing beside him. And she saw it all.

Now all these (what is it?) weeks (months?) later, she wanders hopelessly with little to guide her. The postage-covered cardboard box that holds Dan’s ashes still sits on the entryway counter where Becky dropped it. It silently watches as she leaves for the local bar and then staggers back home to get another drink, pop another pill.

Her dad is trying to get her to snap out of her funk and start life again. But all Becky can see is dark clouds. All she can feel is pain. And all she can say to her father is … well, hurtful, nasty things. He once spoke harshly of Dan, you see. And Becky’s current cup of misery spills over so easily these days.

Just before Becky fatally drowns in that cup, however, she gets a call from her BFF Shiloh Hunter. Hunter was a great friend to both Becky and Dan. And if anything, she was the best climber of all three of them. And so even though Becky doesn’t want to be “saved”—for this surely is another ploy orchestrated by her Dad—she opens the door and lets her girlfriend in.

Hunter has plans. Yes, she admits that Becky’s father called her. But she would have been there soon in any case had she known how bad off Becky was. In Hunter’s opinion, the only way Becky will ever pull herself up by her own carabiner is to face her fear straight on. Hunter knows exactly what to do: They’re going to climb.

In fact, they’re going to climb up the B-67 TV tower. Haven’t heard of it? That’s no surprise. It’s in the middle of nowhere, and it’s been defunct and abandoned for years now. But this skinny tower of iron and steel stretches some 2,000 feet straight up. It was once the tallest structure in the United States—so high that it needs a constant blinking red beacon on top to ward off low-flying aircraft.

And this, this will be Becky’s salvation. Together they’ll climb to a small platform at its peak and Becky will scatter Dan’s ashes. Like Dan used to say, “If you’re scared of dying, don’t be afraid of living.” That’s exactly what they’ll do, ‘cause there’s no living that compares to hanging off a small platform by one hand 2,000 feet in the air.

Of course, anyone who takes even a little time to think about a long-abandoned TV tower might wonder, Uh , wait, doesn’t iron and steel rust? And their answer would be, sure enough. Ladders, railings, rungs and supports do indeed rust. And old, rusty bolts rattle and wobble loose.

Becky and Hunter are indeed climbing together, hoping Becky will climb out of her pit of despair. But what they’ll find at the peak of tower B-67 is another question altogether.

Positive Elements

Becky and Hunter are good friends who both are willing to give their all for the other. Hunter repeatedly encourages her friend that she is much stronger than she gives herself credit for being. During their time together we learn of some points of strain in their relationship. But the two apologize and forgive.

Dan, on the other hand, is revealed to be less than what Becky always thought he was. In fact, her father’s harsh words about Dan—for which Becky had pushed him out of her life—turn out to be pretty accurate. Dad tries nonetheless to help his struggling daughter at every turn. Eventually, Becky and her father have a moment of healing and forgiveness, too.

Bravery and self-sacrifice abound here. Hunter and the film make it clear that people should live their lives to the fullest. (Though those statements could be misinterpreted as a license to take foolish risks. And on that front, there are some rather foolish choices made here.)

Spiritual Elements

Sexual content.

Becky and Hunter both wear tank-tops that reveal some skin. Moreover, Hunter has a social media channel that she’s recording herself for, so she wears a push-up bra to emphasize her attributes and takes a number of pictures and videos with that feature in mind. (The movie’s camera watches closely, too.) “T—s for clicks,” she proclaims. Later, though, she removes that bra to use it for something else. (She removes it while still under her top.)

We find out that Dan had an affair with someone.

Violent Content

Things get pretty violent and bloody in this PG-13 film. We see one person fall from a great height, but don’t see that person impact the ground. On the other hand, we do see one dead body that’s bloody, ripped and torn and then being eaten by vultures. Someone stuffs a large object into a wound on this corpse. The camera also examines a small animal that’s still alive with its organs hanging out. Vultures swoop in and begin eating this creature, too.

The birds swoop in an attempt to knock an injured person off a tower pole. One of the women also sustains a large cut on her leg that the vultures go after. However, one of those birds is grabbed, has its brains bashed out and is eaten in turn.

People dangle from heights in precarious ways in high winds. They swing on ropes and slam into the metal side and crossbeams of the tower. The tower falls apart under the weight of people climbing on it. They’re cut, injured from falls, and have their flesh torn from rope burns. Someone is almost hit by a speeding truck. Becky has a dream of waking in bed covered in blood. People feel the effects of having no food or water.

Crude or Profane Language

There are at least two f-words (perhaps more) in the tensest moments, along with more than 30 s-words. Joining those are several uses each of the words “d–n,” “b–ch,” “a–hole” and “h—.”

God’s and Jesus’ names are misused a total of 17 times (God being combined with “d–n” on three of those). Crude reference to male genitalia are uttered.

Drug and Alcohol Content

After her husband dies, Becky hits the liquor bottle hard. We see her staggering drunk in a bar and then going home to reach for another drink to wash down a prescription drug of some sort. In fact, it appears she’s about to take a handful of the pills before a call from Hunter stops her.

Other Negative Elements

We see one of the women urinating off the side of the tower platform (seen from a long distance away). Someone falls over and vomits. Two guys steal a vehicle instead of offering rescue to people in need.

Fall is a tense but spare film. After all, how much can you do when your characters are trapped 2,000 feet in the air on a 4-foot-wide platform?

That location and those story limitations certainly intensify the film’s acrobatic dangling, especially when you layer in up-close rusted breakage and acrophobia-inducing camera angles. But those constraints also tend to hold a magnifying glass up to this pic’s kinda rusty and formulaic seams. At times it almost feels like someone pasted a What If? or a And Then sticker on the various sky-high scenes.

That aside, though, the bigger problem for family audiences comes in the form of Falls constant flow of profane and foul language, along with some gore and booziness. Those bits cause this fingertip hanging flick to slip and they make it far less suitable for an exciting climb into your local theater seat.

After spending more than two decades touring, directing, writing and producing for Christian theater and radio (most recently for Adventures in Odyssey, which he still contributes to), Bob joined the Plugged In staff to help us focus more heavily on video games. He is also one of our primary movie reviewers.

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Stream It Or Skip It: ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ on Hulu, a Riveting, Oscar-Winning French Courtroom Drama

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The Academy awarded Anatomy of a Fall ( now streaming on Hulu ) the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, and nobody in their right mind should quibble with that. The film also enjoyed best picture and best director nominations, the latter for Justine Triet, who co-wrote the film with Arthur Harari. And they wrote it specifically for star Sandra Huller, who enjoyed not just a best actress nomination, but a full-blown international career breakthrough (which was also aided by her equally terrific performance in The Zone of Interest ). And while Oscar accolades can be, shall we say, occasionally questionable, in this case they got it right, putting a well-deserved spotlight on one of the best movies of 2023.

ANATOMY OF A FALL : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?

The Gist: Samuel Meleski (Samuel Theis) departed from this world like we all should: While playing a profoundly irritating steel-drum instrumental cover of 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P.” at deafening volume. One moment, he was in the attic of his chalet in the French countryside, installing insulation; several moments later, he was dead on the ground a couple dozen feet below the attic window, blood from his head pooling in the snow. Was he playing the music to keep him motivated while working? Or was he playing it to drive his wife mad while a student attempted to interview her? Both can be true. Other things could also be true, but these are the most probable reasons. The rest of this movie is about what might’ve happened in the moments between these moments – the moment when he was alive and the moment when he was dead. 

Here’s what we know prior to his wife Sandra Voyter’s (Huller) murder trial: She’s a successful writer who’s published several novels, hence the interview. He’s a struggling writer who gave up to be a teacher. She’s from Germany, but lived in London and moved to France to be with Samuel, who grew up in the chalet. Her French is shaky, but she can speak the language well enough to get by. She and Samuel have an 11-year-old son, Daniel (Milo Machado-Graner), who’s partially blind, and helped by an amazingly trusty sweetheart of a guide dog, Snoop (Messi). Daniel found his father’s body. The autopsy was inconclusive. Investigators analyze blood spatters and measure railings and reconstruct the fall; they ask Sandra about the bruise on her arm, and ask Daniel what he heard that day and he says one thing but later changes his mind and says another, admitting he made a mistake. Sandra’s old friend Vincent (Swann Arlaud) is a lawyer, and will lead the defense. Vincent suggests they avoid an accidental-death defense because it’s not plausible, so they take the angle that Samuel died by suicide. Sandra interrupts him in the middle of a lawyersque spiel: “Stop. Stop. I did not kill him,” she says. Do we believe her?

ONE YEAR LATER. French court – what a trip. French is spoken there, so good luck, Sandra. The lead prosecutor (Antoine Reinartz) asks dozens of leading questions and engages in so much suggestive, slanted and twisted speculative commentary, if this was an American movie set in an American courtroom, two-thirds of the script would be OBJECTION, YOUR HONORs. But that’s OK, I guess, since Vincent and fellow defense lawyer Nour Boudaoud (Saadia Bentaieb) retort with almost as much suggestive, slanted and twisted speculative commentary. The judge (Anne Rotger) lets it all happen, too, so this must be how the French legal system works? And Daniel, well, he’s privy to every terrible detail the lawyers trot out about his father’s death, and the extremities of his parents’ troubled psychological states and relationship. During all this, and at the end of it, I don’t know if we like Sandra or Samuel even if we might relate to this or that about their individual selves or their marriage. But our hearts ache for Daniel, bearing witness to strife, and enduring great pain, and wrestling with questions that have no answers – even if determined by the court, which we’ve already deemed deeply flawed – the key one being, is his mother guilty of killing his father?

What Movies Will It Remind You Of?: I never carelessly draw comparison to Fargo , being that it’s the greatest film of all time. But blood on the snow and an absurdist approach to questions of moral certitude put Anatomy of a Fall in the same ballpark. 

Performance Worth Watching: Let’s join the chorus that heaps praise on Huller for such a nuanced and subtly wily performance that exists in the margins of truth. But also let’s not forget how profoundly, aggressively annoying Reinartz is as the wormy prosecutor who poses question after leading question, twisting answers to suit his arguments, and claiming he’s merely in pursuit of the truth. He’s the film’s secret comedy weapon.

Memorable Dialogue: One of the film’s biggest laughs: 

Prosecutor: “The music was a cover of 50 Cent’s ‘P.I.M.P.’, a deeply misogynistic song.” Nour: “It was an instrumental version!”

Sex and Skin: None.

Our Take: The crux of Anatomy of a Fall is akin to our notion of what 2 + 2 is. Sure – we all know the answer is 4. But drill deeper, and what it really is, is an approximation of 2 added to an approximation of 2 for a solution that’s approaching 4. In reality, 2 as an absolute certainty does not exist. All things are composed of fuzzy lines, atoms in constant motion rendering electron-microscoped things blurry. Yet we ascribe definitive meaning to the number 2 and solidity to specific types of matter so we have a means to define and comprehend reality; without it, we might go insane. There is no certainty, no truly definitive answers to any questions about the nature of reality. Have a nice day!

And so, too zoom back out a bit, everything in the trial of Sandra Voyter is a matter of interpretation, grand ideas about uncertainty in ruthless microcosm. Anatomy of a Fall is a rigorously intellectual look at a deeply emotional situation. It’s comical how Triet depicts serious human beings attempting to apply objective criteria to a series of occurrences drowning in subjectivity. One expert insists Samuel had to have been pushed, and another insists that’s highly improbable – “but not impossible,” the prosecutor repeatedly interjects, as the expert rolls her eyes, and we do too, because here these professionals are, getting out finer and finer razor blades to split the hairs between “highly improbable” and “not impossible.” It’s as maddening as hearing a profoundly irritating instrumental steel-drum version of 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P.” countless times in a row.

Triet amplifies the absurdity by establishing Daniel and Snoop as, essentially, key witnesses. Daniel’s is a tragic absurdity, of course – he’s legally blind, the reasons for which exacerbated the rift between his parents, and he’s lost the father he adores. Snoop’s is less tragic, because he’s a dog, of course. And since dogs can’t talk, they can’t communicate with humans with any amount of certainty. Ridiculous as the judge and lawyers and experts in this case can be as they present grandiose speculative theories on Samuel and Sandra’s emotional states and whether they can be considered motives for suicide or murder, at least they stop short of putting Snoop on the witness stand in an attempt to interpret his perspective on their marriage: Did they smell like they loved each other, or hated each other? 

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The key here is Daniel. He’s young, and learning about the world, and this trial is quite the education. The camera frequently cuts to him in the gallery, sitting quietly with a furrowed brow, listening intently. As is the case with people who’ve lost their sight, his hearing is enhanced; is he hearing something we’re not? Subtle tones or inflection? The situation of his mother being his caretaker and his testifying in her trial requires a court-appointed monitor, who at one point suggests he accept some degree of certainty where none seems to exist, just so he can function. It feels like the necessary cynicism of human existence.

There’s a level of contrivance to Anatomy of a Fall , which at times seems pointedly engineered to explore Big Ideas. But it’s too exquisitely conceived and assembled, and just too damn provocative for any deeper criticism to take hold. Triet leans on Huller’s ability to make caginess seem earnest, and earnestness seem cagey; it’s a performance finely tuned to the film’s themes. She tangles together the most riveting components of domestic and legal dramas, fashions an excoriatingly honest depiction of the rollercoaster of marriage, and crafts scenes that straddle comedy and tragedy and prod us to question what we see: What’s happening in this courtroom? What’s happening between Vincent and Sandra, who seem to share mutual romantic affection? What’s happening inside Daniel’s head? What’s happening inside Snoop’s head? And all we can do is interpret, interpret, interpret until we think we’re on a path approaching that impossible thing known as the truth.

Our Call: Anatomy of a Fall is not a dog. The exact opposite, actually. STREAM IT.

John Serba is a freelance writer and film critic based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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"Anatomy of a Fall," a Best Picture nominee at the Oscars this year, is finally available to stream. The film, which won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, hit streaming on Friday, March 22. We'll show you everything you need to know about the film, including the trailer and where to watch "Anatomy of a Fall" at home. 

"Anatomy of a Fall" follows a writer, Sandra (Sandra Hüller), who is put on trial after her husband falls from the attic of their home. She is accused of pushing him to his death and attempts to prove her innocence, and viewers – along with the rest of the courtroom – are left to their own devices when it comes to determining her culpability. 

• See also: Where to watch Oppenheimer | Where to watch The Zone of Interest | Where to watch every 2024 Oscars best picture nominee

Directed by Justine Triet, the film won the prestigious Palme d'Or prize when it debuted at the Cannes Film Festival and continued to receive critical acclaim after it went on to premiere in the US. The movie was one of the multiple foreign language films to nab a Best Picture nod at the Oscars this year (a little less than half the movie is in English; the rest is French). The film was also nominated for Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Editing, but you might have heard of it because of the scene-stealing dog, Messi, who had quite the time this awards season.

If you're not sure how to watch the film, you've come to the right place. Keep reading to learn where it's streaming in the US and your buying and renting options in the UK and elsewhere.

Where to watch Anatomy of a Fall in the US

"Anatomy of a Fall" is streaming on Hulu in the US. Hulu subscriptions start at $7.99 per month for an ad-supported plan. The streamer comes with a 30-day free trial for new customers. You can upgrade to an ad-free subscription for $17.99 per month, or try out one of Hulu's bundles, like Hulu + Live TV , which comes with ESPN+, Disney+, and over 90 live channels.

Hulu offers thousands of shows and movies, including popular network titles and exclusive originals. Go for the ad-supported tier, and it's only $7.99 a month. Going for no-ads is a further $10 a month.

Where to watch Anatomy of a Fall in the UK

"Anatomy of a Fall" isn't available as a part of any streaming service in the UK, but people can still rent or buy it through Prime Video . Rentals go for £4.49, and purchases go for £9.99 (on sale from £13.99).

How to watch Anatomy of a Fall from anywhere

If none of these streaming options work for you, it might be time to try a VPN (virtual private network). In addition to boosting your online privacy, VPNs alter your device's location so that you can access websites and apps that might otherwise not be available due to your geographical location. Our go-to recommendation is ExpressVPN , a straightforward option with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Check out our ExpressVPN review to learn more. 

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Aaron Taylor-Johnson is heavily rumored to have been chosen as the next James Bond but before he dons the role of 007, his latest movie, The Fall Guy, is gearing up to race onto our screens and its Rotten Tomatoes score suggests it will be essential viewing.

Taylor-Johnson will star alongside Barbie and Oppenheimer actors Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt as well as Ted Lasso’s Hannah Waddingham in an action comedy that pays tribute to the invaluable work of stunt performers in movies .

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Directed by David Leitch (Bullet Train, Deadpool 2 and co-director of John Wick), the movie follows stuntman Colt Seavers (Gosling) who has spent a year away from Hollywood after suffering an almost career-ending accident.

However, Colt is reluctantly drafted in by movie director – and his ex – Jody Moreno (Blunt) when the star of her latest mega-budget blockbuster, Tom Ryder (Taylor-Johnson) goes missing.

As Colt searches for the missing Tom’s whereabouts, he finds himself ensnared in a sinister criminal conspiracy.

The Fall Guy has just had its premiere at the 2024 edition of SXSW and will be exploding into theaters for general audiences on May 3.

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The Fall Guy scores big on Rotten Tomatoes

Following its premiere, The Fall Guy has earned an 88% rating on Rotten Tomatoes , an impressive review score given the movie’s nature as a popcorn-guzzling action comedy.

It should be noted that the score is based on 34 reviews collated to date and it could change as more reviews come in.

The 88% score means that The Fall Guy is currently the highest-rated movie of Aaron Taylor-Johnson’s career, with his next highest being the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy (80%) and the superhero movie Kick-Ass (77%).

For Emily Blunt, the movie is the ninth highest-rated of her career, with her best-reviewed movie being 2018’s A Quiet Place (96%). Best Picture-winning Oppenheimer currently stands at 93%.

And for Ryan Gosling, The Fall Guy is his joint-sixth high-rated movie alongside Barbie while 2011’s Drive is his best-reviewed film with 93%.

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With an 88% rating, the majority of reviews for The Fall Guy are largely positive, with a general consensus being that the film is a fun-filled romp that is perfectly accompanied by a giant bucket of popcorn.

Matt Donato of Inverse wrote: “A fun-filled, fun-loving love letter to the undervalued stunt performance profession. It’s full-gear popcorn entertainment that only someone wholly passionate about stunt work could deliver.”

Deadline’s Valerie Complex said: “The Fall Guy stands as a hilarious and thoughtful tribute to the stunt community, blending action with a poignant exploration of the sacrifices made by these unsung heroes.

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Things to do, tv and streaming | ‘apples never fall’ review: annette bening as a retired mom who goes missing.

After selling their Florida tennis academy, Joy and Stan Delaney settle into uneasy retirement. Outside the skies are sunny. Inside their home, things are a bit stormier. Then one day, Joy goes missing. This turns the lives of her husband and four adult children upside down and inside out in the seven-episode Peacock series “Apples Never Fall.”

Starring Annette Bening and Sam Neill, their marriage becomes the backdrop for a larger story about the ways families ignore unresolved fissures and buried resentments, often to our detriment. Joy and Stan might have continued this way indefinitely. The catalyst that changes their status quo is the arrival of a visitor, who takes up residence in the couple’s gracious, high-ceilinged home. Her name is Savannah (Georgia Flood) and she carefully sows seeds of discontent in every member of the family. Suddenly, all those repressed and bruised feelings everyone’s been nursing burst out into the open, like a piñata full of bad vibes. But their interpersonal drama just lays there, like a sagging tennis net. If only the series had characters worth investing in.

Savannah intended to stay for just a couple of days, but that turns into several months. She’s a welcome addition, as far as Joy and Sam are concerned, and a far more engaged presence than their self-involved children. “I raised kids who played hard and fought hard,” Joy says, but those kids also never lifted a finger around the house. It’s only now, in hindsight, that Joy has allowed herself to think about that with some irritation.

For the Delaney offpsring, life was intense growing up, where tennis greatness was the expectation they never attained. Troy (Jake Lacy) became a venture capitalist who doesn’t even bother to hide his simmering anger. Brooke (Essie Randles) is a struggling physical therapist. Logan (Conor Merrigan Turner) does something vague with boats and yoga. And Amy (Alison Brie) is “our searcher,” which is Joy’s diplomatic way of saying she’s flaky and doesn’t have a job. None of them are compelling, separately or together, but Lacy comes the closest with his bottled up rage.

Not long into Joy and Stan’s retirement, the kids come over for a meal and it is filled with tension-filled passive-aggressive barbs. Which is perhaps why nobody seems too alarmed when Joy stops answering their texts. Eventually, her silence becomes ominous. Something has happened, and their father hasn’t been entirely honest about the details.

Part procedural, part sprawling family drama, the series is based on the novel by Liane Moriarty, whose book “Big Little Lies” fared better in its screen adaptation. Moriarty is Australian and that’s where her books are set; the Hollywood versions transpose the stories to the U.S. and “Big Little Lies” was astute in finding an appropriate upscale equivalent in Monterey, California. “Apples Never Falls” takes place in West Palm Beach but is uninterested in the particulars of its setting, which is upscale, but not as old money as Palm Beach proper. The show doesn’t have anything to say about these nuances of money and class that most assuredly would gnaw at strivers like Joy and Stan, which ends up dulling the story’s more potentially interesting edges.

Instead it settles for melodrama to tie up the story’s loose ends. The ending feels pat, its optimism unearned. The show comes from Melanie Marnich, who also worked on the recent Amazon series “The Expatriates,” which suffers from similar issues that undermine “Apples Never Fall.” The title is likely a nod to that old saw, the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, but I’m not so sure that fits. Joy and Stan’s children aren’t replicating the mistakes of their parents so much as floundering. Yes, those lingering dysfunctions tie back their childhoods. Maybe we all contend with that, to some extent. If only the Delaneys felt like actual people rather than stand-ins to be developed later.

“Apples Never Fall” — 2 stars (out of 4)

Where to watch: Peacock

Nina Metz is a Tribune critic.

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Anatomy of a Fall ending explained: Did Sandra kill her husband?

Get your detective hat ready.

Justine Triet's Oscar-winner movie opened the door to a fascinating debate about the innocence or guilt of Sandra Hüller's character, who endures an exhaustingly long trial where her marriage and her entire personality are put under the spotlight.

There are other mysteries in the movie — did Sandra's son Daniel (Milo Machado-Graner) invent that conversation with his dad to help his mother's case? — and yet the central question remains: is Sandra guilty of murder?

We delve into the ending of Anatomy of a Fall and the answer to that question, which Triet and Hüller have addressed while many viewers ran rampant with their own theories.

If you still haven't seen one of the best movies of 2023 , you might want to stop reading.

Major spoilers ahead.

Anatomy of a Fall ending explained: Is Sandra guilty?

First, let's recap — German writer Sandra Voyter is accused of murdering her husband Samuel Maleski (played by Samuel Theis), who was found dead in the family's isolated house in France after falling from the window of his top-floor studio.

Their 11-year-old son Daniel, who is visually impaired, found the body when returning home from walking their dog Snoop (played by scene-stealer Messi), which means there was nobody at the house besides the couple when the fall took place and no witnesses to attest to Sandra's innocence or culpability.

Did Samuel fall? Did he die by suicide? Did Sandra push him?

During the movie, we get a deep dive into the case — we hear the few testimonies, the existing evidence and the lawyers' speculation about who is to blame for this tragedy. Sandra's sexual orientation and professional ambition are used against her, as well as an explosive argument between the couple (recorded by Samuel) which is played at the courthouse.

Lacking hard evidence, Daniel's testimony tips the scales in his mother's favour.

He recalls he did an experiment after learning his father had allegedly attempted suicide, linking the incident to Snoop falling ill. Daniel gave Samuel's drugs to the dog and the reaction was exactly the same, leading him to believe the animal ate his father's vomit, proving the suicide attempt did take place.

At trial, he also shares a conversation that happened in the car on their way to the vet. Apparently, Samuel told him Snoop would not always be around despite how much he loves him, which Daniel interprets as a sort of goodbye. He believes his father wanted to take his own life, and, despite his doubts. he believes his mother is innocent.

Sandra is absolved and Anatomy of a Fall ends, and yet the main question still doesn't seem to have a clear answer.

Not even actress Sandra Hüller knows for sure, although that wasn't an obstacle for her Oscar-nominated performance. "I think I wanted to create somebody who would be capable of doing it, I wanted certain people to be a little bit afraid of her," she told Variety .

"Because why do we always have to be sweet, and good victims and all these things? I had a little fun in leaving it in [the] dark."

Hüller never made up her mind about her character's innocence. "Sometimes I wake up at night and think, Oh, I missed something. Maybe she did it. But I don't know," she said.

Director Justine Triet knows if Sandra killed her husband or not, but she is not going to reveal that information anytime soon. "I will tell you in 10 years," she jokingly said to one journalist after her victory at the Golden Globes (via EW ).

During the press conference, Triet said only she and her co-writer and partner Arthur Harari know the truth.

"It was really important to not speak about this on set and with the actors because it's not the point of the movie and it's ambiguous," said Triet, who noted that while "maybe she didn't kill him", she could have driven Samuel to suicide.

"There's a lot of possibilities. It's not so black and white," she added.

In an interview for CBC , Triet elaborated further on her reasons for not revealing all the details of the story.

"It was very important to me that truth cannot emerge in the courtroom. It won't and it doesn't. I was interested in this couple exactly for the fact that they are the face of something that goes beyond a kind of Manichean good and evil: there's a bad guy and a good guy, and a victim and not," she explained.

The French filmmaker pointed out that there are many grey areas to what could have happened between Sandra and Samuel.

"I think the most interesting thing that I have been told about this film is that she can be responsible without being guilty, or she could be guilty without being responsible," she explained.

"She could be responsible for having driven him to suicide without being guilty of having killed him, or she could have killed him without having wanted to — whether in an impulsive way or in however we can try to imagine that. So truth exists, but it's too complex to be grasped here."

Without an official answer, all viewers have left to do is speculate. And that they do.

Thanks to Hüller's layered, fascinating performance, many think her character did it. The couple's constant arguments, mainly focused on him resenting her literary success (accusing her of stealing his big ideas) and her blaming him for the accident which resulted in Daniel's blindness seemed heated enough to escalate into violence.

However, probably the strongest theory is that Samuel killed himself, whether it was to frame his wife (to take revenge against her) or because he was deeply depressed and unhappy with his life.

Some viewers have pointed at the recording of one of the couple's arguments (which he clearly pushed for, seeking to draw blood) as a sign that he was trying to frame her. But perhaps he was just trying to find inspiration in their own miseries, and ultimately it was too much to bear.

He could also have fallen from the window, although what an anticlimactic explanation that would be. Bad timing, too, as it happened when Daniel wasn't in the house.

Talking about Daniel — there seems to be consensus on the fact that he made up the car conversation with his dad. But why?

In an earlier scene, Daniel's carer Marge gives him a bit of interesting advice, seeing the kid is unable to decide who to put his faith in. She tells him that when you are uncertain of something, you just have to decide what is true for you. After that, he comes up with the story that ends up absolving his mother.

Believing in his father's suicide attempt, he threw a bone to his mother by making up a conversation that would save her. Not because he thought she was actually guilty and needed saving, but because the evidence, even if small, was piling up against her. Still, it's just a theory.

What really happened isn't really the point, though.

Anatomy of a Fall is about how hard it is most of the time to grasp the truth when life (and the legal system too) is made of stories and perspectives that are put together in order to make sense of the things that happen to us. Ultimately, like Marge said, we decide what we want to believe.

Anatomy of a Fall is available to buy or rent from Prime Video , iTunes , Microsoft Store and more in the UK, while it is available to stream on Hulu in the US. It's also available to buy or rent in the US from Prime Video , iTunes , Vudu and more .

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