The Fall Reviews
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A movie that you might want to see for no other reason than because it exists. There will never be another like it.
Read the full reviewIt's the most glorious, wonderful mess put onscreen since Terry Gilliam's "Brazil."
Read the full reviewThe Fall is often an affectionate caricature itself, but one of astonishing beauty, featuring two heartfelt performances from Untaru and the tender, often mordantly funny Pace. They're perfect foils for Tarsem's gorgeous tone poem to cinema as a medium of magic and miracles, stories and lies.
Read the full reviewThe Fall is aptly named not only because it pertains to a tragic descent but because viewers will feel as if they have plunged headlong into an alternate universe with this dazzling adult fairy tale.
Read the full reviewIt's an achingly beautiful movie and a triumph of location scouting, with more cosmopolitan spectacle than the past three Indiana Jones and James Bond movies combined.
Read the full reviewThe Fall is what you'd get if you told a fiendishly gifted graphic illustrator the plot of "The Princess Bride" and sent him off to come up with his own version.
Read the full reviewPretty pictures - thats what The Fall has to offer.
Read the full reviewThis convoluted, arbitrary, overlong whimsy will strike most grown-ups as childish, and is far too violent and pretentious for kids.
Read the full reviewTarsem and his screenwriting collaborators aren't able to come up with enough interesting justifications for their sudden shifts, and soon the shape-shifting yarn just feels like lazy storytelling.
Read the full reviewThere is never a sense that The Fall exists for any reason besides simply being something nice to look at. Yet no matter how good-looking a film may be, if it's as sleep-inducing as this, there's simply no point.
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The Metascore® designation for this movie is 64
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The Thrill No One Will See (Though Everyone Should)
"It's a shame this is running limited showings, because it's the kind of movie someone waltzing into a theatre and looking for a good movie for the sake of a good movie will want to see. Without the star power of some of the television-to-movie spin-offs of the summer, this gem of a film will most likely be overlooked. The only chance to recoup what must have been amazingly high production costs (it looks it, every second. Flawlessly sewn together, flawlessly shot, with colors that stun and shots that awe. And those sets!) will be word of mouth.Hence: GO SEE IT. It's well worth the time and money. It's an honestly enjoyable film, the first I've seen in a while. If nothing else, the spectacle of it will draw you in. Many shots may seem absurd (out of place, outlandish, etc) to a viewer, but I would suggest 1) enjoy the sheer sight of it, before you judge, then 2) go ahead and try to meditate on meanings of imagery, but 3) be aware this film has a double unreliable narrator... or rather, an unreliable narrator and an unreliable listener. The man is making up a story as he goes, and the child is interpreting it as a five year old might. The acting is very good, with a lot of intriguing secondary faces and some very strong leads. I usually can't stand movies with child actors, but this one forced me to bite back all those opinions. In all, a full-scale film that probably won't get the full-scale audience it deserves."
From the ashes of a fall
"I see probably 90% of the releases. I thought it was fantastic. This is one of those movies where you have to let yourself completely "go with it". If you liked Pan's Labyrinth or The Devil's Backbone, you will love this one. Definitely a limited audience appeal movie as it is too sophisticated for children and will lose rigid adults in the first reel. Film students will savor each bite of this banquet. The editing alone is worth the price of admission as it goes seamlessly between time periods, fantasy and reality, old footage and lab effects. Shot all over the world in fantastic places you have never been before. The little girl, Catinca, unaffected and cast perfectly as the magic carpet for us to ride thru this masterpiece of abstract art..."
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"this movie looks fantastic I haven't seen anything about it anywhere but here. the reviews are a to z some like it some don't. I am personally tired of movie reviews. the last one I read and listened to gave the movie bewitched 5 stars. I went to that movie and wanted to commit suicide half way through the movie it was that bad. so S@"
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