"[13], "Disney Drops Fox Name, Will Rebrand as 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures", "Will Ferrell Joins Julia Louis-Dreyfus In Fox Searchlight's 'Force Majeure' Remake 'Downhill'; Nat Faxon & Jim Rash To Direct", "Miranda Otto, Zoë Chao, Zach Woods Join Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Will Ferrell In 'Downhill' At Fox Searchlight", "Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell Start Filming Downhill", "Sundance Unveils Female-Powered Lineup Featuring Taylor Swift, Gloria Steinem, Abortion Road Trip Drama", "Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell-Starrer 'Downhill' Lands Valentine's Day Release", "Downhill movie review & film summary (2020) | Roger Ebert", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Downhill_(2020_film)&oldid=981046072, Short description is different from Wikidata, Official website different in Wikidata and Wikipedia, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 29 September 2020, at 23:31. It’s a dark comedy that feels too light. © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. [2] The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $8 million worldwide.
With Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Zach Woods, Zoe Chao.
Like watching a slow motion train wreck. For Ferrell, this is where a movie that took more advantage of his talents could have excelled, and instead it casts him so that you always see his man-child characters of the past.
It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell as a married couple going through a rough patch after a near-death encounter during a family ski outing. A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses. [7] The film was released on February 14, 2020, replacing Fox's The King's Man, which had been scheduled for that date.[8]. Satire about the world of the super-rich.
There’s nothing exactly catastrophic here but what no one involved in the film manages to do is provide adequate evidence for why this needed to exist in the first place. Why just four years after it won the Un Certain Regard jury prize at Cannes do we need to see a more “palatable” English-speaking remix? Inspired by the motion picture FORCE MAJEURE by Ruben Östlund. Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (making a rare big-screen appearance) would play the leads. Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.
Fox Searchlight Pictures. It was announced in November 2018 that an English-language remake of the Swedish film Force Majeure would be directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, who both co-wrote the script with Jesse Armstrong. Downhill Review: A Dark Comedy With Impressive Depth Eric Eisenberg; Feb. 22.
Jack Cunningham was an HS basketball phenom who walked away from the game, forfeiting his future. Written by
In the moment, he chose himself, and his phone, over his loved ones and there’s no form of apology that can provide him any cover.
And, most importantly, the film would have the blessing of the original’s writer-director Ruben Östlund. Scott has been a case of arrested development since his firefighter dad died. Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? [6], Downhill had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2020. But there’s something just a few degrees off about Downhill, a niggling sense that not only was the decision to reheat a recent, universally acclaimed film unnecessary but that the decisions being made by Armstrong along with writer-director team Nat Faxon and Jim Rash are often rather misjudged.
An immigrant worker at a pickle factory is accidentally preserved for 100 years and wakes up in modern-day Brooklyn. In the United States and Canada, Downhill was released alongside Sonic the Hedgehog, The Photograph and Fantasy Island, and was projected to gross around $4 million from 2,275 theaters in its four-day opening weekend. Add the first question. Fans of a certain dark comedy from a few years ago might recognize the storyline, as Downhill is a remake of Force Majeure, originally directed … Was this review helpful to you? There’s a wrestle going on throughout the film’s brief 85-minute running time between a crowd-pleasing studio comedy and something more specific and low-key and it becomes progressively difficult to know how best to consume what we’re being fed. Two friends with very different ideals start a beauty company together. The site's critical consensus reads, "Fittingly named for a remake whose charms are dwarfed by its superior source material, Downhill is frequently -- and frustratingly -- less than the sum of its talented parts. The film is a remake of Force Majeure (2014) by Swedish director Ruben Östlund. Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell were cast to star. Inspired by the motion picture FORCE MAJEURE by Ruben Östlund. Downhill had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2020, and was theatrically released on February 14, 2020, by Searchlight Pictures, the first film to be released under the studio's new name following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox.
Downhill is a 2020 American black comedy drama film directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, who also co-wrote the script with Jesse Armstrong. A Democratic strategist helps a retired veteran run for mayor in a small, conservative Midwest town. Available for everyone, funded by readers.
The beloved superintendent of New York's Roslyn school district and his staff, friends and relatives become the prime suspects in the unfolding of the single largest public school embezzlement scandal in American history. A woman seeks revenge against those who orchestrated a plane crash that killed her family.
Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist. They don't know they've been chosen - for a very specific purpose - The Hunt. Heli Ski Employee "[12] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "D" on an A+ to F scale, and PostTrak reported it received an average 1 out of 5 stars, with 26% of people saying they would definitely recommend it. One is more practical while the other wants to earn her fortune and live a lavish lifestyle. Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus (making a rare big-screen appearance) would play the leads. He returns to find them safe but his kneejerk reaction creates a rapidly expanding crack in his relationship.
Looking for some great streaming picks? Title: They don't know where they are, or how they got there. After believing they are about to be killed by an avalanche during a family ski vacation in Ischgl (Austria), a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other. Pete (Ferrell) and Billie (Louis-Dreyfus) have taken their sons on a family ski trip to the Alps, mistakenly at a location that’s more suited to those wishing to party than parent. This FAQ is empty. Downhill is a 2020 American black comedy drama film directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, who also co-wrote the script with Jesse Armstrong. “Downhill” is a vacation-gone-wrong comedy that lives up to its ill-advised title. During a lunch outside one day, a controlled avalanche nearby thrusts a cloud of snow their way and fearing the worst, Pete grabs his phone and leaves his family. Ostlund should reconsider his blessing. Downhill was released on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital on May 19, 2020. I feel badly for Julia Louis-Dreyfus because her character is so unlikeable, in a movie that's equally unlikeable. It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell as a married couple going through a rough patch after a near-death encounter during a family ski outing.
[10], On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 37% based on 198 reviews, with a weighted average of 5.4/10. What remains potent from original to remake is the unease of the premise, the uncomfortable questions it invites into a seemingly sturdy marriage, the sort of mistake that’s so instinctive that it’s impossible to explain away. Downhill And is this still where we’re at as an industry and a culture that an arguably perfect film needs to be retouched just because it’s afflicted with subtitles?
[9] It made $2.6 million on its first day and $5.2 million over the four days, finishing tenth. Borat is back! Directed by Nat Faxon, Jim Rash.
Downhill is showing at the Sundance film festival and will be released in the US on 14 February and in the UK on 28 February. Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other. When it was announced in 2018 that the critically adored Swedish comedy Force Majeure would be remade by Fox, the overwhelming response from anyone who had seen the original was one of quizzical exhaustion. But what kept Downhill on many a radar regardless was an undeniably impressive roster of talent.
Wish I could have that 90 minutes of my life - and my money - back.
Her last film was 2013’s Enough Said, Nicole Holofcener’s wonderful, humane, funny romantic comedy which gifted her with a living, breathing character who added depth to the film’s sitcom premise but her appearance in Downhill just caused me to crave more for her, something with a trickier edge perhaps, something that feels less of a given that she can pull off without breaking a sweat.
A couple (Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani) experiences a defining moment in their relationship when they are unintentionally embroiled in a murder mystery.
The story of a humiliating high school mishap from 1992 that sends the Impractical Jokers on the road competing in hidden-camera challenges for the chance to turn back the clock and redeem three of the four Jokers. 3 stars, only for the scenery.
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