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Falling

2020

Viggo Mortensen

Lance Henriksen, Viggo Mortensen, Terry Chen, Sverrir Gudnason ...

6.5

4,217

Drama When 80-year-old independent farmer Willis travels to Los Angeles for an indefinite stay with son John and his family, two very different worlds collide. Mentally declining, Willis’ abrasiveness is both caustic and funny, bringing old wounds from the past and years of mutual mistrust to the surface.

	Media	Author	Review
		Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Mortensen has made a film that feels deeply personal but also totally fake (...) [A] repetitive, grueling melodrama."
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"As intelligent and sensitive a directing debut as you'd expect, and a highlight of Henriksen's career"
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"Henriksen is the incendiary heart of a movie that ultimately proves more involving — and rather more complicated — than we expect."
		Peter Debruge Variety	"More deeply felt than your typical American debut (...) Mortensen’s patience, his way with actors and his trust in our intelligence are not unlike late-career Eastwood"
		David Ehrlich IndieWire	"The result is a movie that baffles and enthralls in equal measure, and seldom lingers anywhere in between"
		Steve Pond The Wrap	"Finely drawn character drama, as you might expect from much of Mortensen’s acting career"
		Robert Daniels The Playlist	"A worse version of Clint Eastwood’s 'The Mule' (...) A shame, because 'Falling' is a passion project for Mortensen. But the passion never translates"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Mortensen takes a determined walk across the hot coals of family pain (...) a very substantial achievement (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"An impressive example of how, in the hands of gifted artists, the most mortifying parts of being human can give way to unexpected beauty (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Jason Gorber Screen Anarchy	"[It] feels like the worst kind of passion project, one that forgot to bring the audience in for what amounts to a film more masturbatory than moving."
		Luke Hicks Film School Rejects	"'Falling' is not for the faint of heart. It’s a prime example of how reproachable vulgarities and slurs can be used in art as means to an end that harbors significance and truth"
		Peter Travers ABC News	"The heart-piercing human drama displays all the traits that define Mortensen as an actor: strength, sensitivity and offbeat humor (...) 'Falling' takes a piece out of you"

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