Falling Down

  • 1993


MOVIE IS ambitious contemporary effective unfamiliar manipulative
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73 % Certified Fresh
$ 40 Million
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Positive Reviews 14
Negative reviews 1
Average Rating 3.7/5
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2.5
Falling Down is a brutally manipulative revenge fantasy, a piece of comic strip demagoguery that teeters uneasily on the brink of satire. EW
3.8
Nor does Schumacher build to some kind of easy audience pleasing climax.The way the movie ends is the way it must, in real life not the way it would i .. Rogerebert
5.0
Is it a thriller with funny elements, or a comedy that turns increasingly black
5.0
For that reason, very little of what its protagonist endures seems unfamiliar.
3.5
Its just too bad nobody on the creative end seems to have had much control either
4.0
It is also far and away Schumachers best movie, and proves yet again that Michael Douglas, alone among the Hollywood A list, is a genuine risk taker.
3.1
Although it takes a number of wrong turns, Falling Down still has the power to disturb. ReelViews
2.5
But none of the characters ever rises beyond the level of his or her generic functions, and by the end the overall emptiness of the conception becomes .. Chicago Reader
2.5
It explores only the surface of things.If this film is a big hit, the box office will say more about this country than the film itself ever could. Lariat
4.0
The films tongue is largely in its cheek, but it samples most other parts too. Independent
3.8
At its heart, this is very dark satire, and there are a good many laughs. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
3.8
Falling Down taps effectively into Americans worst collective fears and nightmares, and, considering that its well made and well acted, the movie migh .. Emanuellevy
3.0
Joel Schumachers study of contemporary, urban stress is an observant, if flawed work. Bbc
2.5
Its hard to know how to respond to Falling Down: deplore its crudeness or admire its shrewdness. Time
3.8
Falling Down still carries the frisson of an aberrant studio picture, one that shouldnt exist and most likely wouldnt be made today. Groucho Reviews
3.0
The shifting commentary keeps things interesting and maximizes the information potential of this feature.WHOS GOING TO LIKE THIS MOVIE Anyone who has .. 7M Pictures
3.8
These adventures would be offensive if you could take them seriously, so its probably good that you cant. Movies Tv Guide
1.5
It would be easy enough to dismiss this as simply a dumb (though expertly photographed) junk movie. News Week
4.0
More ambitious, more sympathetic and more boring is Wide Sargasso Sea. Archive Spectator



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