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The Fallout
2022
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Negative reviews
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4.5
Park understands that agony doesnt preclude comedy, but rather accentuates the absurdity Vadas never noticed before.
Av Club
4.5
Ths poignant examination of grief and survivors guilt makes an emotional case for gun safety by giving audiences a first hand look at what happens to ..
Common Sense Media
4.5
Soon Vada is shaking so much and so often that she doesnt even seem to notice it, but we do.
Indie Wire
4.0
Enriched by a profound performance from Ortega, The Fallout is a nuanced take on tragedy that focuses on the difficult question of what comes after.
Screen Rant
4.4
It takes a confident filmmaking touch to pull this off in a way thats based in whats tangible and real, foregoing sensationalism to get at something a ..
News Day
4.5
Advertisement Advertisement The Fallout doesnt need fanfare or gore to make its point: In its starkness, the film is undeniably striking and reveals n ..
Slate
4.5
Typical trauma responses follow: impulsive behaviour, experimentation, catastrophe sex.
Eye For Film
4.5
What this debut feature from Megan Park gets right is how painfully awkward and strange the effects of trauma can often be, especially when experience ..
The New York Times
4.5
Kids dont want for comfort, though some of them make do with absentee parents.
Hollywood Reporter
4.5
Its a movie for now, and sadly, its relevancy isnt likely to fade anytime soon.
Detroit News
4.5
In a comical scene Park wisely doesnt take too far, Vada opts to take ecstasy on one of her first days back in class.
Variety
1.5
Watching Elephant almost 20 years later, that explanation whatever Van Sants desires for his film doesnt fully hold up.
Vox
4.5
And thats not to say that the characters dont care about the emotional fallout theyve endured; they care a great deal.
Film School Rejects
4.0
Vadas experience brings about trauma, pain, and unexpected emotions. There are a few moments in this beautiful film that will go down as some of the b ..
You Tube
4.5
The Fallout doesnt linger on the crime scene; in fact, we never see the shootings, the killer or the victims.
Chicago Sun Times
4.4
The In Between: In need of a good, old fashioned cry Paramount+ obliges with a Ghost like supernatural teen romance thats made all the better thanks t ..
Mercury News
3.8
Even though they dont force her, shes cajoled to return to school so she doesnt get too far behind.
Cultured Vultures
4.5
In that way, The Fallout is not just a superb tearjerker, a profound teen dramedy, or great good cry cinema.
Mash Able
5.0
Jenna Ortega gives an absolutely exceptional performance as Vada.
2.0
It acts as an exploration of grief and how something so shocking can alter an entire community.
Mac Guff
2.5
This movie should give you a pretty good idea and it isnt pretty.
Parent Previews
4.5
It doesnt end right after Vadas breakthroughs, on a close up of her grinning at her new future.
Auto Straddle
3.5
The Fallout is a bracing work, which treats the teens in question piercingly and hurtfully.
Always Good Movies
4.5
The story was brilliant because it could capitalize trauma into an inspiring coming of age arc.
Medium
3.8
The strength and depth of the characterizations from the thoroughly impressive cast will make a real connection with the audience.
The Michael Medved Show
4.5
Making sure not to glamourise the topic at hand, Park has created an organic, snap shot of a movie that runs high on emotion and wisely doesnt neatly ..
The AU Review
2.0
A powerful exploration of brief terror converted into an open wound.
Matt Pais
4.0
A devastating portrait of survivors of school shootings. Anchored by Jenna Ortegas revelatory performance as a girl unable to process her emotions, Me ..
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & ..
4.5
With excellent writing, a great soundtrack, and stellar performances this movie is a great debut from an exciting screenwriter and director.
Hidden Remote
4.5
The film is open to the fact that Vadas life is still in flux, but it doesnt dwell on the negative.
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