It veers towards sentimentality at times but the leads' terrific performances help ground this original and thoroughly enjoyable tale.

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THE FALL REVIEWS


Kelly Vance
East Bay Express

August 15, 2011

So what if the front story is a little contrived?

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Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

July 6, 2010

Often praised -- and rightly so -- for its incredible visuals and nonstop stylishness. I have no problem with that, except that I'm equally taken by its thematic implications.

Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5



Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

June 9, 2009

I wonder if it's unforgivable heresy to say The Cell is badly underestimated and due for revisionism while The Fall, despite its relative obscurity, is badly overestimated.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4



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Mark Bourne
Film.com

February 2, 2009

...a movie that not only expected me to pay attention, it assumed that I could.

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Bill Stamets
Chicago Reader

December 17, 2008

The girl and the hospital patients and staff also turn up in his improvised adventure, extravagantly garbed by costume designer Eiko Ishioka.

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Nick Rogers
The Film Yap

November 7, 2008

Something like a Sir David Lean epic crossed with trippy offshoots of tall tales of Zorro, Ali Baba and Pecos Bill rolled into one, The Fall is a sun-kissed companion to Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth. A brilliant follow-up from Tarsem Singh.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4



Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

October 18, 2008

Tarsem has found a home for his endlessly unique visions, and (wouldn't you know?) it's beyond artifice and stealing toward art.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5



Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

October 18, 2008

The story Roy tells is involving enough and so beautifully shot (see how many locations you can name) that it's worth seeing for that alone.

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Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

October 3, 2008

One of the most beautiful things ever put on the big screen. On the other hand, the story is far too thin for adults, and far too dark for kids.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5



Derek Malcolm
London Evening Standard

October 3, 2008

The film may look a treat in a static kind of way but the whole is a piece of turgid pictorialism that ends up unbearably dull.

Read More | Original Score: 2/5



Anna Smith
Metro (UK)

October 3, 2008

It veers towards sentimentality at times but the leads' terrific performances help ground this original and thoroughly enjoyable tale.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5



David Edwards
Daily Mirror (UK)

October 3, 2008

While nice to look at, it's also a very tedious slice of magical realism lacking in tension, suspense and, indeed, magic.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5



Nev Pierce
Total Film

October 3, 2008

Beguiling, befuddling, brilliant. It's sure to divide audiences but, for all its ocular opulence and wild fantasy, at heart The Fall is a tender, touching tale about childhood, hope and the power of story.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5



Rob Daniel
Sky Cinema

October 3, 2008

But The Fall defies low expectations, proving the director can now partner his exquisite pictures with a ripping yarn.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5



David Gritten
Daily Telegraph (UK)

October 3, 2008

The Fall is hugely ambitious, but ultimately it's just an intriguing folly.

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Xan Brooks
Guardian

October 3, 2008

Does The Fall amount to anything more than a vast sugar-frosted folly? I'm not convinced it does, although its wanton extravagance is not without charm. Singh has money to burn and he builds a pretty bonfire.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5



James Christopher
Times (UK)

October 3, 2008

The visuals that illustrate the fairytale fantasy are extraordinary. But the film has none of the menacing brilliance of Pan's Labyrinth. The result is a triumph of style over talent.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5



Saxon Bullock
Film4

October 3, 2008

A must-watch for lovers of the strange and unusual, this visually ravishing oddball drama has sequences of genuine beauty and charm - even if it won't be to everyone's taste.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5



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Trevor Johnston
Time Out

October 3, 2008

The pacing drags and the clichéd tussle between childhood innocence and adult disillusionment can only go one way. Better to experience it than think about it, fair to say.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/6



Kat Brown
Empire Magazine

October 3, 2008

Tarsem's film is breathtakingly imaginative, but at times you're left feeling like you've eaten too many sweets.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

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