Downhill (2020)
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.
- Stephen Rigney
- Orla King
- Julie A. Bloom
- Dave Moran
- Jim Rash
- Nat Faxon
- Jesse Armstrong
- Nat Faxon
- Jim Rash
- Ruben Östlund
Rating: 5.3/10 by 274 users
Alternative Title:
Force Majeure - US
Downhill - FR
Jim Rash s Downhill - IR
婚姻大崩壞 - TW
Country:
Austria
United States of America
Language:
English
Runtime: 01 hour 27 minutes
Budget: $0
Revenue: $7,547,254
Plot Keyword: husband wife relationship, dark comedy, austria, family vacation, avalanche, awkwardness, ski lift, life changing, rift, downhill, ski instructor, hotel employee, mountain resort, awkward situation, father son relationship, alpine skiing, skiing, married with children, husband wife conflict, avoidance, alpine slide, ski chalet, tirol, austria
Altogether forgettable, 'Downhill' is an avalanche of its own - starting off more than a little rocky, it accelerates towards its destination as it wipes out everything in its path, whitewashing what was there beforehand. This is an adaptation not only unworthy of the original, but unworthy of the cast it enlisted. Just go hunt down 'Force Majeure'. - Charlie David Page Read Charlie's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-downhill-a-slippery-slope-for-julia-louis-dreyfus-and-will-ferrell
The dry humour in this film is dryer than dry ice!
Horrible watch, will not watch again, and warn against. As much as I am not a fan of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, I thought Will Ferrell would be a proper counter balance. This is a somewhat closer to the vibe of "Everything Must Go", except now the wife and kids are there to actively attack. That perspective does show that the movie does what it intended to do, have the audience relate to the trouble and turmoil of the characters, but I just don't feel like it amounted to much. Perhaps this is intended for a very specific audience of "troubled" or "broken" families trying to stay together, but it really almost feels more like like someone's therapy exercise as an outlet on how to deal with the pain of a similar event.
