<p class="cafe-editor-text">THE FALL REVIEWS<br /><br /><br />Kelly Vance <br />East Bay Express<br /><br />August 15, 2011<br /><br />So what if the front story is a little contrived?<br /><br />Full Review<br /><br /><br /><br />Ken Hanke <br />Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)<br /><br />July 6, 2010<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Full Review | Original Score: 4.5/5<br /><br /><br /><br />Walter Chaw <br />Film Freak Central<br /><br />June 9, 2009<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4<br /><br /><br /><br />Top Critic<br /><br />Mark Bourne <br />Film.com<br /><br />February 2, 2009<br /><br />...a movie that not only expected me to pay attention, it assumed that I could.<br /><br />Full Review<br /><br /><br /><br />Top Critic<br /><br />Bill Stamets <br />Chicago Reader<br /><br />December 17, 2008<br /><br />The girl and the hospital patients and staff also turn up in his improvised adventure, extravagantly garbed by costume designer Eiko Ishioka.<br /><br />Full Review<br /><br /><br /><br />Nick Rogers<br />The Film Yap<br /><br />November 7, 2008<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Full Review | Original Score: 4/4<br /><br /><br /><br />Marc Savlov <br />Austin Chronicle<br /><br />October 18, 2008<br /><br />Tarsem has found a home for his endlessly unique visions, and (wouldn't you know?) it's beyond artifice and stealing toward art.<br /><br />Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5<br /><br /><br /><br />Jean Lowerison <br />San Diego Metropolitan<br /><br />October 18, 2008<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Full Review<br /><br /><br /><br />Rich Cline <br />Shadows on the Wall<br /><br />October 3, 2008<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5<br /><br /><br /><br />Derek Malcolm <br />London Evening Standard<br /><br />October 3, 2008<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Read More | Original Score: 2/5<br /><br /><br /><br />Anna Smith<br />Metro (UK)<br /><br />October 3, 2008<br /><br />It veers towards sentimentality at times but the leads' terrific performances help ground this original and thoroughly enjoyable tale.<br /><br />Full Review | Original Score: 4/5<br /><br /><br /><br />David Edwards <br />Daily Mirror (UK)<br /><br />October 3, 2008<br /><br />While nice to look at, it's also a very tedious slice of magical realism lacking in tension, suspense and, indeed, magic.<br /><br />Full Review | Original Score: 1/5<br /><br /><br /><br />Nev Pierce <br />Total Film<br /><br />October 3, 2008<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Full Review | Original Score: 4/5<br /><br /><br /><br />Rob Daniel <br />Sky Cinema<br /><br />October 3, 2008<br /><br />But The Fall defies low expectations, proving the director can now partner his exquisite pictures with a ripping yarn.<br /><br />Full Review | Original Score: 4/5<br /><br /><br /><br />David Gritten <br />Daily Telegraph (UK)<br /><br />October 3, 2008<br /><br />The Fall is hugely ambitious, but ultimately it's just an intriguing folly.<br /><br />Full Review<br /><br /><br /><br />Xan Brooks <br />Guardian<br /><br />October 3, 2008<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Full Review | Original Score: 2/5<br /><br /><br /><br />James Christopher <br />Times (UK)<br /><br />October 3, 2008<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Full Review | Original Score: 3/5<br /><br /><br /><br />Saxon Bullock <br />Film4<br /><br />October 3, 2008<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5<br /><br /><br /><br />Top Critic<br /><br />Trevor Johnston <br />Time Out<br /><br />October 3, 2008<br /><br />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.<br /><br />Full Review | Original Score: 3/6<br /><br /><br /><br />Kat Brown <br />Empire Magazine<br /><br />October 3, 2008<br /><br />Tarsem's film is breathtakingly imaginative, but at times you're left feeling like you've eaten too many sweets.<br /><br />Full Review | Original Score: 3/5<br /><br />Page 1 of 6 <br /><br />Copyright © 2018 Fandango. All rights reserved.<br /><br />Terms and Policies Privacy Policy<br /><br /></p>
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