DOWNHILL – Review by Susan Granger
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell star a tepid remake of Ruben Ostlund’s emotionally eviscerating Force Majeure, Sweden’s Academy Award Foreign Language entry in 2014.
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Force Majeure
DOWNHILL – Review by Brandy McDonnell
During this year’s Academy Awards, the presenter pairing of Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus provided a hilarious highlight, with the beloved performers using their wit and timing to transform dubious content into comedy gold. Knowing just how funny they can be together makes their largely laugh-free pairing in the dark comedy Downhill even more of a drag.
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DOWNHILL – Review by Diane Carson
Too often Hollywood convinces itself that an impressive foreign film should be remade, the potential financial gain so irresistible. Unfortunately, the remakes usually pale by comparison for many reasons: social context differences or the U.S. version fails to capture the vivid essence of the original. Sadly, that is the blunder writ large for Downhill, a disastrous reboot of Force Majeure.
Read moreTIFF 2014 Top Picks – Reviews by Julide Tanriverdi
My personal viewing program at TIFF 2014 included 32 films, and of those, I’ve picked five as my top favorites.
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