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Downhill

2020

Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Miranda Otto, Zach Woods ...

4.5

386

Drama 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.

	Media	Author	Review
		Owen Gleiberman Variety	"It stays true to what gave “Force Majeure” its force (...) 'Downhill' becomes Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ movie, and she gives a wry, funny, altogether possessed performance"
		Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Julia Louis-Dreyfus Shines in an otherwise unnecessary and uneven remake"
		David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"Force mineure (...) The best thing to be said about this dreary misfire is that it might send curious audiences off to see (...) the vastly superior 'Force Majeure'"
		Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"This ski resort comedy fails to pack a punch (...) 'Downhill' has also groomed out the subtlety from the original"
		Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"There’s nothing exactly catastrophic here but what no one involved in the film manages to do is provide adequate evidence for why this needed to exist in the first place (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Bilge Ebiri Vulture	"It can’t quite match the power of Östlund’s film, or its bemused, clinical (dare I say Scandinavian?) sensibility, but it has an awkward, American charm all its own."
		Angie Han Mashable	"'Downhill' is faithful enough to its source material that fans of the original may find it somewhat superfluous. It comes across as a lesser version of Force Majeure for American audiences"
		Jason Bailey The Playlist	"An unnecessary remake that's still midly amusing"
		Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"If you’re going to have the hubris to remake a good movie, you’d better be prepared to bring some exciting new ideas or fresh approaches to the material (...) 'Downhill' does neither."
		Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"Despite plenty of talent behind and in front of the camera, this American adaptation of the brilliant Swedish film Force Majeure falls flat."
		Nick Allen rogerebert.com	"Another instance in which it’s hard to not think about what could have been, especially since the original did it so much better.(...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"
		Zach Shevich Time Out	Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus squeeze a few laughs from the fascinating premise, but the nuance of its inspiration—Force Majeure—gets lost in the snow (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Clarisse Loughrey The Independent	"[This remake] is funny, but aggressively simplified, like swapping out a roquefort for a pack of Dairylea Dunkers (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Robbie Collin Telegraph	"'Downhill' feels less like a coherent film than a kind of vague, quasi-film-like-object – something that might have been drawn up by a cringe-comedy algorithm, or a team of aliens (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Ed Potton The Times	"[It] isn’t quite as wonderfully unsettling [as the original], but it’s not far off (...) It’s a deliciously uncomfortable scenario (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Donald Clarke Irish Times	"'Downhill' works hard at its superficial satire, but never allows the frayed relationships to gain traction. Worth seeing. Which is not the same as saying it was worth making (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		James W. Anderson entertainment.ie	"Is there anything particularly bad about 'Downhill'? No, but then there is nothing particularity good about it either (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Paddy Kehoe RTÉ	"[Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus] are top notch in their mom and dad roles. 'Downhill' is an immensely satisfying cinema experience (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"

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