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The Fall

2006

Tarsem Singh

Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Julian Bleach ...

7.0

13,041

Fantasy Hollywood, in the twenties. An action sequence stuntman is hospitalized after a fall that leaves him unable to walk. There he finds the support of Alexandria, a young girl with a broken arm who he makes a promise to: he is going to tell her the most marvelous story in the world. The story soon goes beyond all limits, taking the movie to the farthest corners of the world. The Fall recovers a Bulgarian film from the eighties, takes it to ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"'The Fall' is aptly named not only because it pertains to a tragic descent but because viewers will feel as if they have plunged headlong into an alternate universe (....) an enthralling visual experience"	POS
United States	Peter Hartlaub SFGATE	"Audiences will be split vastly on 'The Fall' (...) People who love going to movies for escape might find this film childish, obvious or boring. People who admire moviemaking will probably appreciate this film from beginning to end"	POS
United States	Steven Rea Philadelphia Inquirer	"Dazzling and delirious, The Fall is a celebration of cinema, of old-fashioned storytelling and globe-hopping spectacle"	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"A rapturous valentine to cinema's roots (...) It's a weird and often wonderful journey over the rainbow, featuring the screen's most captivating Dorothy since Judy Garland"	POS

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