DOWNHILL
Barely escaping an avalanche during their family ski vacation...the event puts a knife into the plans for a fun vacation.
I am one of the rare people who saw the French version in the theaters Force Majeure which was winderful. I was excited to see the American version.
Well ...this version tries to add more humor it fails. Two directors, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, both could not make it work. The tone shifts were clunky. Pete (Ferrell) is a nervous wreck afraid all the time of death. Billie (Dreyfus) is just a miserable person.
There is not much that is good about this film. Awkward in a bad way. A flat tone. Not funny. We do not care about the characters to get or feel the drama.
It is just not pleasant.
The french version I think did not try the humor, it trusted the humor in the situation, everything flowed..This was not good...
Any positives?
I give Downhill 1 out of 5 stars and that one star is for the two leads were believable as a couple..so that is something.
This is not a good film....they should have trusted the source material.
From the shadows as always thanks for your time.
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