Downhill 2020

A Different Kind of Disaster Movie.

5.3 / 10   262 vote(s)
R
Drama Comedy

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.

Homepage https://www.searchlightpictures.com/downhill/
Release Date 2020-02-06
Runtime 1h 27m
Directors Nat Faxon, Jim Rash, Danny Cohen, Julie A. Bloom, Orla King, Tanja Erdmann, Stephen Rigney, Thomas Dirnhofer
Producers Anthony Bregman, Stefanie Azpiazu, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Ruben Östlund, Erik Hemmendorff, Jo Homewood, Gregory Zuk, John O'Grady, T.K. Knowles
Writers Jesse Armstrong, Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Ruben Östlund

Altogether forgettable, 'Downhill' is an avalanche of its own - starting off more than a little rocky, it accelerates towards its destination as it wipes out everything in its path, whitewashing what was there beforehand. This is an adaptation not only unworthy of the original, but unworthy of the cast it enlisted. Just go hunt down 'Force Majeure'. - Charlie David Page

Read Charlie's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-downhill-a-slippery-slope-for-julia-louis-dreyfus-and-will-ferrell

SWITCH.

The dry humour in this film is dryer than dry ice!

Peter89Spencer

Horrible watch, will not watch again, and warn against.

As much as I am not a fan of Julia Louis-Dreyfus, I thought Will Ferrell would be a proper counter balance.

This is a somewhat closer to the vibe of "Everything Must Go", except now the wife and kids are there to actively attack.

That perspective does show that the movie does what it intended to do, have the audience relate to the trouble and turmoil of the characters, but I just don't feel like it amounted to much.

Perhaps this is intended for a very specific audience of "troubled" or "broken" families trying to stay together, but it really almost feels more like like someone's therapy exercise as an outlet on how to deal with the pain of a similar event.

Kamurai