It really adds up to a whole lot of nothing.
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05/12/08
The Fall (2008)
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Reviews Counted:97
Fresh:58
Rotten:39
Average Rating:6.2/10
Consensus: More visually elaborate than the fragmented story can sometimes support, The Fall walks the line between labor of love and filmmaker self-indulgence.
Theatrical Release:May 9, 2008 Limited
Box Office: $2,099,067
Synopsis: Award-winning music video, commercial and film director Tarsem Singh (The Cell) creates a moving and seamless blending of mundane life in a 1915 Los Angeles hospital with a visually sumptuous... [More]
Reviews for The Fall
Top CriticIt's visually sumptuous and intriguing but its lack of tonal consistency makes it often incoherent and emotionally inaccessible.
05/31/08
Shot piecemeal over the course of four years on locations in 18 countries, The Fall is a genuine labor of love -- and a real bore.
05/09/08
This is a feast for the eyes and a famine for the brain.
05/09/08
Top CriticIt doesn't make a bit of sense. And after a while, even pretty images become boring when there's nobody in them we care about.
05/30/08
If Matthew Barney and Alejandro Jodorowsky were in change of filming a Gay Pride parade, it would be similar to what Fall has to offer visually...As a living, breathing creation, it's dead on arrival.
05/21/08
It looks spectacular, but a book of The Fall photographs would be just as compelling as the movie.
05/30/08
Sometimes, looking good isn't enough.
05/30/08
Top CriticMay not do much for its director's resume, but it certainly must have filled out his passport.
06/17/08
For a film that wants to present itself as extravagantly dazzling, there is something thuddingly familiar and bland in its vision.
05/09/08
...plagued by unreasonably amateurish performances and lackluster scripting.
09/21/06
This convoluted, arbitrary, overlong whimsy will strike most grown-ups as childish, and is far too violent and pretentious for kids.
09/19/06
Top CriticIn a world of blockbusters and super-hero movies, one "small" film about five mystical heroes can be more satisfying than all of the others put together.
06/03/08
A rather messy mix of fantasy, goofy humor and visually arresting, sometimes distracting costume and set designs.
05/29/08
Tarsem and his screenwriting collaborators aren't able to come up with enough interesting justifications for their sudden shifts, and soon the shape-shifting yarn just feels like lazy storytelling.
09/13/06
Like listening to a little kid tell a story: sometimes intriguingly bizarre and surprisingly clever, but mostly just futile and frustrating.
05/29/08
...like two hours of high-end perfume commercials.
05/09/08
Gorgeous, inert and dull.
05/30/08
Tarsem filmed his epic adventure in well over a dozen countries, generating plenty of Frequent Flyer Miles for himself but offering nothing to audiences hoping for more than just visual extravagance.
05/28/08
Some filmmakers can imagine everything and select nothing, and while it's clear as a bell Tarsem has more talent than almost any 10 directors put together, in The Fall he's basically showing off with every new wondrous image.
05/29/08
Top CriticLatest News for The Fall
December 08, 2008:
Roger Ebert Ranks 2008's 20 Best Films 
December isn't even halfway over yet, and many of us have already had our fill of year-end lists -- but Roger Ebert's list of the 20 best films of 2008 is one worth making an... More...
October 06, 2008:
Exclusive: The Fall - Tarsem's Visual Companion - Part 2
Its otherworldly story split critics down the middle, but none can argue with the power of its imagery. Continuing our exclusive look at the stunning visuals of Tarsem's The... More...
October 03, 2008:
Exclusive: The Fall - Tarsem's Visual Companion - Part 1
Its otherworldly story split critics down the middle, but none can argue with the power of its imagery. Opening in the UK this week, Tarsem's The Fall is one of the year's most... More...
October 03, 2008:
UK Critics Consensus: How To Lose Friends & Alienate People Does Just That; Whilst Brideshead Revisited Is Resisted
In the UK cinemas this week we have two literary adaptations with Simon Pegg as an irksome hack in How To Lose Friends & Alienate People, and Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited... More...
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