The Falling

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Alain E @AlainE Jan 18 You don’t have to, but in order to enjoy this movie you have to accept what is being offered. To bring an analogy, I have not seen a single superhero or Harry Potter movie because I cannot accept the premises. Here we have a study on adolescent girls behavior. Done by mostly women contributors, is free from exploitation. In a female boarding school in England we witness an epidemic of mass hysteria, although some of the collapsing girls possibly suffer from lethal arrhythmias. In addition to excellent acting there is good cinematography and music. See more Ian S @RT48225084 07/11/2025 A movie that had some good ingredients but never gelled. Florence Pugh's performance was a sign of things to come. The music was effective but a bit repetitive. Visually good but the drama was too detached which meant a lack of engagement, at least by this viewer. See more 08/05/2023 Slow, mostly predictable, and about as emotionally moving as a Zoloft prescription. See more Hugo S @Hugo_Shudder 03/19/2023 "The Falling" has an eerie and unique story: a girls' school in the late 60's is the stage of an epidemic hysterical fainting. The strange phenomenon is a metaphor for the contagious sexual liberation that starts with the death of an emancipated girl. The movie is a melodrama with some subtle elements of the supernatural. Beautifully weird! See more David M @RT30868034 01/12/2023 For a film that centers on what may or may not be an outbreak of hysteria, this is surprisingly low-key - and all the more powerful for its restraint. Maisie Williams' lead performance is nothing short of remarkable. Given that this is a film about said hysteria amongst a group of girls, I wondered if the naming of Florence Pugh's character as Abigail was a nod to The Crucible. Similarly to that great play, the words of girls or young women are doubted and second-guessed; by adults - especially men; it's also very specifically a film about the specific, often unvoiced, experience of teenage girls learning what their bodies are and how they relate to those bodies with their minds, emotions and sexuality. A mention also for the excellent music, which together with director Carol Morley's deft uses of flashed images throughout, weaves an unsettling air of uncertainty all through the film, an uncertainty which is never fully resolved. See more 06/15/2022 i watched this movie it was little too boring for me also i didn't know what was going on. See more Read all reviews

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