20th Century Studios is following the lead of a few other studios and will be making two new release titles available to purchase on Digital HD much earlier than expected. The Harrison Ford-fronted family film The Call of the Wild and the Will Ferrell/Julia Louis-Dreyfus dramedy Downhill will both be made available for digital purchase in the U.S. this coming Friday, March 27th. The Call of the Wild will cost $14.99 and Downhill will cost $9.99 That early release is about a month after both movies hit theaters, which is highly unusual—most studios …
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Unlike Louis-Dreyfus' nuanced and sharply drawn performance, Downhill tends to sketch its uncomfortable comedy-drama scenarios a little too broadly.
I don't like reviewing movies like Downhill. They're not great; they're not terrible. They're just resoundingly mediocre and struggle to make the case for their own existence. The adaptation from directors Jim Rash and Nat Faxon is based on the acclaimed Swedish movie Force Majeure, and while it works from the same premise, it discards most of the ambiguity that made the original such a fascinating and uncomfortable experience. Instead, Downhill feels dumbed down for American audiences. You've got the benefit of famous comic actors, the movie is in English, and the themes have been …
Fox Searchlight has released the first Downhill trailer for the upcoming American remake of the critically acclaimed Swedish comedy Force Majeure. This version of the story stars Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a married couple whose family ski vacation in the Alps is thrown into disarray when they’re forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other following a narrow escape from an avalanche. In the Swedish version of the story, the husband abandons his wife and family to save himself, only to find the avalanche didn’t harm anyone. So he saved himself, …
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell play a couple whose marriage hits a snag in the trailer for Downhill, a remake of the Swedish film Force Majeure.
What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day with the one you love than watching a married couple at each other’s throats, teetering on the precipice of a split? Fox Searchlight announced today that its forthcoming comedy, Downhill, will hit theaters on the most romantic day of 2020. Or, February 14, if you’re not into that sort of thing. Described as a “biting” comedy, the movie is actually a remake of a Swedish film called Force Majeure, which was directed by Ruben Östlund in 2014. Here’s an official synopsis of the updated, American version, which stars Will …
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