| The Fall |  | Director: Tarsem Singh
Actors: Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell, Lee Pace, Kim Uylenbroek, Aiden Lithgow
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Category: Movie
Buy New: $14.99
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Rating:  177 reviews
Sales Rank: 28,504
Genre: Adventure
Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: Video On Demand
Running Time: 118 Minutes
ASIN: B001FQIWSK
Theatrical Release Date: September 8, 2008
Release Date: January 22, 2009
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| Synopsis:
From the director of The Cell comes a visually stunning epic fantasy about a bedridden man who entertains a curious little girl by telling her a fantastical story of exotic heroes and far off places which reflects his state of mind. The central story takes place in a remote 1920's hospital where a small girl named Alexandria (Catinca Untaru) is recovering from a severe looking shoulder injury incurred in a fall while trying to pick oranges. One day she happens to meet Roy (Lee Pace) - a stunt or "gag" man for the "flickers" or moving pictures- who seems to have injured himself out of a future in a particularly reckless stunt, even for those times. He is a clearly unhappy man who- through his own carelessness- unwittingly leads Alexandria to believe that he intends to entertain her with a lavish, epic story of exotic heroes and far off places. As the stuntman's health reaches to the point of peril - so does the story he is telling her...with potentially fatal consequences. |
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 A must see film! August 7, 2010
C. Cardenas (Los Angeles, CA)
This film has incredible imagery, and great story line. Cantica plays an endearing and curious little girl that almost anyone can resonate with. Don't mind the negative reviews, obviously it's not for kids (it's rated R), and it isn't Hollywood with happiness all around.
Extraordinary, hallucinatory visuals/Storytelling at its finest July 26, 2010
Eileen P. Gardner (Chicago, Illinois)
"The Fall" is an extraordinary visual feast in which the director and cinematographer have created haunting images of such beauty and power that they echo in the viewer's mind for days after. The fairy tale plot has already been well-described by far more eloquent reviewers in earlier reviews so I won't belabor that task. However, for me, rather than evoking comparisons to "Pan's Labrynth" I think this movie was deeply influenced by a far older movie: "The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen" directed by the magnificent Terry Gilliam. That movie adopted the story within a story structure with wondrous results. "The Fall" is an overlooked masterpiece that intrigues and inspires. Aside from its visual brilliance, the plot is painful, touching and ultimately uplifting. The acting is superb beginning with the remarkable 5-year old Catinca Untaru and the excellent Lee Pace. "The Fall" is a hidden gem awaiting discovery by movie lovers who seek uncovential beauty.
Stunning Visuals; Memorable Performance Add Up To Entertaining DVD July 26, 2010
Craig Connell (Lockport, NY USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
There is no doubt the visuals are what people will talk about first, when discussing this movie. Yes, they are as fantastic as you've heard or read - especially on this Blu-Ray disc. However, I also found the story unique, too, (mostly good, some bad), and the acting of little Catinca Intaru, from Bucharest, fantastic.
The young Romanian, who learned English a few years ago, reportedly beat out 400 others to get this role, and I can see why. She is spectacular, keeping you riveted to the screen along with the incredible cinematography.
The amazing visuals and the memorable "Alexandria" played by Intaru combine to make this an entertaining DVD.
 An authentic movie experience...don't miss it. June 24, 2010
Zube (Youngsville, NC United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The tragedy here is that one really needs to see "The Fall" in a good-quality theater. Even on a 53" HDTV, it just doesn't measure up to its potential. Some movies are simply meant to be projected on a wide screen.
But it's still very worthwhile to see this, even if you have a medium-sized HDTV. (Don't even bother with the standard DVD version. Save your milk and egg money and get the BD.)
Other reviewers have gone on at length about the film, so I won't belabor the points they have made so well. Let it suffice to say that "The Fall" approaches some of the most beautiful films ever made (e.g., "Barry Lyndon") and surpasses most others. As Roger Ebert observed, it deserves to be seen simply because it exists, and there won't ever be another film like it.
 A dull, pretentious, unimaginably awful "art" film. May 29, 2010
Gregory Holmes
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
Good cinematography and a fine performance from Lee Pace can't save this turgid, two hour examination of false teeth and monkey murder under puke green skies with a child heroine whose "english" is often incomprehensible.
Joining the ranks of one name luminaries, the artist formerly known as Tarsem Singh (now simply called TARSEM) leads vewiers on an often visually arresting but ultimately grotesque and pointless non-journey through the hospital bed stories of an injured stunt man. Its all depressing in the extreme and in the end leads absolutely nowhere. There is no meaning and no emotional involvment and I found it impossible to care about anything that happened in this tedious exercise in excess, depression and ultimately, the emotional abuse of a child. The production is so overblown and in love with itself that it becomes a text book example of style over substance. This is the kind of film Terry Gilliam would make if he had no talent.
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