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. The best bits of the walk are not there. Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell were cast to star. It’s yet another instance in which it’s hard to not think about what could have been, especially since the original did it so much better. When Pete invites visiting work friend Zach (Zach Woods) and his wife Rosie (Zoe Chao) to come over for drinks (without giving Billie proper notice), Pete continues to deny the event, and tries to use ski boots as proof that he didn’t run away. Entertaining in middle aged bloody sort of way. We don’t get the sense that we’re watching one man’s maturity set-back—even with a detail about his father passing away eight months ago—so much as that he’s always been like this, and needs to learn one way or another that you can’t coast through the family roles you’ve signed up for. Interaction with people who live en route is completely missing. And the comedy goes even further in highlighting his goofy quality, as his few overtly funny scenes prefer to have him acting like the most immature of the three males of the family, or falling over at a bar drunk like it’s Frank the Tank from “Old School” acting out against domestication. 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. for language and some sexual material. The filming began on May 15, 2015 in Chile, and ended in the mid-June. [10], On RogerEbert.com, Nick Allen gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, saying, "It's yet another instance in which it's hard to not think about what could have been, especially since the original did it so much better. Check out our most anticipated streaming picks. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? As their journey unfolds, this comically incompatible foursome walk full tilt into their mid-life crises. After scenes of getting acclimated to their adult Austrian resort and some time on the slopes, Billie (Julia-Louis Dreyfus), her husband Pete (Will Ferrell) and their two sons decide to grab lunch on an elevated patio. The avalanche incident hangs over Billie and Pete for the rest of the trip, and tension mounts as Pete shows more of his cowardly, selfish true self. 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. This is the first film released under the name Searchlight Pictures … After his best friend dies in a racing accident, biking star Joe agrees to go back on the wheels for an exhibition in Chile. Downhill Plot: What's the story? It doesn't help that the few notable supporting characters -- including Miranda Otto as a free-spirited hotel worker with a German war-movie accent -- seem to have parachuted in from a different film, there solely to force the characters into situations that will prompt them to confront and reexamine their choices and lives. As their journey unfolds, this comically incompatible foursome walk full tilt into their mid-life crises. In order to make good with his former employers, a submarine captain takes a job with a shadowy backer to search the depths of the Black Sea for a submarine rumored to be loaded with gold. Middle-age angst is a fertile topic, but "Downhill" doesn't bring anything fresh to the conversation. Directed by Nat Faxon, Jim Rash. Enter your location to see which Downhill ist ein Drama von Nat Faxon und Jim Rash mit Will Ferrell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus und Miranda Otto. The film is a remake of Force Majeure (2014) by Swedish director Ruben Östlund. Downhill is a 2020 American black comedy drama film directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, who also co-wrote the script with Jesse Armstrong. It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell as a married couple going through a rough patch after a near-death encounter during a family ski outing. She experiences her own understanding that she deserves better than Pete’s inaction, and has some cutting bits of dialogue whenever Pete tries to deflect or deny what happened. Was this review helpful to you? Public schoolboy Roddy Berwick is expelled from school when he takes the blame for a friend's charge and his life falls apart in a series of misadventures. While Billie sits stunned with the boys, Pete leaps to his feet and runs. [4] Mixing GoPro footage and stunning cinematography of the mesmerizing Chilean wilderness, Downhill slowly transforms from a sports movie into a body horror tale just as the characters are transformed by something hidden inside them just waiting to burst out…[5], "Patricio Valladares readies Downhill | News | Screen", "Horror Heads 'Downhill' On This Terrified Poster", "Patricio Valladares sets 'Downhill' cast | News | Screen", "Ventana Sur: 'Downhill,' 'Benavidez's Case' Play at Bloody Work in Progress", "DOWNHILL: Slick First Poster For Chilean Horror Flick", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Downhill_(2016_film)&oldid=970222291, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Winner: Bloody Work in progress, Blood Window, Ventana Sur (Argentina), This page was last edited on 30 July 2020, at 00:52.

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