Fall (2022)
80%RT Audience Score: 79%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Fundamentally absurd yet as evocatively minimalist as its title, Fall is a sustained adrenaline rush for viewers willing to suspend disbelief.
As long as you don’t go in expecting anything realistic, Fall is a solidly suspenseful B-movie done right.
Production Company(ies)
Lionsgate, Tea Shop Productions
Distributor
Lionsgate Films
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Wide)
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
PG-13
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.76 : 1
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Runtime:1h 47m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States, United Kingdom
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Aug 12, 2022 Wide
Genre(s)
Mystery & thriller
Keyword(s)
starring Grace Caroline Currey, Virginia Gardner, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Mason Gooding, Julia Pace Mitchell, Jasper Cole, directed by Scott Mann, written by Jonathan Frank and Scott Mann, mystery, thriller, PG-13, Lionsgate Films, $6.7M box office, reviewed by Wendy Ide, John Nugent, Randy Myers, Radheyan Simonpillai, Alison Willmore, K Austin Collins, Rob Thomas, Matthew Turner, Maria Lattila, Alejandro Alemán, Edward Porter, suspenseful, adrenaline-fueled, survival, climbing, remote radio tower, vertigo-inducing heights, lack of supplies, intense peril, bloody images, strong language, David Haring, James Harris, Mark Lane, Christian Mercuri, produced by
Worldwide gross: $17,363,261
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $17,377,065
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,751
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 1,894,991
US/Canada gross: $7,240,521
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $7,240,521
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,691
US/Canada opening weekend: $2,512,145
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $2,512,145
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,171
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $3,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $3,000,000
Production budget ranking: 1,866
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $1,615,500
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): $12,761,565
ROI to date (est.): 276%
ROI ranking: 489
Ginny Gardner – Hunter
Jeffrey Dean Morgan – James
Mason Gooding – Dan
Julia Pace Mitchell – Waitress
Jasper Cole – Dog Walker Dan
Director(s)
Scott Mann
Writer(s)
Jonathan Frank, Scott Mann
Producer(s)
David Haring, James Harris, Mark Lane, Scott Mann, Christian Mercuri
Film Festivals
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (118) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (90) | Rotten (28)
While the pace falters a little – there are only so many ways you can almost fall off a tower, after all – the tension is unrelenting.
September 4, 2022 | Rating: 3/5
Wendy Ide
Observer (UK)
TOP CRITIC
A white-knuckle disaster in the sky, Fall does exactly and only what it says on the tin. Do look down!
September 2, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
John Nugent
Empire Magazine
TOP CRITIC
Silly plot contrivances intrude and clutter up what should have been an 80-minute thrill ride.
August 18, 2022 | Rating: 2.5/4
Randy Myers
San Jose Mercury News
TOP CRITIC
Mann crafts this ride like a horror movie, with enough jump scares, gory sights and twists that make you howl while hanging on to its every vertigo-inducing frame.
August 12, 2022
Radheyan Simonpillai
NOW Toronto
TOP CRITIC
I have no means for a vacation at the moment and nothing else left to give to this season, and Fall asks for so little that it feels like too much to demand something as basic as logic or characters in return.
August 12, 2022
Alison Willmore
New York Magazine/Vulture
TOP CRITIC
Some movies need to be original to work. Fall isn’t one of those movies, and it isn’t trying to be. It’s more satisfying for trying to hit the familiar beats with just a hint of nerve.
August 12, 2022
K. Austin Collins
Rolling Stone
TOP CRITIC
With vertigo-inducing stunts and strong performances, “Fall” is a thriller for most of us but a horror movie for acrophobics.
September 16, 2022 | Rating: 3/4
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
A genuinely terrifying thriller that hits truly dizzying heights, thanks to skilled direction, superb special effects work and a dynamite double act from Currey and Gardner.
September 16, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Matthew Turner
Nerdly
Some – or even most – scenes are certain to make you feel dizzy and a little sick to your stomach or give you vertigo, which in this case is a sign of Mann’s talent behind the camera.
September 13, 2022 | Rating: 3/5
Maria Lattila
whynow
… Only a mild letdown, not a plummet.
September 12, 2022 | Rating: 3/5
Edward Porter
Sunday Times (UK)
Halfway between a disaster movie, survival horror, and even a thriller, the premise of Fall is so implausible that it is absolutely irresistible. [Full review in Spanish]
September 9, 2022
Alejandro Alemán
El Universal
The soapy melodrama is a hoot, the implausible plot swerves an absolute riot… Mann makes the most of a $3m budget and though Fall is fundamentally bananas, it’s also incredibly effective. I can’t recall the last time a film made me sweat as much.
September 8, 2022 | Rating: 3/5
Chris Wasser
Sunday Independent (Ireland)…
Plot
For best friends Becky and Hunter, life is all about conquering fears and pushing limits. But after they climb 2,000 feet to the top of a remote, abandoned radio tower, they find themselves stranded with no way down. Now Becky and Hunter’s expert climbing skills will be put to the ultimate test as they desperately fight to survive the elements, a lack of supplies, and vertigo-inducing heights.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
IPhone battery indicator shows fully charged when the main character uses her phone for the last time.
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