A Long Way Down

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A Long Way Down

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Released Jul 11, 2014

1h 36m

Comedy

Drama

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Four strangers who planned to jump off the same roof on New Year's Eve join together as a kind of family and give themselves six weeks to find valid reasons to live.

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Tonally jumbled and conceptually ill-advised, A Long Way Down bungles its source material and wastes a talented cast.

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Jason Clark

Entertainment Weekly

The movie criminally wastes Sam Neill and Rosamund Pike in barely there supporting roles, and the picture has exactly two tones: grim and gooey. They do not coexist harmoniously.

Rated: C

Dec 2, 2014

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Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

Whatever the intent of the filmmakers, a story that hinges on existential despair requires at least a modicum of emotional credulity.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jul 25, 2014

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Mick LaSalle

San Francisco Chronicle

As British comedy sometimes will, "A Long Way Down" has an occasional attack of the cutes, but the actors' commitment keeps the movie on the plus side.

Rated: 3/4

Jul 17, 2014

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Butchering its Nick Hornby based source material, the end result is an aggravating chore to sit through.

Rated: 0.5/5

Aug 30, 2019

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Patrick Taylor

One Room With A View

Aside from a gloriously entertaining performance from Imogen Poots, A Long Way Down, though entertaining at times, is somewhat misjudged and profoundly forgettable.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 17, 2019

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Asia Frey

Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)

A life of its own is exactly what this slight and silly film lacks. You keep waiting for the story to dig in, but everyone just skitters over the surface. Revelations, when they are made, are lame. Characterization is willy-nilly.

Aug 22, 2018

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Iamwhoi M

I don't hate the movie like a lot of people do. For me, it's a little bit of a different kind of film, being a comedy that's not dark, but still centered around suicide. I found it to be fine, helped by a great cast; and, in the end, everything was fine.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/27/24

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Руслан Г

легкий фільм, перегляд якого подарував мені приємні емоції! Отримав задоволення від гри акторів

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/12/24

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Tim M

Unable to give the serious issue at its center the dramatic heft it deserves, A Long Way Down falls well short of its potential.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/01/24

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Rachel O

I'm Jesse, the pretty blonde whose a little bit loud, crazy, and blunt.....and will never be good enough for the dude she loves.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/22/23

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Alice B

This movie proves that having big names doesn't translate to a great film. Even with the ineffable talents of Toni Collette, Sam Neill, Rosamund Pike and Pierce Brosnan, the plot feels contrived and jerky. There are some moments that genuinely teeter on the edge of meaning and begin to explore the characters feelings beyond surface level, and I wanted to lean through the screen and give them a good shove over that edge (no pun intended). Unfortunately those moments are very few and far between, and what fills the gaps is a whole lot of trivialising mental ill health, unrealistically portrayals of suicidal people and problems being magically solved and tied up in a neat bow. I am not even going to discuss the fact that we are supposed to feel sympathy for a 50 year old man who has been to prison for sleeping with a 15 year old. The only character that is really intriguing (until the final scene) is JJ, played by Aaron Paul. His problems aren't easily summed up or solved and his character felt more complicated and ultimately more real than any other. This was helped along by some excellent acting on Paul's part.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

09/15/23

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meredith w

It wasn't the best Nick Hornby novel and the film translates this. Its story has potential as on New Year's Eve in London, four strangers find themselves on the roof of a building known for suicides. However, it is a pretty clichéd exploration and predictable ending, despite its star cast, which includes Pierce Bronson, Toni Collette and Aaron Paul.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Pascal Chaumeil

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Toni Collette

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Imogen Poots

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Rosamund Pike

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Synopsis

Four strangers who planned to jump off the same roof on New Year's Eve join together as a kind of family and give themselves six weeks to find valid reasons to live.

Director: Pascal Chaumeil
Producer: Finola Dwyer, Amanda Posey
Screenwriter: Jack Thorne
Distributor: Magnolia Pictures
Production Co: Film4, Wildgaze Films, DCM Productions, BBC Films
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jul 11, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 6, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $13.1K
Runtime: 1h 36m

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