Downhill

2014

1h 38m

Comedy

Drama

List

89%

Tomatometer

9 Reviews

62%

Audience Score

50+ Ratings

Four old friends reunite to make a coast to coast walk across the United Kingdom.

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

A sweetly maudlin directorial debut from James Rouse, it features winning turns from Richard Lumsden (as team leader Gordon), Karl Theobald (as best buddy about to drop a bombshell Keith) and Ned Dennehy (as drunken spice Julian).

Rated: 4/5

Jun 10, 2014

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

Torben Betts' screenplay for this engaging, quintessentially British road/rambling movie combines knockabout comedy with surprisingly bleak observations about the way the men's lives have all veered off course.

Rated: 3/5

May 29, 2014

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Mike McCahill

Guardian

A grey, farty plod, with increasingly little to sustain it bar the scenery.

Rated: 2/5

May 29, 2014

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David Aldridge

Radio Times

Downhill is a home-grown treat, and the perfect solution to anyone seeking an alternative to the preponderance of overblown blockbusters on screens big and small.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 10, 2014

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Mark Adams

Screen International

The transition from comedy to gently revelatory drama is nicely handled in James Rouse's engaging low-budget film.

Jun 10, 2014

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Rich Cline

Contactmusic.com

It's extremely rare for a low-budget mock-documentary to come together as well as this scruffy little British comedy.

Rated: 4.5/5

Jun 10, 2014

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Audience Member

Myself and my partner, who considers herself a feminist, loved it. We're keen walkers, If you are city folk who have no experience of this type of thing (like the critics) or don't know what men of a certain age go through, this film is not for you. Don't to be too PC about it,most of us aren't any better to be honest, they've all got problems and I can emphasise 100%. Doing this type of thing in crappy weather is challenging to say the least. They're human, as far as I recognise, I don't judge any of them. I love this film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Audience Member

This was horrible !Love Will & Julia BUT !! WAS SURPRISE AT HOW DULL AND.BOREN.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

One of the better excuses in recent years to use a handheld camera style - and it's not 'found footage'! This is a decent enough character driven comedy.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Audience Member

Despite being low budget with a couple of continuity errors, all can be forgiven as the story, acting and scenery is fantastic.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Synopsis

Four old friends reunite to make a coast to coast walk across the United Kingdom.

Director: James Rouse
Producer: Benjamin Howell, Alexander Melman, Robert Campbell, Elli Gharbi
Screenwriter: Torben Betts
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 38m