The Falling

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Ian S A movie that had some good ingredients but never gelled. Florence Pugh's performance was a sign of things to come. The music was effective but a bit repetitive. Visually good but the drama was too detached which meant a lack of engagement, at least by this viewer. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 07/11/25 Full Review Audience Member Slow, mostly predictable, and about as emotionally moving as a Zoloft prescription. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 08/05/23 Full Review Hugo S "The Falling" has an eerie and unique story: a girls' school in the late 60's is the stage of an epidemic hysterical fainting. The strange phenomenon is a metaphor for the contagious sexual liberation that starts with the death of an emancipated girl. The movie is a melodrama with some subtle elements of the supernatural. Beautifully weird! Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/19/23 Full Review David M For a film that centers on what may or may not be an outbreak of hysteria, this is surprisingly low-key - and all the more powerful for its restraint. Maisie Williams' lead performance is nothing short of remarkable. Given that this is a film about said hysteria amongst a group of girls, I wondered if the naming of Florence Pugh's character as Abigail was a nod to The Crucible. Similarly to that great play, the words of girls or young women are doubted and second-guessed; by adults - especially men; it's also very specifically a film about the specific, often unvoiced, experience of teenage girls learning what their bodies are and how they relate to those bodies with their minds, emotions and sexuality. A mention also for the excellent music, which together with director Carol Morley's deft uses of flashed images throughout, weaves an unsettling air of uncertainty all through the film, an uncertainty which is never fully resolved. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member i watched this movie it was little too boring for me also i didn't know what was going on. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/27/23 Full Review Audience Member I can't say much without spoiling the story but the last couple of minutes of the feature are an amazing and truly deep emotional payback. Well done! Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/12/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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