Windfall

R

2022

1 hr. 32 min.

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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A Hitchcockian thriller following a wealthy couple who arrive at their vacation home only to find it's being robbed.

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Critics Consensus

Windfall is hardly a bounty of cinematic riches, but a killer cast keeps this minimalistic thriller from going creatively bankrupt.

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D E

Ugh… so slow. Didn't feel like a thriller at all. A lot of drama and low paced sitting and waiting. Boring.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/17/24

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Luis M. D

Nearly everything was fine in this slow and sober psychological thriller until the ending. The closing act is unforgivably grotesque and illogical–it simply does not follow from the characterization that the script so carefully managed to build.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/02/24

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Chuck

This movie is vapid …. What a god awful script whomever wrote this wrote. Complete waste of time

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/28/23

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Alec C

I'll start off by saying the acting in this movie was great. Jesse Plemons is so good at playing a guy you want to punch in the face... But the pacing in this movie was so bad. It was so slow. *SPOILER ALERT* I could've dealt with the slow pace if there was some glorious payoff at the end... But there wasn't. We never find out the real story behind Jason Segel's character. It would've REALLY helped the movie to learn his backstory. We learned a little bit about Lily Collins' backstory, but not enough to justify being a homicidal maniac. This movies was sooooo close to being really good, but it just dropped the ball at the end.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/10/23

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Hayden L

I feel like this movie is getting unnecessary hate because people went into it with different expectations. I thought that this was a phenomenal character-driven movie that really banks on the acting talent and cinematography to tell a story about three types of people. Each main character is an archetype of a type of person in everyday life and it dives into enough detail to fully flesh them out without making it too specific to be more than just an archetype. This is further supported by none of the characters actually being named, just CEO, Wife, and Man. Overall, fantastic watch, definitely more of an artistic film but it achieves its goal imo.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/18/23

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Devin B

Edge of your seat kind of thrill through the whole movie!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/14/23

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Charlie McDowell

Director

Jason Segel

Actor

Lily Collins

Actor

Jesse Plemons

Actor

Omar Leyva

Actor

Justin Lader

Screenwriter

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John Nugent

Empire Magazine

Short, sharp and mostly satisfying, this is a thriller that sticks to the stripped-back fundamentals of the genre — no more, no less.

Rated: 3/5

Mar 19, 2022

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Susannah Gruder

indieWire

It should be commended, however, for making its flawless setting as claustrophobic for us as it is for the three characters.

Rated: C

Mar 18, 2022

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

Theres at least one great performance in here, and the whole venture clocks in at a blissfully brief 90 minutes or so.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 18, 2022

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Juanma Fernández París

El Nuevo Día (Puerto Rico)

Although Windfall's efforts to not be “more of the same” is what makes it entertaining, the fact that the movie ends with a forced climax that's typical of the genre that it tried so hard to undermine is even more frustrating. [Full review in Spanish]

Dec 5, 2023

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Aaron Phillips

But Why Tho? A Geek Community

Windfall embodies a classic noir suspense story, fraught with some incredible character performances from Jesse Plemons, Lily Collins, and Jason Segel

Rated: 9/10

Jan 4, 2023

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Jim Schembri

jimschembri.com

Terrible, talky three-hander...A good idea squandered, waste of a top cast. Chalk it up as a dud.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 15, 2022

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Synopsis

A Hitchcockian thriller following a wealthy couple who arrive at their vacation home only to find it's being robbed.

Director: Charlie McDowell
Executive Producer: Rick Covert, David Duque-Estrada, Justin Lader, Elika Portnoy
Screenwriter: Justin Lader, Andrew Kevin Walker
Production Co: High Frequency Entertainment, Mutressa Movies
Rating: R (Language Throughout|Some Violence)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 18, 2022
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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