Downhill
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Danny CohenCast:
Will Ferrell, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Miranda Otto, Zach Woods, Kristofer Hivju, Zoë Chao, Giulio Berruti, Ammon Jacob Ford, Matt Lindquist, Jono BergmannVOD (2)
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Billie (Julia Louis-Dreyfus), Pete (Will Ferrell), and their sons are on a balcony during an idyllic family ski vacation in the Alps when an avalanche suddenly strikes. While they all emerge physically unharmed, Pete’s actions during the avalanche reveal a side of him that leaves his family in a state of shock. The aftermath of this moment permeates the remainder of the trip, and the harder Pete tries to avoid the truth and gloss things over, the more Billie and her sons are forced to re-evaluate their lives and, more specifically, how they feel about Pete - as a husband, father, and man. (Sundance Film Festival)
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Self-satirical Ferrell plays a role where his capsule from which a seed of disillusionment falls out upon bursting. For a while, it relies on cultural differences between Europe and America and significantly restricts the space for shots of mountains and cold hotel interiors, but otherwise, this more superficial remake of Östlund’s study of marital micro-crisis doesn’t make much sense. Perhaps if Mark Wahlberg had shown up, and they had turned it into Daddy’s Home 3. After all, Will played a nearly identical role.
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