UK Release Date: March 21st 2014
Four people meet on New Year's Eve and form a surrogate family to help one another weather the difficulties of their lives.
Director: Pascal Chaumeil (A Perfect Plan, Heartbreaker)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots, Aaron Paul
Four very different people wish to commit suicide on New Year's Eve at the exact same time and on top of the very same building. And that's the opening scene. The set-up may be ridiculous, but there's enough substance to the characters and their relationships to keep A Long Way Down interesting until the end.
They all have their motives, but it's their differences that bring them together and make them work so well. A disgraced news-reader, a single mum with a disabled son, a wealthy daughter with judgemental parents and an ex-musician with an ulterior motive are all undeveloped. Back-stories are glossed over and never fully explored.
They all have their motives, but it's their differences that bring them together and make them work so well. A disgraced news-reader, a single mum with a disabled son, a wealthy daughter with judgemental parents and an ex-musician with an ulterior motive are all undeveloped. Back-stories are glossed over and never fully explored.
Poots shines brightest with Aaron Paul's J.J. coming in at a close second. A Long Way Down is a comedy and a drama, switching from one to the other. Sometimes it's done gracefully, others disjointedly. Poot's Jess manages to lift the tone crass-fully, whenever it gets too dark. The humour in this film is all thanks to her blunt personality.
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