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Falling Down

Falling Down (1993)

February. 26,1993
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7.6
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R
| Drama Thriller Crime

An ordinary man frustrated with the various flaws he sees in society begins to psychotically and violently lash out against them.

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Rijndri
1993/02/26

Load of rubbish!!

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VeteranLight
1993/02/27

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

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Noutions
1993/02/28

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

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MusicChat
1993/03/01

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

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robodrolet
1993/03/02

This is a great movie that really makes you think. Michael Douglas is a defense contractor who gets fired then snaps. He's a conservative type who is sick and tired of all the things that annoy most people in everyday life, but goes to extreme fighting them. From fast food joints that stop serving breakfast at 10am on the dot to convenience stores that refuse to give people change for the phone and rich jerks dressed like idiots on golf courses who think they own the world. It's darkly funny but also a great drama that makes us think about things we sometimes take for granted. Great performance by Douglas here. Duvall is also good, and I usually don't like him as an actor.

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barteknittner
1993/03/03

I can't notice that for a bigger part of the movie I was on a phone, because a lots of this staff was stupid and pointless. The whole chef scenes are only there to fill up the time. All scenes with a main character are super. There are wild.

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Sean Lamberger
1993/03/04

Michael Douglas plays a working-class man, pushed over the edge by the stress of modern life, family problems, work difficulties and a whole slew of mental issues. He's basically on the warpath from the beginning, storming away from a traffic standstill to find (or instigate) a frothy, furious conflict with every step. Douglas's unnamed vigilante might play as somewhat sympathetic at first, or perhaps that was the intention, but as the climax approaches and more details are filled in, he's among the last to realize that he isn't this story's hero. Robert Duvall works a parallel route as the desk-bound former police detective, trying to get through his last day, who almost unconsciously cracks the case and throws himself into harm's way. There's a lot of subtlety and context here, which seems lost in Joel Schumacher's hammy, literal direction. Duvall's coworkers tease him relentlessly about dying before retirement, an obvious crack at the well-worn cinematic trope, but it plays as dumb and blunt rather than witty and clever. The rampaging madman is treated with strange admiration, marching through a hail of bullets like a superhero where he should have seemed detached and unhinged. I don't think Schumacher completely understood the story he was telling. With an excellent leading performance from Douglas and a sharp, surprisingly relevant script, it's a shame this didn't turn out better than it did.

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ozart2002-919-392694
1993/03/05

Many have already commented on this film, but after reading volumes of them, I have come to one conclusion - by sorting chronologically, it is quite apparent that the basic story line seems to even more applicable now than it was nearly 25 years ago. Society has become more polarized than ever (especially over the past 8 years), and the ever-increasing daily frustrations suffered by many are reflected in the ratings - the more recent ones are overwhelmingly positive (8-10).For the record, I find the message powerful....as society becomes more and more disjointed and divisive, my fantasies continue to move beyond money, fame, and love, into dreams of getting even with the self-important assholes of the world.

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