A Long Way Down

Name: A Long Way Down
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: July 11, 2014
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 34

2014

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A LONG WAY DOWN

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: July 11, 2014

Summary: Four lost souls – a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother and a solipsistic muso – decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year’s Eve. When this disillusioned quartet of strangers meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, a London high-rise with the well-earned nickname Topper’s Tower, theyFour lost souls – a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother and a solipsistic muso – decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year’s Eve. When this disillusioned quartet of strangers meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, a London high-rise with the well-earned nickname Topper’s Tower, they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks, forming an unconventional, dysfunctional family, becoming media sensations as the Topper House Four and searching together for the reasons to keep on living.… Expand

Director: Pascal Chaumeil

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 96 min

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San Francisco Chronicle - Mick LaSalle

Jul 17, 2014

As British comedy sometimes will, A Long Way Down has an occasional attack of the cutes, but the actors' commitment keeps the movie on the plus side. Read full review

Village Voice - Serena Donadoni

Jul 10, 2014

The group's surprising anchor is Maureen, the single mother of an adult son with cerebral palsy; her fierce love and stifling isolation are contained by careful routine. Collette wears that armor, and cracks it, to devastating effect. Read full review

Entertainment Weekly - Jason Clark

Jul 11, 2014

With an ace troupe like that, there are affecting moments, to be sure. But the movie criminally wastes Sam Neill and Rosamund Pike in barely there supporting roles, and the picture has exactly two tones: grim and gooey. They do not coexist harmoniously. Read full review

Total Film - Emma Dibdin

Mar 17, 2014

At best, this is a cringey stab at black comedy redeemed by charismatic stars; at worst it’s a glib and manipulative punt on a subject that deserves more care. Read full review

RogerEbert.com - Brian Tallerico

Jul 11, 2014

There are moments of tenderness and honest human emotion buried in the frustrating A Long Way Down but one has to work far too hard and give far too much credit to the over-qualified cast to grab at them. Read full review

Slant Magazine - Chuck Bowen

Jul 6, 2014

An inept trifle, Pascal Chaumeil's film reduces Nick Hornby's novel of the same name to a series of smug self-help gestures. Read full review

The New York Times - Stephen Holden

Jul 10, 2014

If there is any humor to be gleaned from this concept, it is nowhere to be found in a movie so shoddily made that there is little continuity between scenes and not a laugh or even a titter. Read full review

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WonderZ

Aug 10, 2018

A feel-good film with a lovable cast. It was boxxy software recommendation, exactly what I needed and expected, plus some added emotional depth. Watch this before considering jumping off a skyscraper, you'll be glad you did.