Downfall: The Case Against Boeing

Name: Downfall: The Case Against Boeing
Genre: Documentary
Released: February 18, 2022
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 68

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): February 18, 2022 | PG-13

Summary: Investigators reveal how Boeing's alleged priority of profit over safety could have contributed to two catastrophic crashes within months of each other. [Netflix]

Director: Rory Kennedy

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 89 min

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Sasha Frere-Jones

Mar 22, 2022

Rory Kennedy’s Downfall: The Case Against Boeing is a swift and beautifully clear documentary about many things, chief among them the cost of profit above all. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Isaac Feldberg

Feb 18, 2022

Downfall so completely erodes trust in a once-revered institution and the others meant to regulate it that Boeing’s recent claims the 737 Max’s issues have been addressed—that the aircraft is now safe to fly—can only be met with high skepticism. If it’s Boeing, I’m not going. Read full review

Robert Abele

Feb 23, 2022

There are plenty of disturbing revelations, but it’s the totality of Boeing’s self-sabotaging, money-grubbing descent — starting with a post-merger change in leadership in the 1990s — that brings home how irresponsible corporate stewardship is a global harm worth correcting. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Jan 29, 2022

A work of impressive investigative cinema. ... Their choice to focus so tightly on a micro-scenario here does strand us, occasionally, in the weeds of detail. But it’s tough to watch such a flatly incriminatory report without taking a macro view of society’s villains and heroes. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Feb 17, 2022

It is likely to leave viewers shaken, and it is always comprehensible, even in sequences that illustrate what the pilots saw in the cockpit. Read full review

Fionnuala Halligan

Jan 29, 2022

Conventional to a fault but about as solid an indictment of corporate greed as could be wished for. Read full review

Dan Fienberg

Jan 29, 2022

Though Downfall does some things extremely well, in the balance it’s not very good cinematic journalism and it’s only persuasive to a very limited extent — one that is almost impossible to dispute but doesn’t really take a vital conversation anywhere interesting. Read full review

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everett

Feb 20, 2022

Heartbreaking without being exploitative, and laid out as a clear indictment of a specific company as well as the corporate mentality that prioritizes Wall Street profit above all else. Watching this revelatory film, you can't help but think, "This could have been my loved one. This couldHeartbreaking without being exploitative, and laid out as a clear indictment of a specific company as well as the corporate mentality that prioritizes Wall Street profit above all else. Watching this revelatory film, you can't help but think, "This could have been my loved one. This could have been me."… Expand

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KJ_20

Mar 21, 2022

Emotional story about how an organization becomes greedy for money, and forgets what it is supposed to be, a customer service, aviation is a service which Boeing, Airbus and other manufactures make. This was a result of thinking too much of profit, and way too little about customers.

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adamtaylor792

Jul 17, 2022

This is a very interesting and heartbreaking look at the dangers of unchecked capitalism.

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Dubeau

Feb 19, 2022

Excellent documentaries that explain a lot about plane security versus profit organization. Very emotional and touching.

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alanpotter17

Jan 4, 2023

Um ótimo documentário sobre o desastre no projeto de aviões da empresa norte-americana "Boeing", e de como a busca pelo lucro pode deixar de lado a vida das pessoas.
Diferentemente de "Fire of love", que focava mais em relações humanas do que na parte técnica dos vulcões, aqui já é o posto:Um ótimo documentário sobre o desastre no projeto de aviões da empresa norte-americana "Boeing", e de como a busca pelo lucro pode deixar de lado a vida das pessoas.
Diferentemente de "Fire of love", que focava mais em relações humanas do que na parte técnica dos vulcões, aqui já é o posto: foca bem mais na parte técnica e mecânica dos aviões, esboçando o dispositivo que fazia com que o bico do avião se inclinasse para baixo e provocasse acidente. Ainda por cima, contém uma série de depoimentos dos trabalhadores e engenheiros sobre a transformação da conceituada empresa em um negócio que visava apenas reduzir custos, mesmo considerando todo o risco do empreeendimento ( por exemplo, a mudança de prédio, para deixar as decisões mais para administradores do que para peritos).
A escolha em não focar na história de vida das pessoas atingidas, e sim em detalhes mais técnicos, pode comprometer a experiência daqueles que assistem esse filme para se emocionar. Mas como não é essa a proposta, eu particularmente gostei, as informações tem uma edição equilibrada, e embora eu tenha ficado meio perdido em algumas passagens, o substrato da proposta foi passada com louvor.
Por fim, há uma mensagem meio anti-capitalista, e não sei ao certo se subiu um pouco de tom, afinal, foi o capitalismo em si que levou ao avanço das técnicas. Talvez fosse o caso de abordar as agências reguladoras, que são instituições criadas justamente nos EUA, e que no Brasil reverberaram na criação, por exemplo, da ANAC. Então, a mim soou como panfletagem, embora o saldo total ficou positivo, não é um filme cansativo e consegue trazer muitas informações relevantes e históricas sobre a indústria em questão.… Expand

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bertobellamy

Feb 22, 2022

A pretty ordinary documentary; still, a reminder of the dangers of hypercapitalism. There are bad CGI recreations and your regular talking heads moments, but the way Rory Kennedy assembles the facts gives a good pace to the narrative. The family testimonies, of course, are the emotional partA pretty ordinary documentary; still, a reminder of the dangers of hypercapitalism. There are bad CGI recreations and your regular talking heads moments, but the way Rory Kennedy assembles the facts gives a good pace to the narrative. The family testimonies, of course, are the emotional part of the film, but the segment about how Boeing went from an exemplary company to a greedy one is the core of it. Showing the root cause of these disasters is what I found more interesting about this documentary.… Expand

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