Downhill
Searchlight Pictures | Release Date: February 14, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 39 Critic Reviews
Positive:
13
Mixed:
25
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatAlan NgFeb 10, 2020
I loved Downhill for precisely what it meant to be—a character-driven comedy working its way through a painful and real conflict. Read full review
75
Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattFeb 13, 2020
As an attempt to scale the craggy heights of a marriage in crisis, Downhill may be more bunny slope than black diamond — a force mineure, but still worth the trip. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanJan 27, 2020
The story worked brilliantly before. In Downhill, it works…well enough. The new movie is a teasing trifle with something real on its mind. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriJan 27, 2020
It can’t quite match the power of Östlund’s film, or its bemused, clinical (dare I say Scandinavian?) sensibility, but it has an awkward, American charm all its own. Read full review
70
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaJan 27, 2020
While the material they’re working with may not be great, it is fun to see Louis-Dreyfus and Ferrell go head-to-head. Maybe they can try doing that again sometime in the future. With a better script. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleSteve DavisFeb 12, 2020
To its credit, Downhill strives to remain character-driven rather than devolve into a jokey take on a delicate premise. Read full review
67
The PlaylistJason BaileyJan 27, 2020
The value of Downhill comes from merging this story with these two distinct comic personas, and seeing what they do with it (and each other). That’s probably not enough of a reason for it to exist. But it’s not nothing, either. Read full review
67
The Film StageJake Kring-SchreifelsJan 27, 2020
Downhill brings its characters to the brink of somewhere exciting but never commits to a full descent. Read full review
65
Vanity FairRichard LawsonJan 27, 2020
Downhill is a clever movie when it could have been profound, had, perhaps, Faxon and Rash been willing—or capable—of digging deeper. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldFeb 13, 2020
I enjoyed Downhill purely for Louis-Dreyfus’ performance; we don’t get to see the “Veep” star on the big screen very often, so why not revel in her talent when we get the chance? As an exhausted working mom unable to keep from micromanaging the vacation — and a wife suddenly questioning her choices — she’s funny and moving and utterly believable in every moment. Read full review
63
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanFeb 12, 2020
It isn’t great. It’s a watered-down version of the original, but it’s still pretty good: neither wise nor profound, yet sometimes smart and with sharp elbows — especially if you have nothing with which to compare it. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshFeb 12, 2020
The themes that are unspoken, gestured at and repressed in “Force Majeure” are drawn out and made broad, obvious and slapstick in Downhill, which spoon-feeds the lessons of the dark-ish comedy and cuts short the plot for the easiest-to-digest ending. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 12, 2020
If you want to see “Force Majeure,” rent it and stream it. If you want to see two terrific comic talents circling around it in something lighter and funnier, then Downhill it is. Read full review
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