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In Theaters Now
- 2024
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 6 m
- 2024
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 6 m
Summary He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back ...
Directed By: David Leitch
Written By: Drew Pearce, Glen A. Larson
In Theaters Now
- 2024
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 6 m
- 2024
- PG-13
- Universal Pictures
- 2 h 6 m
The Fall Guy
73
7.0
Where to Watch
Summary He’s a stuntman, and like everyone in the stunt community, he gets blown up, shot, crashed, thrown through windows and dropped from the highest of heights, all for our entertainment. And now, fresh off an almost career-ending accident, this working-class hero has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back ...
Directed By: David Leitch
Written By: Drew Pearce, Glen A. Larson
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 55 Critic Reviews
73
80% Positive
44 Reviews
44 Reviews
16% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
4% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 55 Critic Reviews
73
80% Positive
44 Reviews
44 Reviews
16% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
4% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
The Fall Guy is hugely entertaining. A love letter to stunt persons and to filmmaking in general, the film is a romantic comedy for everyone who hates romantic comedies and an action thriller for those less than keen on the genre.
This is a ridiculously fun movie, anchored by a movie star in a part that fits him perfectly and a director who really has been working toward this film for his entire career.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 97 User Ratings
7.0
67% Positive
65 Ratings
65 Ratings
24% Mixed
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
9% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 97 User Ratings
7.0
67% Positive
65 Ratings
65 Ratings
24% Mixed
23 Ratings
23 Ratings
9% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
This was an amazing movie and it truly has something for everyone! Ryan Gosling delivered a phenomenal performance as usual but the action packed sequences paired with perfect romance dynamic were everything to produce a perfectly thrilling movie that had me glued to my seat the entire time. I mean that with no exaggerations either - I didn't even want to get up to go to the bathroom after drinking my Pepsi entirely too fast in the previews because it was so good. I highly recommend this one!
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Colt Seavers was my childhood hero. I watched every episode and once nearly broke my neck trying to recreate on of Colt's crazy stunts. That is to say, I had HUGE expectations going into this Gosling vehicle with my 11-year old son. I was totally ready to hate this complete re-imagination of my childhood favourite. Well, it won me over. Completely. The best thing I can say about the movie is that it doesn't really need any association to the original Fall Guy. Marketed by any other name, it would work just as well. It's a love letter to 80s action and has a love-story between two people with actual chemistry. I loved it. If you like cars, stunts and the 80s, this is a no-brainer. A very enthusiastic Colt "".
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The Fall Guy is a delight from start to finish, thanks to a sparkling script, thrilling action sequences and to-die-for comic chemistry between the two leads.
The Fall Guy is funny, it’s sexy, and it features the boy toy version of “Barbie” MVP Ryan Gosling — which is to say, this time around, he embodies the ultimate action figure.
Working with a script from Drew Pearce (“Hobbs & Shaw”), Leitch packs the film with wall-to-wall action, in both the film’s movie sets and its real world. And with the self-referential humor, the industry jokes and the promise of a little romance, it feels like one of those movies we all complain they don’t make anymore.
A solid serving of popcorn entertainment.
The latest jacked up, action extravaganza from stunt man turned director David Leitch (his last film, the not-very-good Bullet Train, is still leagues ahead of this movie in terms of imagination and execution), teems with contempt for the audience it is desperate to win over.
Fare un film senza cervello, paradossalmente, richiede grande intelligenza nella misura in cui è necessario calibrarne la stupidità e la tamarraggine in maniera tale che non risulti stucchevole e noioso. Fatta questa premessa, purtroppo c'è da dire che The Fall Guy fallisce su entrambi i punti di vista. Da un lato questo film si presenta come una commedia ma che diverte ben poco, con battute e tempi comici che vengono trascinati troppo a lungo e che interrompono forzatamente la narrazione. Dall'altro si presenta come un film d'azione ma che intrattiene ben poco, con sequenze che per quanto siano ben girate non dicono nulla di più rispetto alla media di molte altre produzioni del genere. Infine si presenta come una storia romantica ma che ammalia ben poco, con l'ormai anacronistico tira e molla tra i due protagonisti che viene portato avanti per tutta la durata criminale del film e che si può prevedere dal primo minuto dove andrà a parare. Se nel complesso questi tre generi che The Fall Guy vorrebbe fondere insieme non dovessero bastare a renderlo un'accozzaglia poco coesa, la nota più dissonante di tutte è però il meta-cinema che viene proposto. Non solo si preoccupa più di fare continue e sterili citazioni ad altri film molto migliori piuttosto che di essere esso stesso un buon film, ma viene utilizzato l'espediente della rottura della quarta parete ironizzando sulla trama confusionaria per nascondere proprio il fatto che la trama sia estremamente confusionaria. Queste soluzioni di sceneggiatura sono salite alla ribalta con Deadpool, al quale lo stesso Leitch ha dato contributo, ma stanno ora fortemente gravando e stonando in qualunque altro contesto in cui vengono utilizzate giusto per dare un tono a film altrimenti estremamente dimenticabili come questo.
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Started off well then just loses itself not knowing what sort of film it wants to be. Scenes become off beat from the rest of the film. It's a film largely led by stunts but instead of interesting and original ones we are just left with the cliches with a rather predictable and dull ending
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The good reviews you may have read were probably bought and paid for by the studios. This movie was abysmally bad. It's stupid, not funny and not worth the price of a movie ticket - if you have AMC Stubs or MoviePass, then it's not worth the drive or the soda/popcorn cost. If you MUST see it, wait til it's streaming for free.
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Production Company
87North,
Australian Government,
Entertainment 360,
Québec Film & TV Production Tax Credit,
The South Australian Film Corporation,
Universal Pictures
Release Date May 3, 2024
Duration 2 h 6 m
Rating PG-13
Awards
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination