Overview
A tale of adventure and imagination unfolds in a hospital room, where stories blur the line between reality and fantasy.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- surreal
- whimsical
- melancholic
- immersive movie night
- visual cinema showcase
What critics said
Critics broadly admire the film's extraordinary photography and ambitious visual imagination while finding its elaborate drama uneven or overreaching.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Roy's hospital conversations with Alexandria contain an elaborate quest narrative that visually expands beyond the hospital setting.
The fantasy quest unfolds through highly stylized, globally varied landscapes and meticulously composed images.
Roy entertains Alexandria with a quest while also persuading her to obtain morphine from the hospital pharmacy.
Roy's paralysis after a stuntman's fall leaves him bedridden, emotionally devastated, and dependent on Alexandria's assistance.
Films like The Fall, and why
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
shares ornate fantasy storytelling, layered realities, and emotionally bruised protagonists
Pan's Labyrinth
shares a child-adult bond, imaginative escape, and bittersweet emotional stakes
Big Fish
shares lush visual invention, storytelling as emotional refuge, and tragic romantic undertones
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
shares elaborate period fantasy imagery and a narrative shaped by performance and storytelling
Movie Details
- Director
- Tarsem Singh
- Release Date
- 2008-01-03
- Runtime
- 117 min
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 (1623)
Cast
- Lee Pace
- Justine Waddell
- Daniel Caltagirone
- Leo Bill
- Sean Gilder
- Julian Bleach
- Marcus Wesley
- Robin Smith
- Jeetu Verma
- Catinca Untaru
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Fall about?
- A paralyzed stuntman recruits a hospitalized child into a dazzling story whose fantasy quest mirrors his own desperate struggle to survive.
- What is The Fall like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Fall as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Fall violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Fall as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Fall?
- Critics broadly admire the film's extraordinary photography and ambitious visual imagination while finding its elaborate drama uneven or overreaching.
- Which films are like The Fall?
- Films with a similar feel include The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Pan's Labyrinth, Big Fish, and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
- How long is The Fall?
- The Fall runs 117 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Fall?
- In United States, The Fall streams on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel.
