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Downhill

2020 · 87 min

A cringe-inducing, quietly tense portrait of a marriage unraveling after a moment of cowardice, with uncomfortable laughs and raw emotional honesty.

Directed by
Jim Rash, Nat Faxon
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Zach Woods
Tagline
A different kind of disaster movie.
Overview
Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.

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Directed by
Jim Rash, Nat Faxon
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Zach Woods
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • betrayal
  • family
  • identity
  • guilt
  • morality
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
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Written by
Jim Rash, Nat Faxon, Jesse Armstrong
Starring
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Zach Woods, Miranda Otto, Giulio Berruti, Zoë Chao, Julian Grey, Ammon Jacob Ford
Music
Volker Bertelmann
Cinematography
Danny Cohen
Runtime
87 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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