Downhill (2020)

Directed by

Jim Rash, Nat Faxon

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Austria, United States

Runtime

1h 26m

Rated

R

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 311 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A couple's family ski vacation is disrupted when a controlled avalanche nearly hits them. The husband's panic and self-preserving actions cause deep cracks in their marriage, leading to tense and awkward confrontations.

tenseuncomfortableslow-burnmelancholicawkwarddarkly comicintrospective

What happens

Downhill is a 2020 American black comedy-drama film directed by Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, who also co-wrote the script with Jesse Armstrong. The film is a remake of Force Majeure (2014) by Swedish director Ruben Östlund. It stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell as a married couple going through a rough patch after a near-death encounter during a family ski outing. Downhill had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2020, and was theatrically released on February 14, 2020, by Searchlight Pictures, the first feature film to be released under the studio's new name following The Walt Disney Company's acquisition of 21st Century Fox. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $9 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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