Every time the picture opens a fascinating door, you're held back from going through by a naff filmmaking choice or a rote story move.
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Empire
Empire
Carol Morley’s film has a lot going for it, not least a thick, vaporous atmosphere, alive with unease and sexual anxiety, and an eye-catching debut from the casually charismatic Florence Pugh.
60
CineVuePatrick Gamble
CineVuePatrick Gamble
The Falling's refreshingly all-female perspective expects the viewer to become wholly caught up in its broad surge of feeling, yet there's something unsatisfactory and disaffecting about the film's asinine finale.
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Slant MagazineElise Nakhnikian
Slant MagazineElise Nakhnikian
The film all leads to a melodramatic climax that wraps up the main character's explosive acting out in a too-neat package.