Right after watching director Viggo Mortensen's first film, "Falling", I had the feeling that something was missing in the movie. Something that would glue the story as a whole. The film tells the story of a father's toxic, abusive, and destructive relationship with the rest of his family for two generations. I think some scenes and dialogues were over-exaggerated as if the director didn't think the father's actions shown in the movie were not enough to convince the audience of the father's destructive relationship with his family. I don't understand why director and writer Viggo Mortensen didn't add one of the most important scenes in the film: the father's discovery of his son's homosexuality. The entire film clearly describes the father's aversion: to homosexuality, to John Peterson's husband, and also implies that his grandchildren are all gays, but the film fails to describe the father's initial impact on his son's sexual choice.
Whether Viggo Mortensen will be as great as a director as he is as an actor, only time will tell, but he started off on the right foot.
Whether Viggo Mortensen will be as great as a director as he is as an actor, only time will tell, but he started off on the right foot.