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01/26/06
Falling Down (1993)
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Reviews Counted: 33 Fresh: 26 Rotten:7 Average Rating: 6.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins
Synopsis: A laid-off defense worker, kept from seeing his child on her birthday by a restraining order, looks at the landscape of moral decay in Los Angeles on one hot, congested day and, after being mugged, snaps. What follows is his bitter and pathetic mission of justice, vengeance and vindication... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin, Frederic Forrest
Director: Joel Schumacher
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03/31/08
A crude, cathartic rant that both condemns and exploits modern paranoia.
02/03/08
Dealing with urban paranoia from a White POV is a good, timely idea, but film can't decide whether Michael Douglas is an ordinary or psychopathic man and whether we should feel sympathy or pity for the "victimization" of this yuppie.
06/25/06
A powerful, gripping, darkly humorous film with a dynamite lead performance by Michael Douglas. One of 1993's ten-best films.
10/09/05
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