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Falling Down (1993)

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Reviews Counted:34

Fresh:27

Rotten:7

Average Rating:6.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 53 mins

Genre: Dramas

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,... 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 that reads uncomfortably like too many news stories. Michael Douglas is identified only by his character's license plate, D-FENS, in this attack on social ills, a film originally seen as the displacement of power felt by many white American males. [More]

Starring: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin

Starring: Michael Douglas, Robert Duvall, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Ticotin, Frederic Forrest, Tuesday Weld, DeDee Pfeiffer, Raymond J. Barry

Director: Joel Schumacher

Director: Joel Schumacher

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Reviews for Falling Down

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01/26/06
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Great action and commentary on the working man. Kinda wished for a more ironic ending though.

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07/14/03
Fred Topel
Fred Topel
About.com

Douglas' tortured misfit is a chore to watch.

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10/21/05
John Wirt
John Wirt
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)

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07/08/04
Mike McGranaghan
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Aisle Seat

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04/28/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Lori Hoffman
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Atlantic City Weekly

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Austin Chronicle

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Beach Reporter (Southern California)

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Jules Brenner
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Cinema Signals

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04/06/03
Karina Montgomery
Karina Montgomery
Cinerina

Joel Schumacher's best film.

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02/12/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
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01/01/00
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
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...holds up pretty well today, even if its tone meanders all over the place.

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05/24/09
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

A sweaty and fascinating look at one modern man's descent.

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

It's hard not to root for this embodiment of white man's angst ... the ending seems stilted, as if to say "we must openly condemn him while we secretly admire him."

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03/19/03
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com

A crude, cathartic rant that both condemns and exploits modern paranoia.

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02/03/08
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
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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.

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06/25/06
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