The Falling (2015)

Very Cool!!!

When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.

There are better movies of two hours length. I loved the actress'performance.

Blistering performances.

Yes this tale unfolded with a methodically slow narrative with intermittent splashes of scenes that make one start but it does not satisfy the viewer with a clear cut explanation of the preceeding seemingly ceaseless turmoil, pandamonium, yet above the din of the main plot ensued the reticulate threads that serve to perhaps "hint" or intimate the powerful undercurrent surging faster than the actual plot we see develop before us. I personally feel this is a story that wants to expose the hypocricy, the absurdity, the injustice of this academic institution. The girls firstly, were getting their periods at the same time, then they begin to faint by the by most of them, at the same time yet the older "mature" adult figures do not suffer from these ailments. But what they do suffer from is the "refractory" uniqueness, vitality, virility, and everything that stands for youth, The Matrons lofty aims crave indolence, self-aggrandizement, self-righteousness, indignation, anything that forces them to "work" or think outside the box, god forbid they see these girls delicately or outright eclipse them in any aspect of their lives. So they maintain this authoritarian rule under the yoke of their self-gratified hatred misplaced sadly upon the students as an easy effigy. This is why it did not happen to other students, it is because their souls had already been crushed "as good students who care about their future should", thusly their precious youths were extrapolated from them without a chance, so what you have are young students assuming the role of an adult to ingratiate themselves with their superiors, or slave-masters. There is no satisfying ending, we can only guess that the protagonist will be OK, that she can overcome, we are not privy as in a novel to a 20 year leap into the continuity of her life, no it ends harshly and stark like it began, but where the idea, the unique tale , the crafty stylistic writing subsists is where the heart of the tale presides over the abstract beginning and the so called "un-satisfying" ending, the soul, and it is beautiful. I thought it was a brave and triumphant attempt at telling it how it is, but in a more artistic way with the vehicles it chose it only showcases the raw talent of the writer/director... I would love to see more work from this highly intelligent super creative person.

Brilliant storyline which could have resulted in a powerful, positive movie, but this production falls flat, with lots of ups and downs, unhappily. The film is plagued by a few nasty, loud songs apparently by below-par folk "artistes"; these annoying puerile songs should have been deleted or replaced with something appropriate. and appealing Most reviews rate this flick very low. I noticed two that gave a 10/10 rating!! Hmmm. When I checked (am always very suspicious about 10/10 ratings for movies that average below 6/10), I found that both these "reviewers" have rated only ONE movie on IMDb, yes, this film. These are their headings: "Let's not confuse uncomfortable with bad." by SusanGinny and "Loved it!" by jax-37159. Hmmm!About 35 minutes in, the film pretty much dies for a while, as things come virtually to a dead stop, as though the entire cast and crew had decided to take a break! There's a scene in which two characters do not speak for about a minute, just sit holding hands (the boy fondling the girl)! What sort of direction is THAT? Significance? A few minutes later, there's another irritating song by a silly, drippy singer: what am I missing? What was the meaning? Lost on me. A couple of minutes later the song or another pops up briefly, for no reason. What's going on? 48 minutes in another song with loud solo guitar cuts in "The moon is like a boat, my love, with lemon peel afloat, my love..." HUH? This ditty is sung by the character Abbie, but what the heck does it mean? Incidentally, the superbly beautiful Florence Pugh, born January 1996, plays Abbie; I predict a very bright future for this actress. Anyway, WHO decided on all the music? Good grief! Just a minute later yet ANOTHER irritating loud loud song assaults our ears "I've been waiting for a long time" sung by a lad in a high-pitched voice. This is too damn much. Horrible. By now I just feel like turning off the DVD player and reading a book. As the film continues, there's more hideous, inappropriate, raucous music! Really testing my patience ~ the "music" in this film is a huge put-off. I'll set aside consideration of the strange event happening in this film, at a girls' school, as others have dealt with that and you can read it online... no, it's nothing to do with the music! I will say that the occurrence of the event is repeated and repeated and repeated and repeated.... BORING! We got the idea after the 6th time, thank you!!I'll rate this movie 3/10, cannot go higher, all considered. In other hands, I believe this story could be re-scripted, the oddball music deleted, and made into a film that would rate at least 6/10. #

****MASSIVE SPOILER***(The film and this review is spoiled and terrible) I saw trailers for this film last year and thought, this film looks like the sort of thing I'd like. The cinematography appeared ethereal and dreamy. The cast was interesting and I thought I'd found another independent gem for my collection of pseudo intellectual DVDs and blu-Rays I leave lying around to show how clever I am.This film is weak. Area Stark is vapid and stares off into space a lot. Maxine Peak is good, she's literally the best thing in this film. The film is not scary, don't be fooled by the trailers into thinking this film has some sort of supernatural haunting quality. It's literally a film about two girls, one is slutty, the other one isn't, and then the non slutty has really gross sex with her brother and her mum catches them. So I guess they're both slutty. Oh and there is some fainting at school. Then non slutty brother sexer gets expelled (maybe she was excelled before the sex? Who cares, it doesn't matter) The end.So yeah, spoilers, but I've really just saved you two hours of your life that's you'd never get back, k.

This film evoked many memories from school days in an all girls grammar school, especially as I was watching it as part of a reunion with my old school friends. I was fascinated from the first scene... at times disturbing and at others strangely amusing, I both laughed and screamed out loud! A dark tale about teenage girls, single sex education, family conflict and the importance and impact of teenage peer groups. The film successfully recreated the sixties era with a fantastic cast led by Maisie Williams and Maxine Peake, who are both spectacular in complex and compelling roles. The film is beautifully directed by the talented Carol Morley in a departure from her usual gritty realism. Not at all what I was expecting but intriguing and well worth watching.