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United States · 2022
1h 29m
Director Rory Kennedy
Starring
Genre Documentary
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In 2018, with some 10,000 aircraft in service in more than 150 countries, industry leader Boeing had built its reputation on a dogged commitment to safety. But after two Boeing 737 MAX jets crash less than five months apart, survivors and activists start to reveal a culture of concealment and deceit within the company.
The Hollywood Reporter by Dan Fienberg
Though Downfall does some things extremely well, in the balance it’s not very good cinematic journalism and it’s only persuasive to a very limited extent — one that is almost impossible to dispute but doesn’t really take a vital conversation anywhere interesting.
Basic yet enraging ... it shines a harsh light at one of the greatest evils of our time with all the panache of a "Dateline" special.
A work of impressive investigative cinema. ... Their choice to focus so tightly on a micro-scenario here does strand us, occasionally, in the weeds of detail. But it’s tough to watch such a flatly incriminatory report without taking a macro view of society’s villains and heroes.
Screen Daily by Fionnuala Halligan
Conventional to a fault but about as solid an indictment of corporate greed as could be wished for.
Riveting ... Kennedy not only builds a case against Boeing but offers an object lesson in the tragic consequences of corporate greed and hubris.