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Carol Morley’s film has a lot going for it, not least a thick, vaporous atmosphere, alive with unease and sexual anxiety, and an eye-catching debut from the casually charismatic Florence Pugh.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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Slant Magazine by Elise Nakhnikian
The film all leads to a melodramatic climax that wraps up the main character's explosive acting out in a too-neat package.
70
Morley marries a quasi-Victorian premise with a modernist technique that feels drawn from her film’s own milieu.
80
Ambiguity is The Falling’s currency, and it’s all the richer for it.
80
The Telegraph by Mike McCahill
For all The Falling’s period trimmings, its uncanny power resides in these ellipses and blackouts – in elements that cannot be easily rationalised.
67
The Playlist by Oliver Lyttelton
Every time the picture opens a fascinating door, you're held back from going through by a naff filmmaking choice or a rote story move.
60
The Falling's refreshingly all-female perspective expects the viewer to become wholly caught up in its broad surge of feeling, yet there's something unsatisfactory and disaffecting about the film's asinine finale.
100
The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
This is terrific film-making – enough to bring a rush of blood to the head.
80
Time Out London by Trevor Johnston
This dizzying, courageous, utterly humane and slightly unhinged film is a unique achievement.