Four people meet on New Year's Eve and form a surrogate family to help one another weather the difficulties of their lives.
Director: Pascal Chaumeil
Writers: Nick Hornby (novel), Jack Thorne (screenplay)
Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Imogen Poots.
Storyline
On New Year's Eve in London, four strangers find themselves on the roof
of a building known for suicides. Martin is a famous talk show host just
out of jail, Maureen is a lonely single mother, Jess is young, reckless
and heartbroken, and JJ is an American realizing the failures in his
life. Through mutual pain and humour, this unlikely group take the long
way down and figure out what will keep them alive until Valentine's Day,
one step at a time.
A Long Way Down Movies Reviews
While
a story about 4 suicidal strangers meeting on a rooftop about to jump
sounds interesting, this movie was not all that interesting.
There were times when scenes felt too long and equally many scenes that could and perhaps should have been longer. Some potentially interesting plot threads were brought up in a scene and hardly mentioned again (same with some characters). The emotional scenes weren't that effective either and I didn't laugh much during the movie either. The characters aren't that great either. None of them felt believable for me.
In the end, felt that the movie was predictable, cheesy and not that entertaining. The ending of the movie didn't do much to change that either. Not the best movie this year.
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