Fall
Lionsgate | Release Date: August 12, 2022 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
14
Mixed:
8
Negative:
1
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
We Got This CoveredChynna WilkinsonSep 15, 2022
Everything from the acting to the camerawork and the imposing score makes Fall a memorable mark in transcending fiction, making our greatest fears come to life. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubJordan HoffmanAug 10, 2022
Even on the couch, with the ability to hit pause, it reaches heights (ha!) of quintessential B-movie greatness, causing exactly the kind of discomfort that elicits verbal rebukes. Read full review
80
NMEPaul BradshawSep 3, 2022
Endlessly silly, and hampered by a lousy script, Fall somehow still manages to be almost unbearably tense – the equivalent of spending two hours watching those stomach-churning YouTube videos of mad freerunners hanging off tall buildings for fun. Read full review
80
VarietyOwen GleibermanAug 19, 2022
Fall is a technical feat of a thriller, yet it’s not without a human center. It earns your clenched gut and your white knuckles. Read full review
80
The GuardianBenjamin LeeAug 12, 2022
Fall is the rare three-drinks-in “what if?” elevator pitch that somehow survived the journey to the big screen, made with unusual precision and punch. Read full review
74
Paste MagazineLex BriscusoAug 11, 2022
For what it is, Fall is an excellent white-knuckle affair of the highest order, and it succeeds in what it sets out to do: Keep you locked in for an hour and 45 minutes with thrills, terror and suspense. Read full review
72
TheWrapRobert AbeleAug 10, 2022
This may be the first movie to apply the Chekhov’s gun rule to vultures, a portent sure to satisfy the more horror-minded ticket buyers, not to mention anyone else eager for the kind of back-to-basics survival excitement “Fall” refreshingly serves up in this dreary age of apocalyptic popcorn emptiness. Read full review
70
The Irish TimesTara BradySep 2, 2022
Dumb, fun, and definitely not for the acrophobic. See it. Then go argue plot points with people on the internet. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreAug 14, 2022
Sure, the vertiginous shots up the side of the tower are stomach-turning, but what’s really satisfying is the message that sometimes it’s better just to stay home. It’s Fall, get it? Summer is over. Read full review
70
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaAug 10, 2022
Fall doesn't break the mold, and there are a wealth of one-location thrillers that are much better than this. But when you're climbing that tower with Becky and Hunter, you can't help but follow along, nervous, but still exhilarated by the journey. Watching "Fall" on a big screen and experiencing the nerve-shredding vertigo that comes from the proceedings is the kind of pulpy fun that memorable late-summer movies are made of. Read full review
67
Original-CinKim HughesAug 11, 2022
To its credit, Fall doesn’t pretend to be a metaphor for more meaningful ruminations on life and death. It’s a female-led thriller designed to make you gasp and wince, plain and simple. You probably should see it just for the acrobatic camerawork and insane vistas. But you will hate yourself. Read full review
63
ReelViewsJames BerardinelliAug 11, 2022
Forgettable? Yes. But good enough to provide a couple hours’ diversion. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 10, 2022
Movies like “Fall” are all about the tropes (Foreshadowing, anyone?), the stunts and the editing, all in service of a formula that’s not wholly bulletproof, but close...And here, enough of that pays off that while we notice how simple it all is, you give the devils their due. It’s still damned good for what it is. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineMark HansonAug 10, 2022
Scott Mann’s film succeeds by simply committing to and steadily ratcheting up the ludicrous awesomeness of its premise. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeSep 4, 2022
While the pace falters a little – there are only so many ways you can almost fall off a tower, after all – the tension is unrelenting. Read full review
60
Rolling StoneK. Austin CollinsAug 12, 2022
Fall is a straightforward survival thriller with just enough personality to glue you to your seat. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesNoel MurrayAug 12, 2022
For the most part, Fall works because it plucks on the same raw nerve, over and over. How many times can Mann freak out the audience by cutting to a vertiginous shot of the unfolding crisis? Every time. Sometimes cinema is simple. Read full review
50
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoAug 12, 2022
Sadly, the concept only takes “Fall” so high, and the execution, including some ineffective acting, editing, and other technical choices, makes this a misfire. It doesn’t exactly crash to Earth as much as drift off into the forgettable air of film history. Read full review
50
IGNMatt DonatoAug 10, 2022
It’s an odd “rock and a hard place” production about survival of the fittest mentalities that can’t help but indulge soapy relationship dramatics amidst an otherwise dire entrapment, which will probably leave most laughing and irritated at the wrong times. Read full review
50
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanAug 10, 2022
Lots of people pay good money to endure the kinds of thrill rides that make them wish they were back on solid ground. Fall does the same thing, but with the added benefit of being entirely vicarious. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerAug 10, 2022
If you weren't afraid of heights before, then Fall will give you the fear. Welcome to vertigo hell, mainly due to the work of cinematographer MacGregor. Read full review
40
Screen RantGraeme GuttmannAug 12, 2022
With predictable twists and one grating character, the Lionsgate movie tries to do something different from others like it, but it can't quite reach the heights that its main characters aren't (and should be) afraid of. Read full review
25
ColliderMarco Vito OddoAug 10, 2022
With weak leads and shallow characters, Fall fails the audience by its inability to present human beings we can care about. Read full review
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