The Fall Guy The front end of the summer 2024 movie season hit theaters and was met with resounding thuds. The opening weekend box office figures were lower than expected. The second week’s figures dropped further as it was overtaken by another entry Planet of the Apes Expanded Universe. After a few weeks, Twisters came out and swept away any vestiges of buzz that the film had left scattered in its wake. The general consensus, at least from the perspective of the studios and trade publications, was that the film was a flop. Because it’s a bummer The Fall Guy There is a blast. But there is good news.
Luckily, now that summer is winding down and these stories are playing themselves out, you have another crack at experiencing this movie with fresh eyes. It debuted in August on Peacock, the same streaming platform you probably checked out to watch the Olympics. And if your subscription is still running there, even if you signed up for a year to lock in a better deal or You’ve got other things worth looking at – Every episode of both Colombo And Homicide: Life on the Street Peacock is on, FYI — or you just forgot to cancel and have another month with an active account, please consider this: The Fall Guy A perfect couch movie for a fall Friday night.
Admittedly, that’s not what everyone involved intended when making this movie, which has the potential to be a big summer hit. Fragments appeared all over the place, but: Ryan Gosling No fresh Barbie Mania, Emily Blunt doing Emily Blunt things, a recognizable piece of nostalgia to center the whole thing, etc. It had jokes and heart and lots of fun whippass stunts — the film was directed by a former Hollywood stuntman and John Wick co-directed by David Leitch, and doubles as a love song for the entire business. It dances a highly watchable line between rom-com and nostalgic action-comedy that I’m not sure the film’s marketing conveyed prior to its release, which may be part of the problem.
I mean, it’s everything you want from a summer blockbuster. Consider:
– Ryan Gosling, at his relentlessly charming best as Colt, a wisecracking stuntman who hits a rough stretch when things go sideways for him on set and reluctantly tries to rebuild his life.
– Emily Blunt as a former camerawoman and first-time director named Jodie who has a fraught romantic history with Colt and a fair ax to grind and a bunch of fun ways to grind it.
– From Hannah Waddingham Ted Lasso As a devious Hollywood operator who backstabs people while smiling in their faces.
– a dead body and murder-related plot that twists and unwinds and reveals itself as the film develops.
— a sweet love story that plays like a cute romantic comedy between car chases and action sequences where things fly.
— Phil Collins A karaoke scene with an absolute banger from Needdrop that somehow moved me and cracked me up at the same time.
– A satisfying conclusion where the bad guys fail and the good guys succeed (spoilers, I guess, but come on).
What more could you ask for from a movie to watch on a chilly weekend when the sun goes down between 7 and 8 pm? It’s fun.
Which, again, makes his missed projections a bummer. But that’s also what makes it a perfect coach movie. I don’t mean that in an unacceptable way. Bedtime movies have value, the kind of movie you put on out of curiosity and order a pizza to eat as you finish it. There are also some classics that fall into this category. Many of them ran on TBS or TNT on weekends in the pre-streaming era. The fugitive A great sofa movie. My cousin Winnie Could be the biggest sofa movie ever. Recently, Accountant A bed has become a classic, which is now A sequel is being made Almost a decade after its first release, largely because its post-theatrical run fueled it.
The Fall Guy have the same appeal. It may take a different route to reach the same destination, but that’s exactly the kind of movie it is. My cousin Vinny with the explosion. I’m not sure I know how to give the film any higher praise than this.
(I know this probably sounds like I’m giving you the hard sell here. I am, if I’m honest. I think part of the problem is that I’m still upset. The Nice GuysAnother underappreciated Ryan Gosling movie that took the box office by storm. God, I love that movie. Like almost everyone I like to watch it. I don’t know why this keeps happening to me. And, uh, Ryan Gosling too. I’ve been thinking about it a lot — too much, some would say — and the best answers I’ve come up with are: One, people are consciously or unconsciously punishing Ryan Gosling for being funny and attractive and talented that seems a little. a personal attack against those of us who would settle for one of those three; (And two, Ryan Gosling movies with the word “guy” or “guys” in the title were cursed by a witch years ago and no one has figured out how to undo her black magic.)
The biggest takeaway here is that I truly believe you will enjoy it The Fall Guy If you give it an evening or weekend afternoon shot in the near future. It works as a feel-good action movie. It works as a date movie. It usually works, regardless of what people tried to tell you about it when it was released. You don’t have to care what those people say. You are looking for a good movie to watch in the comfort of your living room. And if you can do that by logging into a streaming service you’ve already paid for to watch the world’s greatest athletes compete against each other in hopes of winning a medallion made of the precious metal, well, that’s a little something we call value.
The Fall Guy Now on Peacock.
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