Downhill

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is so irritating that I don't know if I can watch an episode of Seinfeld again. I'm concerned that I will see traces of this performance in Elaine. I almost left about a third of the way into the movie, but the cinematography was excellent (the source of my two stars), and I miss living in an area with snow and skiing. Will Ferrell's affect was as flat as an envelope. I think that Will Farrell's character was intended to be that of a man struggling to show emotion and begin to put energy into his marriage. Even at the end of the movie, I can't imagine Will's character ever looking any different. There was no sign of change or grown throughout the movie. Julia's character comes off as something of a shrew, and I found her unsympathetic. I did not find the boys' roles in the movie to be of interest. They were props more than characters. This movie was terrible.

It's called DownHill for a reason. Absolutely the worst movie I have ever seen. I wish I had read a review before seeing this. Every minute is excruciatingly awkward and uncomfortable.

I thought this was a comedy. It is not. Also, it is not a drama. It's like watching a home movie with two people who don't really love, or like, each other very much. And then nothing happens. Two of my favorite comedic actors are in this bucket of boredom and that makes me sad.

As the other user review suggested, this film has already been made, it's called "Force Majeure" and it's outstanding. It's a complete ripoff of "Force Majeure" without any apoligies. "Downhill" lacks the character and emotional depth of "Force Majeure", plus it's sorely miscast in every way. If you're at all interested in "Downhill", do yourself a favor and watch "Force Majeure" instead.

I was interested in seeing this film because I love Julie Louis Dreyfus' acting and Jessie Armstrong's writing. To be fair I'm not a fan of Will Ferrell but I thought with a good leading lady, good writing and a wonderful story..how can you go wrong?? Boy did it go wrong. Boring dialogue, slow and tedious, bad acting (Will Ferrell) and no real story. It was neither a comedy or a drama. If it was intended to be both it failed on each front. The intended comedic/dramatic lines were dull and pedestrian. Although I'm not giving up on Ms. Dreyfus or Jessie Armstrong's genius, I'd recommend just skipping this one.