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A Long way Down is a story of the change meeting of four people stood on top of a building in the business district of London all looking to end their lives by jumping.
This does not sound like a particularity nice or fun film to watch and to be fair I think you need to be in a certain area or have a certain amount of sensibilities to watch it and not just dismiss it as "oh just get over yourself". Going into the film I knew nothing about this film aside from Pierce Brosnan (of 007 fame) & Toni Collette (of The Sixth Sense, About a Boy & Little Miss Sunshine fame) were in the film - two people who for me are two of the finest working actors in small roles and knew nothing of the plot so when it came on screen as to what it was about I did not want to leave but I also wondered what I was letting myself in for.
I was not disappointed, A long way Down is one on the films that has got me back into buying DVDs and not downloading films (not that I did that before) because the film hit me so much and meant so much to me that I needed it in my life and I cannot wait for it come out on DVD (I have it pre-ordered on Amazon). It is a film that at once shows the very dark side of mental illness, panic, uncertainty and hatefulness but also a film that shows that even in the most uncommon places you can find love.
9/10
This does not sound like a particularity nice or fun film to watch and to be fair I think you need to be in a certain area or have a certain amount of sensibilities to watch it and not just dismiss it as "oh just get over yourself". Going into the film I knew nothing about this film aside from Pierce Brosnan (of 007 fame) & Toni Collette (of The Sixth Sense, About a Boy & Little Miss Sunshine fame) were in the film - two people who for me are two of the finest working actors in small roles and knew nothing of the plot so when it came on screen as to what it was about I did not want to leave but I also wondered what I was letting myself in for.
I was not disappointed, A long way Down is one on the films that has got me back into buying DVDs and not downloading films (not that I did that before) because the film hit me so much and meant so much to me that I needed it in my life and I cannot wait for it come out on DVD (I have it pre-ordered on Amazon). It is a film that at once shows the very dark side of mental illness, panic, uncertainty and hatefulness but also a film that shows that even in the most uncommon places you can find love.
9/10