Scott Mann's Fall is a Date Night movie with a few sky-high risks
For the record, I am personally super excited for the world to get to witness filmmaker Scott Mann’s Fall movie. A few months ago I posted up the its trailer and pretty much made a public plea to get an advance copy to review - forget just the screener, having the pleasure to talk to Scott about his new flick made dreams really turn into reality. So I am proud to say Date Night-approved for Fall but there are a few key items to remember if you’re going to take bae out to see this thrill ride on the big screen.
For starters, the adventure and thrills are completely there. Mann teamed up with Lionsgate to deliver a movie you can really get pumped for with a vulture you’re going to get freaked out over, a stunning cast in Grace Caroline Currey and Virginia Gardner delivering some emotions and nerve-racking scenes and a massive real-life tower setting which even from your movie seat you’re going to have a moment or two of fearing heights.
Mann managed to put together a movie initially appearing as a sky-high thriller and it actually quickly turns more into a drama with ample plots and twists. Think of the throwback Fox series ‘Empire’ which has hip-hop as its core setting but focused heavily - sometimes a bit too much - on the drama and wild storylines between characters and their arcs.
Fall gives you those thrills but slows things down to tell stories about trust, family-friendship-marriage goals being tested and a bit of everything in-between. So proud to push this forward as a Date Night movie but realize if you’re planning on this being a non-stop adrenaline rush, there is a heavy focus on slowing things down throughout to get out a bigger message than fearing about the situation the duo are in.
There’s the daughter/dad clashing, the eagerness of a bestie trying to help her friend through a depressed state and dealing with death of a loved one. So in Mann’s defense, there’s no way he could just put out a movie focused on climbing up and trying to get down without putting some true heart and emotion into it.
Where the movie feels like a jam-packed drama, Virginia low-key saves the day from those moments with her turnt up energy, hilarious commentary and Hunter character’s overall vibe. She steals the movie with her presence alone while initially feeling like actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Grace would ultimately have the entire spotlight for themselves.
The movie clocks in under two hours so you don’t have to worry about feeling swamped in your seat and what makes this a perfect Date Night flick is how many theaters it’s playing in. For example, around my parts there are three AMC theaters I frequent including a Dine-In and a reclining chairs location and they’re all set to screen Fall tomorrow (August 11).
Time might be tight and if you’re making movie plans for your weekend dating goals, Fall should at the very least be a contender. While I am a fan of also co-signing movies worth waiting out on to see at home, this is one flick deserving of the big screen appeal courtesy of those wild shots Scott and his team managed to pull off.
Date Night-Approved.
