2014 · drama · comedy
Force Majeure
Directed by Ruben Östlund1h 59m2014
While holidaying in the French Alps, a Swedish family deals with acts of cowardliness as an avalanche breaks out.
Our read: Force Majeure (2014) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · comedy entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / comedy, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- measured
- cold
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How Force Majeure feels to watch.
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“You want cringe-relationship autopsy after one cowardly moment at lunch.”
Skip it tonight — You need likable leads or cannot stomach marital discomfort played for laughs.
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