The Fall (15)

For a long time, no film has satisfied me until this. I love the honesty about the men being said through metaphors. I love the acting and the actors - perfect casting! Personally, I think the film is trying to re-send a message worth repeating: When the end of everything is in sight, even a tiny hope will bring a new beginning. A film to treasure.

I think the critic missed the point of the film. I really enjoyed it. The film keeps you guessing till the end. It highlights the fragility of the mind verses the inocent imagination of a small child and how the two can combine for mutual benefit. If you understand it you will be left with a nice warm glow, however it is very sad in parts.

For those who say the story is not that great, they obviously didn't GET the movie the way it was supposed to be understood. This film is about the inner struggles of a young man told through a fantasy story he tells to a kid. It is not meant to be a "real" story but a metaphor for an inner state. This film is truly stunning both in visual style and in emotional content. It is about the power of love to heal but not in the way we expect. Watch it with an open mind and and an open heart and you ll love it

A film you can watch time and time again, it is so stunning, I loved it

Shot on many truly amazing locations, the film gives us some stunning photography and colours, all masterfully filmed and served with well chosen music. The little girl acts so spontaneously and she makes every emotion very alive and believable, but unfortunately the story is dragged out and desperately sad.

The young actress is so believable with the expressions captured in her eyes and from the slight movements of her mouth. I was mesmerised by her. The scenery is stunning and fantastical. And this was my impression from watching it in economy class on the plane!

Breathtaking. A beautiful story told in a really inspiring way. I find Lee Pace's voice one of the greatest assets of this movie. And the way the little girl is acting of course.She behaves just like a girl of her age here, unlike most other children in American films.

If you like my photography, you will love this film - the picture composition is stunning, the choice of locations is breathtaking (24 different countries - taking 4 years to film), and waiting for the right time of the day to shoot. There are brown men against blue backgrounds (stunning), scarlet expanses displayed in deserts of brilliant white sand, perspectives with good photographic lines and splashes of colour. The plot is just wow - two people, both with needs. The man telling the story in words, the girl imagining it in her mind. Yet the man will try and move the story to one of disaster because his life has come to that end, while the girl will pull it into hope even though her father is dead and she sees in him both a lover (girlie crush) and a father. The cuts between real life and fantasy show you how the girl is putting herself in the film into different characters and putting him in there also - so the story becomes a conflict between two desperate lives fighting for control of the ending. Who will win? Will the man's hopelessness destroy the hope of the girl? Or will he bow down to the girl's urging that he brings life back to his own life and saves the story from hopelessness? And what of the eucharist she gives him? Is she really saving his soul as he jokes by her refusal to let him self-destruct? This is a most stunningly perfect film.

This is the most beautiful film I've seen this year, and possibly ever. Tarsem is an extraordinary visualist and the landscapes are gorgeous. The chemistry between Roy and Alexandria is real and very touching - and I love how everything is seen through Alexandria's eyes, creating the luscious landscapes of her mind. Simply wonderful and heartbreaking.

Worth investing the time to simply sit, relax and nourish your eyes. I've seen lots of criticism of the plot (or lack of), but to me that was almost the point of this film. Improvisation, unusual narrative paths, taking in delight in small details and grand camerawork alike. It has done something so vital that so many Hollywood productions miss, I left the cinema feeling refreshed and exhilarated. But maybe that's just me?