The Fall

Name: The Fall
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Released: 2006-09-09
Duration: 119 min
Rating: 5
Cast: Aiden Lithgow, Emma Johnstone, Miguel Hernández, Stephen Hughes, Kim Uylenbroek

A little blessing in disguise.

Rating

5.0 (1)

Release Date

9/9/2006

Runtime

119 mins

Genres

Adventure Drama Fantasy

Overview

In a hospital on the outskirts of 1920s Los Angeles, an injured stuntman begins to tell a fellow patient, a little girl with a broken arm, a fantastic story about 5 mythical heroes. Thanks to his fractured state of mind and her vivid imagination, the line between fiction and reality starts to blur as the tale advances.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$30,000,000

Revenue

$3,984,390

Homepage

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How It Feels

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A stuntman recovering in a 1920s hospital spins an increasingly elaborate fantasy adventure for a young girl, blurring the boundary between his ornate fiction and the darker reality beneath it. It's a tender, visually sumptuous meditation on healing through imagination and the power of stories to transform pain.

Mood

WhimsicalMelancholicBittersweetHopefulRomantic

Themes

FriendshipArt and creationGriefRedemption

Tone

Tender

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

PainterlyStylized genrePractical effects

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Suicide and self-harmAddiction

Lee Pace

Roy Walker / Black Bandit

Catinca Untaru

Alexandria

Jeetu Verma

Indian / Orange Picker

Marcus Wesley

Otta Benga / Ice Delivery Man

Leo Bill

Charles Darwin / Orderly

Julian Bleach

Mystic / Orange Picker

Justine Waddell

Nurse Evelyn / Sister Evelyn

Kim Uylenbroek

Doctor / Alexander The Great

Aiden Lithgow

Alexander's Messenger

Ronald France

Otto

Emil Hostina

Alexandria's Father / Blue Bandit

Sean Gilder

Walt Purdy

Reviews

stormaciousd

Jun 28, 2025

The storytelling reminded me of Big Fish. The very adorable little girl reminded me of The Florida Project. Something that I can't quite put my finger on reminded me The Little Princess. I love all of those, and I love this. I cried.

The Fall2006

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