mraculeated The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

Marva-nova Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

robodrolet This is a great movie that really makes you think. Michael Douglas is a defense contractor who gets fired then snaps. He's a conservative type who is sick and tired of all the things that annoy most people in everyday life, but goes to extreme fighting them. From fast food joints that stop serving breakfast at 10am on the dot to convenience stores that refuse to give people change for the phone and rich jerks dressed like idiots on golf courses who think they own the world. It's darkly funny but also a great drama that makes us think about things we sometimes take for granted. Great performance by Douglas here. Duvall is also good, and I usually don't like him as an actor.

serafinogm Brilliantly played by Michael Douglas (in fact I think this is Michael's tour de force performance). D-Fens was a victim throughout, a man programmed to do the right thing but due to his victim-hood became disassociated from what was acceptable, so much so that a facsimile of right became right in any particular moment! D-Fens, like a rabid dog, and no more guilty of his illness than a dog with rabies, however despite this his illness, at least from the perspective of others, required he be put down (at least that is the pedestrian view) like a rabid animal. I on the other hand understand how D-Fens arrived at where he arrived and I view him as heroic, tragic figure!

Nadine Salakov Getting straight to the point with this review, the performances are well-acted, the acting is not the problem, it's the story. This entire movie is negative, from start to finish we see nothing but the main character falling into negative experiences one after the other. The majority of the people in this movie including minor and major characters are angry for no reason other than the humid weather playing a part, i'm sorry but hot weather is no reason to become angry, if the weather gives you a bad temper then stay at home.Michael Douglas's character was not a nice guy, it is verified during the family video scene, he was controlling and the scene where his mother explains a part of his personality also verifies him not being a very nice person, so why should we as viewers even care about this guy?! I don't know where the director was going with this movie, for a so- called deep film there is no message, if they were trying to get across that people can have mental breakdowns - then that's a pretty weak screenplay.This Flick also has a sad element of the main character constantly talking about "going home" to a place where he is not wanted. It's clear that his career, his wife and child were all he wanted and now that he lost them, he feels there is nothing left, which is not true, you have yourself and you have breath in your lungs, you still have hope, but this movie was not going in that direction.Falling Down is overrated, it's a very angry movie full of hate at every turn.

ozart2002-919-392694 Many have already commented on this film, but after reading volumes of them, I have come to one conclusion - by sorting chronologically, it is quite apparent that the basic story line seems to even more applicable now than it was nearly 25 years ago. Society has become more polarized than ever (especially over the past 8 years), and the ever-increasing daily frustrations suffered by many are reflected in the ratings - the more recent ones are overwhelmingly positive (8-10).For the record, I find the message powerful....as society becomes more and more disjointed and divisive, my fantasies continue to move beyond money, fame, and love, into dreams of getting even with the self-important assholes of the world.