Downhill (2020)

Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.

Directors:

Nat Faxon, Jim Rash

Writers:

Jesse Armstrong (screenplay by), Nat Faxon (screenplay by)

Stars:

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell, Zach Woods

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus	...	Billie
Will Ferrell	...	Pete
Zach Woods	...	Zach
Zoe Chao	...	Rosie (as Zoë Chao)
Miranda Otto	...	Charlotte
Giulio Berruti	...	Guglielmo
Julian Grey	...	Finn
Ammon Jacob Ford	...	Emerson
Kristofer Hivju	...	Michel
Alex Macqueen	...	Charlie
Kimberly Rydell	...	Bar Woman
Ruth Brauer	...	Heli Ski Employee (as Ruth Brauer-Kvan)
Nadiv Molcho	...	German Snowboarder
Ferdinand Ramml	...	Photographer
Uli Richter	...	Good-Looking Bar Guy

Storyline

Barely escaping an avalanche during a family ski vacation in the Alps, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other. Inspired by the motion picture FORCE MAJEURE by Ruben Östlund.

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Plot Keywords:

remake | snow | ski | vacation | married couple | 

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Taglines:

A Different Kind of Disaster Movie.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual material

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film was based on the 2014 Swedish film Force Majeure, which was inspired by the 1994 Seinfeld episode "The Fire" (S05 E19). In that episode George pushes a child & an old woman out of the way when a small fire breaks out at his girlfriend's son's birthday party. The episode also starred Julia Louis-Dreyfus, although her character was not involved in the storyline that Force Majeure was based on. There is a 26 year gap between the 2020 film and the episode that inspired the film it was based on.

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Quotes

Pete: Every day is all we have.

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Connections

Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: The Toons of the 2020 Oscars (2020)

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Soundtracks

Pfiffikus Polka
Written by Raimund Lohr & Stefan Kling
Courtesy of APM Music

User Reviews

Worst movie we've seen in years of Friday night dates.

Torture watching this movie. Would have walked out but my wife liked the Austrian mountain ski scenes. Nothing else about this movie was worthwhile. It struck me as a movie where the stars agreed to do it to support a family member who was trying to get into movie production but had no experience and no skill.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English German Italian Hindi

Release Date:

14 February 2020 (USA)

Also Known As:

Downhill

Filming Locations:

Vienna, Austria

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,622,018, 16 February 2020

Gross USA:

$8,287,061

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,899,195

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmhaus Films, Likely Story, Searchlight Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1