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- 2024
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 33 m
- 2024
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 33 m
Summary Coming off a flop album and his biggest hit’s dwindling popularity, aging rock star John Allman (Harry Connick Jr.) decides to take a break from his career to reclaim his spark. He moves to an isolated cliffside home on the idyllic Mediterranean island of Cyprus. His dream of keeping a low profile is derailed when he is routinely confron...
Directed By: Stelana Kliris
Written By: Stelana Kliris
- 2024
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 33 m
- 2024
- TV-MA
- Netflix
- 1 h 33 m
Find Me Falling
50
7.3
Summary Coming off a flop album and his biggest hit’s dwindling popularity, aging rock star John Allman (Harry Connick Jr.) decides to take a break from his career to reclaim his spark. He moves to an isolated cliffside home on the idyllic Mediterranean island of Cyprus. His dream of keeping a low profile is derailed when he is routinely confron...
Directed By: Stelana Kliris
Written By: Stelana Kliris
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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100% Mixed
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
50
0% Positive
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100% Mixed
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7 Reviews
0% Negative
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It’s quite familiar, yet impressively sweet. Kilris clearly understands the appeal of Cyprus, her home, and offers us the chance to witness flawed humans go through the intricacies of everyday life.
Kliris negotiates tonal shifts effortlessly: The jokes never undercut the drama as both dovetail neatly into each other.
The writer-director Stelana Kliris is undaunted by, though not entirely in control of, balancing her material’s at times somber, at other times blithe, notes.
By the end, “Find Me Falling” lands on uneven ground. It’s as if this lighthearted romantic comedy has its frothy bubbles burst by the sudden encroachment of dramatic interruptions and uninspired pop music and lyrics.
Find Me Falling never reaches beyond the low hanging fruit. But that turns out to be pretty sweet, if not quite as filling or challenging as you might hope.
Try as it might to tackle complex themes and serve up some steamy romance, both endeavors fall flat and will likely leave audiences underwhelmed.
By Shaina Weatherhead
FULL REVIEW
While the story of an old flame coming alight again can be a very poignant one, especially with an older age attached, there’s very little here to move us; a crippling dearth of chemistry between two likable enough leads who are forced into thin, circumstantial conflicts and overdramatic reactions that feel unearned and at times baffling.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
7.3
67% Positive
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33% Mixed
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
7.3
67% Positive
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
33% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
0% Negative
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IN A NUTSHELL:
The story is about a rock star who tries to get away from it all after a failed comeback album. He escapes to a dreamy Mediterranean island, only to discover that his new cliffside home has an unfortunate notoriety that attracts unwanted visitors and an old flame.
The film was written and directed by Stelana Kliris. I really enjoyed it!
THINGS I LIKED:
Harry Connick Jr. does a great job in this. I love that we get to hear him sing too!
We’re introduced to the talented Ali Fumiko Whitney. She has a lovely voice and some solid acting chops too.
The title takes on a new meaning only minutes into the film when we see someone walk off a cliff to commit suicide. EEK! Then, we get additional levels of meaning in Acts 2 and 3.
The movie takes place in the Mediterranean island of Cypress. We get immersed in its culture in the film. This is the first movie to be filmed in Cyprus for Netflix
We get to see some delicious-looking food in Cypress. It all looked great except for the snails. Ick.
We get to hear some lovely music.
It was refreshing to watch a rom-com that wasn’t like all the others where two people meet, initially hate each other, then fall in love, then have a crisis, then fall back in love again. I really liked that there was history already between the couple and the movie gave us layers to their relationship.
The movie illustrates how blood is thick and we need to love and support our family, especially through tough times and mistakes.
I thought the very last scene was so sweet.
THINGS I DIDN’T LIKE:
It’s hard to feel sorry for a rich celebrity at the beginning of the movie.
I’ve read reviews from people who said the movie has family values, yet one of the earlier scenes shows a woman in church talking about how she hooked up with a guy the night before.
TIPS FOR PARENTS:
Kids will be bored.
The first words we hear are profanity.
We hear a lot of Greek spoken with subtitles. We learn a Greek swear word within the first few minutes.
Cigarette smoking
Alcohol
Two unmarried girls get knocked up
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Just a solid refreshingly good movie. Good story line. Filmed in Cyprus; highlighted the beautiful scenery of the Greek islands, it's people and traditions
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