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Falling Review: Viggo Mortensen & Lance Henriksen Deliver Career-Bests
William Healy as 15-year-old John Peterson
Etienne Kellici as 10-year-old John Peterson
Grady McKenzie as 5-year-old John Peterson
Lance Henriksen as Willis Peterson
Sverrir Gudnason as Young Willis Peterson
Laura Linney as Sarah Peterson
Ava Kozelj as 10-year-old Sarah Peterson
Carina Battrick as 5-year-old Sarah Peterson
Hannah Gross as Gwen Peterson
Terry Chen as Eric Peterson
Piers Bijvoet as Will
Written & Directed by Viggo Mortensen
Falling Review:
The subject of dementia is one so fraught with sadness and unknowingness that it’s often tackled on screen in one of two ways: Humor or Tragedy. While the former path is certainly a feasible one, as humor is a coping mechanism for sadness, it often leads to unfair or disingenuous portrayals of the very real mental issue many face as they get older, whereas the latter approach generally bashes a viewer over the head with the message to sympath
Falling review: Viggo Mortensen excels in heart-piercing drama
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The actor and director talks to Peter Travers about his newest film.Brendan Adam-Zwelling
Get ready to discover a new side to Viggo Mortensen, a three-time Oscar nominee.
The 62-year-old multi-talented actor stands out Falling, his directorial debut. The heart-piercing human drama displays all the traits that define Mortensen as an actor: strength, sensitivity and offbeat humor.
Brendan Adam-Zwelling
A scene from Falling.
Mortensen, who also wrote, scored and co-produced Falling, excels as John Peterson, a gay man coping with a homophobic father plagued by dementia. The ornery old man, Willis, is played by veteran actor Lance Henriksen, who has starred in Aliens and played a vampire leader in Near Dark. Henriksen delivers the fullest and finest performance of his career.