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Viggo Mortensen does it all in his directing debut Falling Writer/producer/director/scorer also stars in this graceful tale of a gay man trying to reconcile with his father Author of the article: Chris Knight Publishing date: Feb 05, 2021  •  February 9, 2021  •  1 minute read  •  Lance Henriksen and Viggo Mortensen play father and son in Falling. Photo by Mongrel Media Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content Viggo Mortensen s...

MALCOLM & MARIE: 3 STARS “Malcolm & Marie,” a two-hander starring Zendaya and John David Washington, now streaming on Netflix, is a pandemic movie. It was shot during lockdown, in one location under strict health protocols, but there’ is no mention of a virus or face masks. Instead, it crackles with anxiety, a feeling many are now all too familiar with. Washington and Zendaya are the titular couple; an up-and-coming movie director and aspiring actress. Their romantic relationship is strained when he forgets to thank her from the stage during his new film’s premier. She’s not in t...

'Falling' review: Viggo Mortensen excels in heart-piercing drama • 5 min read 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 ...

Viggo Mortensen is a terrific actor with a wealth of memorable screen work to his credit. Unfortunately, his feature directorial debut, “Falling,” does not, er, fall into that category, though it’s not for lack of trying: He also wrote, starred in, produced and scored this problematic film. It’s a grim, oddly misguided attempt to tell the story of the fractious relationship between a gay airline pilot, John (Mortensen), and his thoroughly insufferable dad, Willis (Lance Henriksen), as the obstreperous senior sinks into dementia. Set, for some reason, in 2009, the film finds upstate Ne...

Mick LaSalle February 3, 2021Updated: February 3, 2021, 7:59 pm Viggo Mortensen in “Falling.” Photo: Quiver The best thing about “Falling,” Viggo Mortensen’s debut film as a writer-director, is that every so often, and increasingly as the movie goes on, it’s borderline hilarious — by accident. It’s the story of a son in his 50s doing his best to attend to the needs of his elderly father, who is in the middle stages of dementia. Sometimes Dad doesn’t know where he is. Sometimes he can’t tell his daughter from his wife. And often he thinks that long-dead relativ...