Butchering its Nick Hornby based source material, the end result is an aggravating chore to sit through.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Aug 30, 2019

Aside from a gloriously entertaining performance from Imogen Poots, A Long Way Down, though entertaining at times, is somewhat misjudged and profoundly forgettable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 17, 2019

A life of its own is exactly what this slight and silly film lacks. You keep waiting for the story to dig in, but everyone just skitters over the surface. Revelations, when they are made, are lame. Characterization is willy-nilly.

| Aug 22, 2018

Surf frolic! Group hug! Bonding! Brosnan was a low-on-the-totem-pole James Bond, but we'll take that Bond over this bonding. Brosnan meanders insincerely through the material.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jun 14, 2016

I enjoyed it, and I find myself hanging onto it, but mostly because of the interesting combination of its cast members, and the way they communally grapple with hopelessness.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 2, 2015

The movie criminally wastes Sam Neill and Rosamund Pike in barely there supporting roles, and the picture has exactly two tones: grim and gooey. They do not coexist harmoniously.

| Original Score: C | Dec 2, 2014

"A Long Way Down" doesn't bother to explore its characters on any substantial level and comes close to offending in how flippant the whole thing is to the subject of suicide.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 10, 2014

A very long way down indeed.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 30, 2014

It lunges along in predictable fashion through a series of quirky contrivances that might be tasteless if they weren't so trite.

| Jul 25, 2014

Whatever the intent of the filmmakers, a story that hinges on existential despair requires at least a modicum of emotional credulity.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 25, 2014

The film struggles with a meandering story and superficial characters who do little to elicit compassion from the audience.

| Original Score: 6.2/10 | Jul 17, 2014

As British comedy sometimes will, "A Long Way Down" has an occasional attack of the cutes, but the actors' commitment keeps the movie on the plus side.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 17, 2014

Tackles the topic of life-ending despair with all the delicacy and grace of a Hallmark greeting card.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 17, 2014

Overall, the film's flaws are outweighed by its charms. Though it's not as deeply satisfying as About A Boy or High Fidelity, A Long Way Down is undeniably bubbly, heartwarming and funny.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 16, 2014

Author Nick Hornby establishes a tone of sentimental black humor, and director Pascal Chaumeil orchestrates the encounter as the formation of rag-tag band where each player gets a stirring solo number.

| Jul 11, 2014

There are moments of tenderness and honest human emotion buried in the frustrating "A Long Way Down" but one has to work far too hard and give far too much credit to the over-qualified cast to grab at them.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jul 11, 2014

[An] inane, preposterous and stupefying film ...

| Jul 10, 2014

The plot of A Long Way Down is as awkward and annoying as they come, but some really good acting by the film's four major stars almost makes this one worth seeing. Almost.

| Jul 10, 2014

Largely stripped of their inner monologues, the same characters merely seem like they're stuck in a crass sitcom.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 10, 2014

Awkward and atonal.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 10, 2014