Film Review | Downhill (2020)
Wow, if thereâs a Curb Your Enthusiasm for deep romantic trauma instead of quirky social trauma, this is it. This cast is A+++; Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Will Ferrell are the perfect toe-to-toe sides of the married couple coin to make this script work. The venom, the pathos, the seriousness, the parental energy... theyâre the full package! Julia as Billie is pitch perfect though, her resistance to being gaslit after having to put up with a distant husband is applause-worthy.
The humor is few and far between, but there are some truly hilarious moments to break up the painful emotional scenes. Not painful in a way Iâve ever seen in a movie, but just tight and tense with looks and reaction shot energy. Itâs solid and brutal.
Maybe not worth the theater watch, and definitely not a date watch - but maybe a solo late night half-drunk watch.
3.5 out of 5.












