The Fall Guy - Review 

I had the opposite reaction to Dan. I thought the movie worked better as a rom com than an action movie. The writing might not be great, but Ryan and Emily together were delightful. For the action scenes, I just thought the car stunts were better done in John Wick 4 and even in Fast And Furious movies. But I did appreciate the end credit behind the scene video. This movie is just okay - mainly because of the 2 leads.

I just now realized that this is not a sequel to Free Guy starring Ryan Reynolds

Sad how stunt people are still somehow underappreciated in the industry so it was quite breath of fresh air to see a wonderful fun movie dedicated to the stunt people and the world that they live in. I still don't see why the Oscars should wait so long to add a "Best Stunt" category to their award show

I here your critism about the writing, but I fully enjoyed it. The two main characters I think has an amazing chemistry and charisma, and the silliness of the movie brought me back the memory of some simpler times when one could just enjoy a movie

Still incredibly bizarre that there’s no stunt category in the Academy Awards. Stunts are such a major element of filmmaking

Absolutely freaking loved this movie!! Stay during all the credits!!!!

With the rising of AI in the entertainment industry, film making movies like these will keep reminding us human really do go out of our way to make real movie magic, practical stunts and people working behind the scene all included must be appreciated.

At this point, i'm expecting every single upcoming Ryan Gosling movies to be Kenough so i can feel my own Kenergy whenever i watches his movies 😎

Teresa Palmer being in this movie was quite of a surprise too for me (sad that Dan didn't talk a little bit about her character). Her first scene with Gosling was pretty incredible and quite hilarious too, not enough people talked about how good she is as an actress. She's heavily underrated for my money

My wife and I saw fall guy Friday night. We laughed quite often and liked the chemistry between the 2 main characters. I thought it was fun and fine, and we hooked with each other in the parking lot after about a couple of lines in the movie that made us laugh the most. My wife liked it so much that she said it's on the "buy list". I hope it gets some love from the audience.

I saw this last Friday. It's carried so much by Gosling's natural charm. He's able to save so much dialogue that could have been cringy from anyone else. I like Hannah Waddingham usually but I thought she, and her terrible wig, were awful here. It's not all on her though, her character is also very poorly written. Blunt's director is underwritten as well.

This review feels like a proper analyse of the movie 🎬 so much more in depth than a simple review 🔥 love this format Dan 👏

Loved this as a date night movie to catch in theaters.... I randomly wore my KISS t shirt out as well, what a perfect coincidence! Great flick, great dialogue, great humor, great action... Just go to enjoy it and youll have a blast.

I think this movie will be a big success, it seems like a fun romp and stars the immensely likable Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt.

0:11 - Dan forgot the most important part!!! The truck was also a helicopter! That's an important feature of the show!!

This movie was surprisingly very good! The stunt work and the practical effects were top notch. Stunt actors absolutely deserve their own Oscar category!

You sounded like Egon when you mentioned the marshmallows, "That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me."

Kind of wish they made it a period film set in the 80s when stunt action movies were being made by the hundreds. Kind of like Nice Guys

0:09 - Co-Starring Jacko as Jetto! Of course I remember “The Highwayman” how do you forget a post-apocalyptic mad max ripoff featuring Flash Gordon, Diana from V, Lt. Commander Tuvok, and the Australian who got replaced in his most high profile acting job by a pink bunny rabbit wearing sunglasses and playing a drum.

This sounds like a movie that should have come from Shane Black or Drew Goddard

I adore both leads and was afraid this movie would be Netflix-level quality, like Red Notice and its ilk. Movies with top actors, high budgets, but screenplays that just seem to assemble all the pieces of what should be a good movie instead of actually good writing. Though, I give them lots of points for filming on location.

I remember the Highway man! Sam Jones and Jacko. It had a cool looking Semi truck in it.

I agree that the dialogue scenes were a bit too long and should’ve been cut short. The length was the biggest gripe for me. But one thing I didn’t think about was that a lot of the dialogue scenes I wanted to laugh at but didn’t. It was close, but not quite. I still quite enjoyed the movie.

I'm debating between The Fall Guy and The Phantom Menace for this weekend so it sounds like I'll get a fun action spectacle with bad writing either way. Phantom it is, Fall Guy will still be in theater the next week.

It's great that Ryan Gosling hasn't had a miss with comedic roles. With Crazy Stupid Love, the underrated The Nice Guys, Barbie, and now The Fall Guy, this man can literally do anything with such a perfect charisma and chemistry with the cast members 🙌

Having just seen The Fall Guy in Australia I'm thankful for this review to clarify what I was thinking because from the start something felt a little off and I couldn't quite put my finger on it. At one point I thought it was kind of heightened reality where things were supposed to feel a bit off just to the point where you realise you're watching a movie in a way. It didn't make much sense to me either when I thought it. I almost wish they'd found a way to show the stunts in the movie being done within the main movie instead of just in the credits. I don't know how that would've worked. Slight spoilers ahead. There were a lot of odd moments throughout this movie to the point I'm kind of amazed I liked it as much as I did. It did pull me out of the movie when they did the fire stunt over and over and I haven't been on a film set. They have already mentioned that the movie needs to go off without a hitch as well as the fact that they can't afford certain things so Blunt's director seems even more wasteful of both time and resources. Given how precious Sydney is about the Harbour Bridge it was amazing to see they did that for real. Though the editing was curious. I think it ultimately worked but I felt a bit cheated when the cross cutting that was clearly started in real time ended up not being so. The whole thing with Tom Ryder was very convoluted and it also meant Aaron Taylor Johnson needed to be off screen for way too much time because I needed more of him. Not sure I'll head back to the cinema but I do really want to see it again and hopefully it's home release comes with an extensive behind the scenes look at the incredible stunts.

Had a really good time with this movie. It was a lot of fun and my theater crowd was definitely feeling the vibes. Gosling and Blunt were great. The stunts were awesome. All in all, a great start to May. So, I'm expecting this one to flop super hard.

I saw this Wednesday night at the early access screening in Imax back to back with Boy Kills World and had a blast. This film knows exactly what it is and doesn't try to do anything more. The editing definitely could have been tighter, and the screenplay could have used a few tweeks. It's still a fun time at the movie non the less deapite the flaws. Great review as usual, Dan.

All of the reviews are glowing! Super pumped to see this on Tuesday.

Dan - I get what you mean when having inside knowledge of an industry. I was in Special Operations in the military and it’s obvious when films do not get consultants to ensure authenticity. My wife hates it when I point it out every time.

Dan you are being to hard on the movie. It's a popcorn movie, it really brings the charm of summer movies that we used love, pre-covid era, pre-mcu era.

Saw this last week because I live in Australia and I have the exact same thoughts- it was really good, but I think it would have benefited from a 15 minute cut (particularly focusing on those dialogue scenes).

I went with my son (16) and husband and all three of us loved it. We laughed through the whole thing. I was still giggling two days later. Went to book club and everyone there who saw it loved it too. My oldest son saw it separately and he said he and all his friends (21) loved it too.

Dan, I love that you included the clip from the trailer that wasn't movie rather then just talking about it. Thanks Dan, that is good editing on your part 👏👏👏

Happy to see that a movie that seems as if it is a love letter to the work stunt crews has amazing, practical action. It is an art that should be appreciated more, and the Academy needs to get off its butt and give the stunt community their well deserved awards.

Atomic Blonde is one of my favorite action movies (super underrated in my opinion), and I long for Leitch to return to something more serious instead of his cheesy action comedies, but I guess that's his shtick at this point. The humor in most of his movies just doesn't land for me.

Every single David Leitch movie is a 6.5/10 and looks like this one joins the fray. Overstyled, largely uninspired though clearly well done and with good cinematic intentions, making it all ultimately an airplane movie.

Went to see "The Fall Guy", today for my second time for Mother's Day and took my husband for his birthday and we both love it. I am 78 and he is 74. We laughed a lot. Saw things I didn't notice the first time and am anxious to see it again to see other things I missed.

I’ve never worked on a set, yet(🤞🏾), but the recurring thought throughout this movie about the fake movie they were shooting was “ There’s no way the budget on this film isn’t ballooning up to well over $300 Million.”

Love the cinema Lego modular in the back!

I generally agree with your assessment of the movie. It was really fun, although I'd built up my expectations to be higher than what it delivered, but the great stunt work mostly made up for any bumps elsewhere along the way. It was fun seeing it in Burbank because a lot of the jokes about working on set really landed. The joke about meal breaks got one of the biggest laughs in the whole movie, whereas I bet it didn't even register in most places outside LA.

My wife and I just saw it and were disappointed - big time! Contrived and overlong, with zero chemistry with the two main characters, along with more underdeveloped side characters, the best part was the dog, the music score, and most of all - the ending! Save your time and money, folks!

I'm a bit baffled by The Fall Guy's release strategy in Poland. It's officially releasing tomorrow, May 3rd, but it was also in theater last Sunday and yesterday (May 1st being a holiday here). Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, it was not shown.

I’ve been torn, and so was waiting for your review. Think I’ll binge Stars Wars for the May 4th weekend, and catch it next weekend along with the new planet of the apes movie 😊

Usually my tastes align with Dan, but we are split here. I loved this movie. It was so fun. And I loved the charisma and love the love plot. It was adorable and I was glad it didn't fall into the common tropes. Movie was a blast. I am not a dog person but Jean Claude was adorable and a highlight for me. The action was insane, and that it was practical stunts. This was a breath of fresh air in my opinion in our digital age.

i watched the movie and came out annoyed. Hollywood has to stop writing the over quippy dialogue. It is beyond ridiculous to have every single character speak so strangely. And for comedy to work with non comedians, we need a straight man to ground use. Everyone cannot be saying stupid lines. I wish the relationship between Emily and Ryan’s character had real substance. It didn’t feel real. I cringed every time to made him slam his BACK into that rock. He broke his fricking back lady!!!! You watched it happen and you repeatedly slammed him into a rock? The movie should have leaned into a 80s movie style. The action was fantastic, the ridiculous banter spoiled it for me. Also no one in my theater laughed at all. Calling all writers…

“If a director actually did this on set…”. Umm, yea, we know. Also, It’s A Movie. About a movie so WE Know they wouldn’t have them do a stunt over and over again.

🎶"Well I'm not the kind to kiss and tell..." 🎵 Great...that ear worm isn't going away anytime soon...

Big fan of the old show. Didn't like that they ditched him actually being a skip tracer bounty hunter and a stunt man as his day job.

I SAW THIS ON wednesday AND THIS FILM WAS WAY BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AND SHOCKED AT HOW COMPLEX THE STORY WAS COMPARED TO WHAT I WAS EXPECTING. I PERSONALLY FOUND IT hilarious.

The trailers have all been pretty bad so I'm sceptical. There's just something about the dialog and jokes that don't hit. Maybe it's better in the final product.

** Copy and pasted from my post on the Breakfast all day out of theatre reactions** - I watched this last night here. It's so boring and the movie is mid. The big action sequence with the garbage truck kept cutting to innane dialogue at the karaoke lounge and bad karoake and sapped all tension from the action sequence. The movie was paced terribly in the first hour and the two leads have no chemistry. Even the bathtub scene, they kept cutting back to bad dialogue. The beach fire scene is similiarly more repetitive charmless dialogue. Everytime the movie cut to emily talking to ryan gosling... i was comatose and felt my soul leaving my body. 4/10 * it doesnt help that I'm from Sydney and the magical teleportation between various suburbs and geography is just extreme cognitive whiplash. AND.. i know its a movie, but Australia = NO guns. The idea that they're using those assault weapons out in the public and police not being aware? Sure....

Felt the movie was a letdown. Trailer much better than the actual movie, also the trailer showed some scenes that didn’t end up being in the movie so that was strange. The movie story was more cliche than I thought. Editing was super bad with scenes being super abrupt, making the viewer’s experience not smooth. I wonder where did all the experts in Hollywood go. Mistakes in editing shows lower standards

I just watched this movie on a whim after being unimpressed by the trailers, and I really enjoyed it. Definitely exceeded my expectations. Fun, funny, great action, and clearly genuine love for stuntmen and coordinators. This is another surprise Leitch win after Bullet Train in my book.

I had the polar opposite experience, I loved the comedy and the dialogue, but felt that the action could have been more effective. Even though the stunts were mostly practical, in the movie those practical stunts seemed to disappear due to heavy CGI. That was intentional, but not to my personal taste. Another problem was the sound design. Everything was loud, without any dynamic range, which also reduced the impact of most of the action. Having said all that, I totally agree with the it`s good rating, but for totally different reasons.

1:47 that's how I felt watching the Barbie movie. The jokes went over my head.

On my second watch recently, I realized that the movie is a mash up of usual romcom and action tropes. So, action fans would find the long dialogue scenes annoying and romcom fans would find the extensive action scenes annoying, but overall everyone would have something. In theory this would be an ideal summer blockbuster for white american teens.

Now “The Highwayman” is so ripe for a parody version a’la the “Starsky & Hutch” movie. If more than 3 people remembered it

Interesting that you felt the romance was one of the weaker qualities of the film when I have seen many other reviewers remark that it’s great. Still, great review Dan and I can’t wait to see it tonight!

Your review of the movie is just about everything I thought of the trailer!

Why have the past fling with the director? Just say no to lazy lukewarm romantic plot complications...

I know it’s Dans job as a critic to be analytical but sometimes its too much. Yes you can tell some of the dialogue in the movie is off the cuff but there’s something charming and funny about how Gosling and Blunt deliver their lines. Don’t look to much into things when you see this film. It’s a great action Rom Com with alot of references to other movies that makes you smile and laugh. The Fall Guy is a 10/10 in my book.

I think the movie tried to be almost a little TOO meta at times, literally explaining the purpose of some scenes at some points. I love both blunt and gosling, but both are again above water on this. The stunts are very cool, and some of the film references are great. I agree it’s definitely a tad too long, felt like it definitely could’ve shaved maybe 20-25 mins or so

I liked it it even had some tribute to Lee majors era with some slow motion and sound effects. It was great if you are familiar with the tv show

Jody was not a supermodel and colt was not a bounty hunter

Loved this movie! The trailers were very misleading. I was totally surprised by where this movie went. Just a wonderful movie ride. So much fun. Still seeing 🦄

Dan are you covering/reviewing SHOGUN?

I thought the added layers etc detracted from what could have been a cool and simple action flick. Some of the set pieces were good and Blunt/Gosling chemistry was great.

3:32 I think I know the meta scene Dan referred to that lasted too long. But I laughed at the end of that sequence when Ryan Goslin's character said "we're getting hung up in exposition" - which made me feel it was definitely a meta joke on exposition in action movies. I'm assuming on rewatches it will get over-played and get annoying... But I'm the moment it made me smile.

HighwayMan.....YES!!!! I watched that show....kinda like Mad Max ish🇨🇦

Wow none of the writers past projects were any good. So my expectations for this movie are pretty low.

Thanks for the review Dan! Based on Leitch's past few films, your review makes sense. I'm planning to see it tomorrow.

This was average at best. Blunt needs to pick better movies. After seeing this and Oppenheimer, I would still say her best movie is Looper.

I liked it. I feel the same way about the humor. It was kind of a spaghetti against the wall situation. Stephanie Hsu is always amusing.

I’m glad you said something about kicking off the summer movie season. I’ve been waiting for a good movie to go see!

Hello Dan, great review, as usual, I must say the Fall Guy is not for me. I saw it last Friday in my local theater here in Spain but it was disappointing, I enjoyed the first half more than the rest of the movie, Blunt and Gosling are wasted talent in this movie , as you rightly mentioned. They try to make it all very funny , but , alas, it is not, at least for me. Thank you Dan. Keep up the great job.

I am buying a ticket because people coming out of the theatre are posting they really love it. It is an unapologetic popcorn blast. You are overthinking it.

I thought the action and prod values were great but against popular opininion I didn't really feel the romance. It felt a bit forced and not natural. The movie didn't really flow that well either but that was probably intentional for effect. It was a very cool movie, probably the best action/comedy I've seen since Deadpool, just the somewhat contrived romance didn't do it for me but that was not a dealbreaker

I want my Automan remake.

I have only seen the trailer, but i have to agree, the dialogue between the two leads just isn't that funny. Love the actors, but sadly this will be a pass.

Not enough about the truck, these 80s shows had cars that were characters, general lee, A-team van, and where was the famous logo on the truck and jacket

Yeah. He did not ghost her. He broke his back on the job and his natural mental healing process is self seclusion, possibly shutting down *He is Alowed to heal as he sees fit.* It was not about her. Her trying/wanting to make so, is something to talk to her terapist about. Not in anyway appropriate to punish him about in any way. Frankly that stupid sceen took me out of the movie and made me disappointed he still wanted *and* got back with her.

I loved this movie, super FUN!! Just left a sold out theater, I think there will be a lot of walk up business over the weekend 👍🏻

I agree that it was too long. It needed to shed 20 mins in order to be a more streamlined story.

accurate review! thought they could’ve used the extra time featuring the key stunt persons, especially those who took the hits and rolls for the stars.

David Leitch deserves less praise for John Wick. Seems like he hasn't made a good movie without Chad

The comedy did not click with me as much as Bullet Train did. The scenes with the couple were a little bit annoying. Action was superb and all, obviously.

I liked the banter ryan is a natural at it and worked well with Emily. Most fun I've had at the movies in a long time

As someone who knows almost nothing about movies that scene where that repeated the stunt still stood out to me

Nothing like being the guy who knows how something really works watching the "Hollywood" version of it. It really gets under the skin, doesn't it?

Thanks for the review Dean, I've been considering seeing this.

Was a studio previously sued by someone because stuff in trailer wasn't in film. And now studios are still doing it?

While the script may be problematic, the greater problem is that David Leitch is not good at balancing tone in comedy and basic storytelling mechanics. Every movie he's made since "co-directing John Wick" has been inferior to the John Wick sequels directed by Chad Stahelski. Let's run 'em down: Atomic Blonde - Very good except for having one too many twists at the end - seriously, drop any one of them and it's a better movie; having them all trips it up - and the fatal flaw of telling the story as flashbacks so there's never any tension because we know she survives. (Steven Soderbergh made the same mistake with Haywire.) Deadpool 2 - The humor too often felt forced and mean compared to the original. Drags on too long. F&F Hobbs & Shaw - More forced humor as it makes the fundamental mistake of a buddy action movie in having both be the funny guy. 48 Hours or Lethal Weapon had odd couple pairings, one wild man, one straight man; H&S had both Rock & Statham as the laughs then stopped everything dead for Ryan Reynolds & Kevin Hart cameos. Bullet Train - More tedious blathering "humor" with Brian Tyree Henry's endless nattering on about what Thomas the Tank Engine character various people represent. Who talks like this? Leitch can stage and execute action like a boss, but when it comes to telling a story or doing comedy - which is an art that comedy directors often struggle with (looking at you, John Landis) - he messes it up more than not.

Thank you. Do the trailers contain all the good jokes? Dan, you kid. In the 70s, McCloud was a cowboy detective dropped in NYC. It was a hit and ran for six years. It was part of NBC' s Mystery Movie that gave us Columbo, McMillan and Wife, and Quincy.

So cool to see the Palace Cinema LEGO set to your left! That’s one of my favorites! 😄

I love watching your reviews and seeing how we agree and disagree. I thought it was an okay action movie (great action scenes, didn't like the action plot) and a pretty good romance movie.

Just go see the movie for yourself. It was fun, and had great stunts and Ryan Gosling was great to look at throughout the movie. My husband thought it was a tad corny, be he did enjoy it. So, I never listen to "critics," I go watch instead. Most movies that I really enjoyed got torn up by the so-called critics, and they were actually good movies. They are MOVIES, you know?? If you haven't seen, "The Gray Man," with Ryan, it's a definite MUST SEE. I'm hoping for a sequel....

Interestingly, I had the exact opposite reaction... I thought it was better at the romance than it was at the action (though it did have some amazing action), and what I think worked for me most of all was the sincerity of the characters. The banter may have fallen flat at times, but the film was its best when Gosling and Blunt were being sincere and working together, and so I really felt the chemistry between the two characters. It does take a bit long to get going, but I ultimately had a blast...

i really liked this movie as a actioncomedy with some romance! gosling is just delivering at the moment! i agree though, some szenes could have been shorter, but not just the dialogue but i also felt it during the garbage truck szene.

Saw this tonight. This movie is funny, action packed, good soundtrack and cheesy as hell. Spend your $10 and enjoy the show.