Film Review: Pride Goeth Before ‘The Fall Guy’ with Ryan Gosling

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CHICAGO – “The Fall Guy” is one of those movies where what’s happening on the margins is so much more interesting than the main event. And the promotional campaign for it is far superior to the film itself. Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt have the romantic chemistry to fuel a high octane action comedy … but “The Fall Guy” never steps on the gas.

HollywoodChicago.com Oscarman rating: 2.5/5.0
Rating: 2.5/5.0

Gosling’s Colt Seavers is a stunt man in love with a camera operator Jody Moreno (Blunt). The film begins promising enough with a single take trip through the behind the scenes set of an unnamed action movie with Colt and Jody flirting over walkie talkies while he prepares for a big fall. However then the movie grinds to a halt after Colt breaks his back, ghosts Jody and washes up as a parking valet while trying to forget a career in the movies. He’s talked back onto set when the egotistical star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) goes missing while shooting a sci-fi western blockbuster being directed by, you guessed it, Jody.

”The Fall Guy” is in theaters beginning May 3rd. Featuring Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Hannah Waddingham, Winston Duke, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Stephanie Hsu. Written by Drew Pearce. Directed by David Leitch. Rated “PG-13”

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