Synopsis
A thriller that follows two siblings who decide to fend for themselves in the wake of a botched casino heist, and their unlikely reunion during another family's Thanksgiving celebration.
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Cast
- Eric BanaAddison
- Olivia WildeLiza
- Charlie HunnamJay
- Kate MaraHanna
- Kris KristoffersonChet
- Sissy SpacekJune
- Treat WilliamsBecker
- Patrick KertonState trooper
- Jason CavalierTravis
- Allison GrahamMandy
Recommendations
- 83
IndieWire
A bonafide family drama, proof that the noir has humanistic roots. It left me feeling thankful for persistent movie traditions. - 80
Variety
A highly satisfying Western-cum-noir in the old tradition, Deadfall is alive in ways that are all too rare among American movies. - 75
Observer
Deadfall is an above-average genre piece with a terrific cast that builds to a bloody Thanksgiving dinner shoot-out I found pretty close to unforgettable. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Tonally, Deadfall seems to be aiming somewhere between Sam Raimi's "A Simple Plan" and the brilliant Pine Barrens episode of "The Sopranos," with a classic Western showdown at its climax. But the pedestrian writing holds it back. - 63
ReelViews
Deadfall suffers most obviously from a sense of not being adequately developed. - 50
Village Voice
There are hints of a fun, trashy film beneath the surface, but that film is always subservient to the dull one Dean and Ruzowitzky were more comfortable making. - 50
Entertainment Weekly
There isn't much to the characters in this morose thriller. - 38
Slant Magazine
None of Eric Bana's mildly rousing moments clearly rise above the laborious gobbledygook that Ruzowitzky builds up through the course of the film's 94-minute duration.
