Rotten Tomatoes says, "More visually elaborate than the fragmented story can sometimes support, The Fall walks the line between labor of love and filmmaker self

Rotten Tomatoes says, "More visually elaborate than the fragmented story can sometimes support, The Fall walks the line between labor of love and filmmaker self-indulgence." That's a pretty good description. I used to get the film on DVD via Netflix. I'm glad I saw it again before Netflix stopped that service. The film really does need to be available. It's a remarkable bit of filmmaking, a tribute to the way movies used to be made. I find its best enjoyed at that meta-level, saying "Wow, this film really is just as we're looking at it". It ends with a montage of silent-movie effects, from the "holy cow, I can't believe that stuntman just did that" era.