August Falls 2017 123movies

Watch: August Falls 2017 123movies, Full Movie Online – A late night phone call wakes Anna Ellison from sleep. It’s the news every parent dreads: her 20-year-old son, August, has fallen from a high window. A powerful, haunting mystery, August Falls tells the story of one woman’s struggle to find the truth behind her son’s disturbing death. Traveling to the city where the tragic event occurred, Anna must unravel the surprising circumstances of her son’s life as she pieces together the reason for its brutal end. The police, concluding that his fatality was a suicide, offer little solace. Attempting to make sense of the loss of her only child and grappling with feelings of guilt for their estrangement, she takes up in August’s old apartment. There she meets Jonas, the building’s superintendent. Though guarded at first, Jonas is able to form a tentative bond with Anna, a shared longing for love and company in a world that feels strangely desolate. Soon Anna comes to believe that August’s demise was not the suicide the jaded police maintain. Determined to know the person her son had become and to uncover the reasons for his fall, Anna begins connecting with the people and places that had been important to him. Her investigation brings her and Jonas to the darker corners of a criminal underworld, where her own life is suddenly in jeopardy. Desperate to understand the violence that claimed her son, Anna searches for a villain. Instead she is introduced to the true nature of human cruelty, and forced to confront it on its own shadowy level..
Plot: Struggling to find the truth behind her son’s mysterious death, an estranged mother must confront her own hidden guilt.
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Many ideas, committed to none
‘August falls’ carries itself as a little bit of a mystery, a little bit of a thriller, and a little bit of a straight drama, while being both more subdued and more downtrodden than a lot of possibly comparable titles. Very importantly, those two adjectives describe most elements of the picture. There’s simmering tension throughout much of the length, and melancholic sorrow – and even a touch of suspense – but not so much as make a particular impact. There are touches in the narrative of what could be profound, meaningful interpersonal conflict, an exploration of tangled relationships between people, but these aren’t given major attention in the screenplay. We get glimmers of range and nuance in the acting, yet too little and too infrequently to be so striking as to grab our attention. ‘August falls’ isn’t bad, but it also distinctly lacks any punch that would make it an essential watch.

The narrative writing feels far too much like a large scattering of ideas was thrown at a wall, and somehow they all made the cut in the same careless disorder where they struck the plaster. A coherent story is told, but it doesn’t feel cohesive, or even complete. It’s like we got a sampling of a dozen different flavors of ice cream, but less than a spoonful of each – not enough to possibly be satisfied, or feel like we’ve gotten a real sense of what each is like. There are good ideas here, but none are teased out to an extent that seems like the true focus, or an earnest effort. On the other hand, the great and sudden friendship of Anna and Jonas seems far-fetched, and Anna’s attempts to reach out to her son feel contrived. A powerful display of grief near the very end, within the last several minutes, comes across as the most honest scene in entire feature, but it’s maybe one minute long at the most. And so it goes, from the very beginning until the end credits begin to flash on the screen – ‘August falls’ is simultaneously a lot of things, and nothing.

I like John Brian Kirby’s score, ambient themes that provide suitable complement for the mood of any given scene – though at times it seems a little too charged for the moment at hand. I do like the cast, and if any performances were to stick out, then Fairuza Balk has the most opportunities (still not very many, mind you) to exhibit her skills. In a smaller supporting part, Ashley Clements nonetheless impresses with her time on screen, not least in illustrating great poise and force of personality in a late scene opposite Balk. I think the movie is well made from a technical standpoint. But I keep getting hung up on the writing that feels much too loose and ill-defined. There was strong potential in ‘August falls,’ and I want to like it more than I do – but the whole simply does not capture the imagination, and it’s hard to get excited about for any specific reason.

This may be most worthwhile for utmost fans of someone in the cast. If you happen to come across it, it’s a modestly compelling experience; it at least keeps us watching to see where it’s going to end up. Yet even as protagonist Anna very pointedly fails to attain closure – a clear and admirable theme of the entire movie – as an audience we fail to attain emotional investment in the tale, or even anything more than a baseline level of entertainment. ‘August falls’ isn’t a bad way to spend 90 minutes, but I would suggest keeping your expectations in check before you commit to watching.

Many ideas, committed to none
‘August falls’ carries itself as a little bit of a mystery, a little bit of a thriller, and a little bit of a straight drama, while being both more subdued and more downtrodden than a lot of possibly comparable titles. Very importantly, those two adjectives describe most elements of the picture. There’s simmering tension throughout much of the length, and melancholic sorrow – and even a touch of suspense – but not so much as make a particular impact. There are touches in the narrative of what could be profound, meaningful interpersonal conflict, an exploration of tangled relationships between people, but these aren’t given major attention in the screenplay. We get glimmers of range and nuance in the acting, yet too little and too infrequently to be so striking as to grab our attention. ‘August falls’ isn’t bad, but it also distinctly lacks any punch that would make it an essential watch.

The narrative writing feels far too much like a large scattering of ideas was thrown at a wall, and somehow they all made the cut in the same careless disorder where they struck the plaster. A coherent story is told, but it doesn’t feel cohesive, or even complete. It’s like we got a sampling of a dozen different flavors of ice cream, but less than a spoonful of each – not enough to possibly be satisfied, or feel like we’ve gotten a real sense of what each is like. There are good ideas here, but none are teased out to an extent that seems like the true focus, or an earnest effort. On the other hand, the great and sudden friendship of Anna and Jonas seems far-fetched, and Anna’s attempts to reach out to her son feel contrived. A powerful display of grief near the very end, within the last several minutes, comes across as the most honest scene in entire feature, but it’s maybe one minute long at the most. And so it goes, from the very beginning until the end credits begin to flash on the screen – ‘August falls’ is simultaneously a lot of things, and nothing.

I like John Brian Kirby’s score, ambient themes that provide suitable complement for the mood of any given scene – though at times it seems a little too charged for the moment at hand. I do like the cast, and if any performances were to stick out, then Fairuza Balk has the most opportunities (still not very many, mind you) to exhibit her skills. In a smaller supporting part, Ashley Clements nonetheless impresses with her time on screen, not least in illustrating great poise and force of personality in a late scene opposite Balk. I think the movie is well made from a technical standpoint. But I keep getting hung up on the writing that feels much too loose and ill-defined. There was strong potential in ‘August falls,’ and I want to like it more than I do – but the whole simply does not capture the imagination, and it’s hard to get excited about for any specific reason.

This may be most worthwhile for utmost fans of someone in the cast. If you happen to come across it, it’s a modestly compelling experience; it at least keeps us watching to see where it’s going to end up. Yet even as protagonist Anna very pointedly fails to attain closure – a clear and admirable theme of the entire movie – as an audience we fail to attain emotional investment in the tale, or even anything more than a baseline level of entertainment. ‘August falls’ isn’t a bad way to spend 90 minutes, but I would suggest keeping your expectations in check before you commit to watching.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 38 min (98 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated N/A
Genre Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Director Sam Hancock
Writer Sam Hancock, Dan Mayer, Matthew McKay
Actors Fairuza Balk, Charles Baker, Alanna Ubach
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

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Camera Red Epic
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Cinematographic Process Redcode RAW
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