‘Downhill’
Downhill is a remake of the 2014 Swedish film Force Majeure, a comedy/drama about how a near-death experience with an avalanche fractures a family and a marriage. Writer/directors Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (who won an Oscar for writing The Descendants) cast Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the leads here; JLD, in particular, really brings it on the emotional collapse front. The way in which Ferrell’s trademark man-child confidence withers away feels authentic and lived-in, and fans of the original will chuckle when they see Kristofer Hivju’s cameo. It goes without saying that the original is superior, but that’s not to say that this one isn’t very much worth your while.