I felt "Fall" was good enough to tape and see again, every once in a while.To those of you that say they laughed all the way through it, and it would never happen, U're nuts. It happens all the time. Personally, it's been the story of "my" life.It's a fact that women know in the first minute of meeting a guy if she would jump in bed with him.Many romances are a whirlwind...of lust and passion...and sometimes weeks of euphoric passion evaporate,before our eyes...until 2 travel a divided path back into their routine lives.. Many have lusty little secrets that go untapped .Even their best friends might not know. .This is not an uncommon union.It "does" happen in big city life...I don't know how some of your viewers see it as a laughing stock.It's not.And I pity them if they've never have had such a torrid love affair. It's an old Harry Chapin song..."Taxi" .It's very very soft core Andrew Blake...It's poetic,in it's own right. I liked it...and will watch it again.
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=G=17 March 2002"Fall" tells the tale of a brief love affair between star-crossed lovers and unlikely bedfellows...a NYC cabbie (Schaeffer) and a super model (de Cadenet). Protagonist, writer, producer, and director, Schaeffer goes where few romantic writers have dared to go before as he spins his tale of impossible love from the initial casual attraction to the intensely sexual backlash of two lonely people to the reluctant search for a deeper and more profound meaning to the ultimate and necessary death of the relationship. "Fall" is a wonderful mix of reality and poetry which will maddeningly captivate realists and aggravate hopeless romantics. Kudos to Schaeffer for having the cajones to put this film out there for those few of us who delight in the real but bittersweetness of life.
Footnote: Boxing fans will get some rare glimpses of Max Kellerman doing his public access show in New York (circa 1996) before joining ESPN. -
Peach-25 May 1999I really wanted to like this film, but found it a very slow and tedious movie. I really like Schaffer's film If Lucy Fell and was hoping this was the same kind of funny romantic comedy. Fall on the other hand is a very serious romantic movie with some funny moments thrown in for good measure. I think the comedy doesn't fit and the film could have been 20 minutes shorter. No need to check this one out.
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mayanagoldeneye29 November 2004I've watched this film several times over the past 5 years. And, each time I find subtle nuances that speak to the sensibilities of life and love. Fall, embodies the peaks and valleys of love and expresses love's very definition. The viewer sees through Eric Schaeffer's eyes the choices that we make when participating in love and the consequences of our decisions. Clearly Michael (Eric's character) was aware that Sarah was married and she made it quite clear that she'd never leave her husband Phillipe. However, my goal here is not to summarize the movie, but rather discuss the alleged rape that some commenting on this site perceived. It is true that Sarah said no, on several occasions. And, when Michael obeyed Sarah and stopped, Sarah (while banging her pelvis against the refrigerator) says "DON'T STOP" and then "COME ON!". Michael effectively got into the mind of his intended lover and took hold. This film is sexy and wildly passionate. Though, I would agree with others, this film is not for everyone.
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me_the_student9 February 2012Hmmmm.... So, u r here. I saw it when i was 16 and loved it and eroticism wasn't the only reason. Watched it again a while back. This is a type of movie which doesn't get balanced reviews, either v good ones or very bad ones.... because this is an extreme movie, in its own fashion.... A movie that has an essence to have cult following.... A movie that tries not to compromise artistic credibility in favour of a neat structured format and readily digestible endings.... It has passion, ebbs and flows, it waxes and wanes, its a singsong, and it leaves lose ends, coz life is that way too, always.... The movie uses juxtaposition, placing side by side, two so incredibly different people, and draws out something of a life force out of them....
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jpardes17 August 2005I worked on the cutting of this film back in the late 90's. My only awareness of Eric Schaefer up until then was from a failed sitcom on FOX and the film If Lucy Fell, in which his key love interests are Sarah Jessica Parker and ELLE McFRIKKIN-PHIERSON!
So it wasn't a surprise to see him writing a scenario in which a seductive, poetry- writing, best-selling novelist of a cab driver picks up a fashion model and enjoys sodomy. What does surprise me is that so many people reviewing this movie seem like they are trying to get their words printed on the sleeve of the DVD release! I have never seen more extreme superlatives attributed to a less deserving filmmaker, with as many vague and obtuse explanations as a 4 year old describing seeing the circus for the first time! Maybe it would help if you Eric Schaefer schuper fans used a technique known as comparison, as in: this was the best movie in the world... since Bio-Dome! Or, Eric Schaefer is the best director in the world...compared to a moldy sock! Let's look over some quotes from some of the more adoringly positive reviews:
*"this film has THE BEST script of any movie to date." -here's an example of what I refer to as a slightly over zealous review. No need to use a comparison, because apparently there is none.
*"a powerful, majestic, romantic and ultimately profound work of art. THAT makes FALL my favorite movie of all time." -Seriously? How many movies has this person seen? 8?
"After you see this movie, DO NOT log onto IMDb and vote for it; not yet. This is a movie that grows, and grows, and grows on you, weeks and months after you see it for the first time. " -Ok. This is my favorite. Clearly this person doesn't want you to review this movie on IMDb after you see it because you will more than likely find it laughably nauseating and therefore mock their emphatic devotion to this loose piece of stool.
If you read some of the negative reviews, you'll find explanations that indicate a certain degree of insight, with explanations instead of aphorisms and critique of details instead of hyperbolic hype. Sure, you'll find people like me too, who just think the film stinks and wouldn't give up the time of day to tell you why. -
aarond2315 March 2003A good movie about a passionate, unexpected romance between the romantic taxi driver Michael and the jet-setting fashion model Sarah.
The actors do a really good job of conveying the passion of each other. I don't think this could happen in real life but it was definitely an interesting premise. -
Why did i waste my time on this pseudo-intellectual junk?
A once famous 'writer' who shuns the trappings of fame to drive a taxi and finds the time to seduce a 'model'...and attractive as she is, she's still 15 bucks too heavy to be a working model. We know he's 'sensitive' because we only see his female friends. A cabbie in NYC with no male friends? Still with me? And we KNOW this is an arty movie because of the title fonts and cards and the digital camera work that passes as 'verite' these days.
The mastermind behind this vanity piece, Eric Schaefer directs himself and his first initial 'seduction' of the model, staged like some "9 and 1/2 Weeks" out-take, is a hostile Jewish male fantasy of getting rough with a Teutonic woman and her LOVING him for it! Geez! Another word on this Eric Schaefer character: he looks like Elon Gold, prattles on like James Woods on nose candy, and the film's 'poetry' is akin to something a junior college English major would write.
So-called 'important' and 'adult' romances like this are the death knell for independent cinema. First Miramax, then Dogma 95, then this? I'll take a cheesy LIFETIME or HALLMARK movie over excrement like this any day of the week. -
bokononaoa22 September 2000I'm really, really surprised this movie's IMDB rating isn't higher, but I guess it's a love-it-or-hate-it sort of thing. Notice how the most common rating for this movie is a 10, but the second-most common is a 1? Fall is absolutely phenomenal in its passion, telling a love story so intense it's a feat to capture on film, between a supermodel and a suspiciously well-cultured cab-driver. Eric Schaeffer is truly a poet, and the poetry of his characters AND of his direction and acting make this movie just as literate and philosophical as it is sexy and risque. This movie also has a bevy of brilliant and memorable lines. As for the film's thematic foundation, watch this movie if you believe in romance, in falling in love, in rushing in headfirst and never looking back, in giving your all to one pursuit or one person or one passion... in not insisting on being so awfully safe. The movie's pretty hardcore at times. You won't find a strap-on scene in too many romantic dramadies, granted. I can see where it would offend people (or, more to the point, scare them). At the same time, I personally count it as probably my favorite romance movie, ever. After you see this movie, DO NOT log onto IMDB and vote for it; not yet. This is a movie that grows, and grows, and grows on you, weeks and months after you see it for the first time. It's sneaky that way, and the more you let that viewing experience settle into your mind, the more it has its way with you. This is one of the few movies that can surprise you AFTER you've already seen it. This is, at least, the experience of the folks *I* know who've seen it.
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There seems to be a trend - those who stumbled upon this film late night on IFC or on Showtime, as I did, seem to enjoy the film more than those who responded after the movie's initial release. Also the age demographic, those in their mid 30's - 40's seemed to relate more to the film. I fall into that category.
I love NY/NJ Indie films, they are gritty and diverse - creating that either a love hate relationship with their screenwriters/directors - think Kevin Smith or Ed Burns.
With this move I now have that love relationship with Eric Schaeffer. Which I did not have after "If Lucy Fell" (I do have the soundtrack for that movie, if anyone would like a copy). What I enjoyed about this film - the sexual tension and chemistry of the two main characters, seeing it portrayed on film, (call me crazy but no one gets naked anymore, it is refreshing - seeing realistic down and dirty sex scenes), and the passion that fuels/drives the first few weeks of a new relationship. You felt the tension and the heat. The first half an hour of the film reeled me in.
Overall, FALL is much better than many of the large budget studio films and a good portion the Indie films I have seen recently. I have grown weary of seeing the same recycled character actors and over publicized glamor stars. It was nice to see fresh faces.
Dialogue was quick, and surprisingly well written, story was predictable but overall a good adult film that brought back memories and made me fall into my husbands arms last night remembering our first turmultuous months together. -
Erich-138 March 2000Writer/director/producer/star Eric Schaeffer bears the full responsibility for this ego trip, in which he plays a taxi driver who wins the heart of a supermodel. Now, the "average-joe-romances-star" theme has been around nearly as long as Hollywood itself...but what sets this movie apart from others in the same vein (e.g., "Notting Hill") is that Schaeffer's "average joe," cabbie Michael Shivers, is the most relentlessly unappealing romantic lead I can recall ever seeing on screen. From the first minute of the film, where he's needlessly busting the chops of some hapless delivery guy, Michael is immediately unlikeable. More than anything else, Michael resembles Joe Spinell's character (another cab driver) in the B-movie "The Last Horror Film": an unpleasant loser with delusions of grandeur, fixated on a glamorous celebrity. The main difference is that Spinell was able to make you feel just a tiny bit of sympathy for his character, creepy as he was.
Schaeffer would have you believe that Michael wins her over because he's a great romantic (but his extravagant gestures are only laughable), an insightful, moving poet (but his words are over-florid, leaden chunks of purple prose), and a fantastic lover (but Schaeffer's love scenes, especially the first one, more closely resemble rape scenes). That's three strikes, Schaeffer...you're out. -
sundownlady18 April 2002After reading all the comments on this board, I'm convinced that one's enjoyment (or lack of) is dependent upon their personal experiece with FALLing.
If you fell in love as teen and think falling "in love" is just kid stuff, then don't waste your time. Your belief system in regard to love has been carved in stone and this movie will appear absolutely ridiculous.
If you've ridden the fence most of your life, you may be amused by this trendy flick. And who knows, it may even encourage you to either take that leap or scare you off the fence once and for all! :)
If you waited to FALL and did, then you will truly appreciate this well crafted, delightful, sexy, romantic, emotional button pusher. You'll know this movie and appreciate its deeply honest expression.
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floresita24 June 2005When a young man of reasonable intelligence presented a VHS copy of this to me along with the assurance it was his favorite movie of all time, I admit I expected a modicum of film integrity. Boy, was I ever wrong. Interesting that flatulence is mentioned more than once in this script, as it's a fitting metaphor for the output of Eric Schaeffer's creative genius. Both in method and in form. I am truly baffled at the mystery of how he gets work. I see he made one bad movie the year before, only to follow it up with something far worse. Pure movie evil such as this should be nipped in the bud.
I look back on the torture I endured and wonder, what was the highest peak of my displeasure? Was it the combined auditory torture of flaccid poetry set against a dizzyingly varied and wildly inappropriate soundtrack? Or was it the racy depiction of the heroine donning a strap-on and violating Eric Schaeffer in the name of love? As for the young man I mentioned before, we're no longer friendly... -
It's not that the idea of a cabbie and a supermodel falling in love is preposterous. (It happened in a George Michael video.)It's not that the supermodel can walk around with her secret lover and not be recognized or worry about the tabloids. It's mostly because the script serves the ego of the writer (who's also the actor and director)and misses the chance to be truthful. Apparently the cabbie's poetry, humor and powerful sexuality persuades the happily married supermodel to have an affair while her husband is away in Europe. It's hard to criticize the poetry since the poet recites it as rushed voiceover without once breaking from the inflection-free monotone. He does not read it as if he's the author; it's as if he has no relationship to the sentiment that the words are supposed to express. Oh and just so we know..the supermodel is really brainy! This is so we can see that the cabbie is attracted to more than just her supermodel looks. Cause he's deeper than that. And he's really good in bed..although we never see him do much other than enjoy either giving or getting forceful penetration. He teaches the supermodel that good sex is quick sex without foreplay. His two best friends are women...so we know he really likes women, right? With so very little happening in their lives, they starve for details of his exciting sex life. If only they could get some of that 45 seconds or so of kiss-and-caress-free instant copulation. The supermodel insists at the onset of their affair that she will not ever leave her husband and we understand why when we see the couple reunited in Spain. I am so kidding. The husband and wife seem to barely tolerate each other, but we do see that she gets a lot of press in Spain about the extravagant amount of roses our cabbie sends her. Thank God she's having her extramarital affair in media-free New York City! The lovers have their first fight. It turns out she can't really handle the fact that he's just a cabbie with pedestrian tastes...she wants to go to the trendy places with the trendy people and enjoy her fame and wealth without feeling shallow. He just doesn't understand her lifestyle..! But then we discover that he's not really a cabdriver...he's a successful novelist..he was on the NY Times Bestseller List! He wasn't just critically acclaimed, he was popular as well. But the life was shallow and false, so he won't publish again until he's really ready to. Ah, truly a writer's experience. They only write when the conditions are perfect since the inevitable literary splash they'll make must be taken into account and prepared for. That's the toughest part of being a writer. Dealing with the fame. Despite all of this, I think what bothers me the most is that the cabbie never gets pissed, never reacts badly to the fact that the model is married or having to go home after having sex. He stays completely giving, romantic and understanding through everything. He's amenable to everything, even staying away from our model after flying all night to get to Paris. He's so unselfish. It matters more to him that she does what she wants to do, even if that means turning her back on him to stay with her soulless husband. What a bunch of self-aggrandizing hooey. The music was interesting...but the screaming bit was pretty alarming and over-the-top for the story content. I guess we're all hoping that the failed relationship means that our noble cabbie will get cracking on his second novel...which will surely eclipse the success of his first one...and probably cure cancer as well.
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This film is truly *ART CRIME*...a waste of a money..Amanda de Cadenet was absolutely HORRIFIC...After hearing a line in the film *She is known as the most beautiful woman in the world*...I couldn't take this film seriously another minute.. The only thing I liked about the film..was the NYC scenery.. I hope this film will stay dead and buried..in the video stores that are actually CARRYING it... Don't waste your money...or..maybe..if you want PROOF that Ms. de Cadenet has chosen the wrong profession..go ahead and
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imdbnyc23 June 2008If I could give this movie 0/10, I would.
I'm fairly positive anyone giving this movie more than a 1/10 is either Eric Schaeffer or one of Eric's hundreds of email/IMDb accounts. He's the sort who would do something like that. He's oversensitive, frail, and a basket case.
The movie FALLS under the category of so laughably and horrifically atrocious, that it makes for some of the best comedy I've ever seen (laughing at you, Eric, NOT with you).
Do yourself a favor and get the back story on Eric Schaeffer the boy-man. Read his salon interview (where he nonchalantly tells the reporter that as a child he had sex with his cousin), and check out some of the stuff on gawker. It begins to explain his insecure psyche, his repressed and latent homosexuality, his sub-acute anger towards women (he tells a woman he wants to bash her skull in with a rock).
In two of his movies now a supermodel just happens to find him unbearably cute and attractive (yeah?! Really, Eric? I mean. Really?) It says that the guy's self worth is so rock-bottom that he would need a really attractive woman to validate him.
One theme in Eric's life -- fiction and actual -- is the ubiquitous insecurity about his looks (and by extension his masculinity and sexuality). He's constantly asking women if they find him attractive. Women he's just met on a first date. And he'll badger them with the question until he gets the answer he's looking for.
The tragedy of it all is that the man is almost 50. These are the kind of issues you should have ironed out -- oh, I dunno -- at least by the end of your thirties.
There is a time when I probably might have liked this movie: when I was 16 and didn't know jack about life. It's no coincidence that most of the IMDb viewers who rate this movie high are teenage girls (check out the stats).
There are some nice American Indie movies from the 90's. Kevin Smith, Edward Burns, etc. But if Eric Schaeffer is in any way associated with that group, it's completely by accident.
In short, this movie isn't about idealistic, old-school romance and tenderness. It's about a guy who believes women should woe, fight for, and court him (and it's **so** unfair that the world doesn't work that way for him). A guy who wishes society found him as attractive as a supermodel. A guy who thinks women will instantly find him attractive just because HE thinks he's a helluva nice guy (which is kind of questionable). A guy who fetishizes tortured agony in lieu of real intimacy.
Watch FALL to figure out how NOT to live your life. -
Alpenglo12 June 1999A taxi cab driver and a supermodel? Sounds like a stupid romantic comedy. But if it's titled "Fall", it can't be too funny... so it gets a view, after a recommend. Boy, did I get more than I bargained for.
Viewing 'Lolita' for the first time was a tragic experience for me. I never thought I'd see anything take me down harder. 'Fall' broke every bone in my body when it threw me down.
A taxi cab driver and a supermodel? Completely unrealistic. Yet, this film came across as VERY convincing. We know this relationship can't and won't work, but that doesn't keep two people from becoming madly in love with each other.
This film has THE BEST script of any movie to date. The performances were perfect. I felt like I was just watching two people who were truly in love.
If you can handle the steep decline of 'Fall', then you simply can't miss this one.
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shark-4325 August 2007Obviously there are people who admire this movie and that's fine - but in an almost cult-type way they also seem to lash out at the many people who also DO NOT admire it and see it as a narcissistic trainwreck - an unintentionally hilarious movie - not quite as twisted and awful as The Room because Schaeffer is a competent filmmaker, but just as filled with hokey writing, bad acting and an ego as big as the universe. Schaeffer, a short little character actor must think he's Tom Cruise or Russel Crowe they way he tries to carry himself - but he looks like if Lance Henrikson and Christopher Meloni had a baby - well, that'd be him - so with his heavy lidded smirk - he wants us to believe his obnoxious, overly confident character actor could seduce this supermodel - OK, fine. And nothing against the actress who plays the supermodel - described in the film as "the most beautiful woman in the world" - well, sorry, if you choose to write that line, you better make damn sure you cast someone who IS that beautiful. But this actress looks like a beat-up Rebecca Stamos and her range goes from dull to duller. And the fact that the true seducing element is supposed to be these tremendous love poems that he faxes to her - well, that is when we really started to laugh. THey come off like those sappy greeting cards you might find in a new age gift shop - they are truly stoner freshman beatnik poet crap - so lame, so standard and the fact that the femme fatale acts like she has just been faxed Pablo Neruda's best work is hysterically funny. So, in short, FALL is one of my favorite bad movies and in my circle of friends - who really enjoy bad movies - movies so bad that they are "good" well, FALL is right up there. And from what I understand, people I know in NY who have met the real Schaeffer say his ego fills Manhattan Island. Confidence is one thing, cluelessness is another, Michael Shiver.
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krp200328 October 2008I cried. And cried and cried. Some films simply remind you of relationships, others evoke emotional experiences (should you have any) for relationships gone south, some tease you with relationships that might have been. "Fall" incorporates all of these. First off, my primary recollection from the 3 or 4 times I've enjoyed watching "Fall" is the ending. Sarah is in Paris, exiting some chic place with Phillipe. Michael, who has flown to Paris in desperate need to re-connect with her, tracks her down (magically) and sees her exiting. He looks at her, she looks at him, she non-verbally gestures "no, don't connect with me any more"--- and he breaks down in sobs. As do I, even as I'm writing this. The longing for true love on his facethe yearning for a love than can never be fully returnedis one of the best, if not THE best, portrayal of unrequited love I have ever seen in any film. Bar none. Heart-breaking sobs. You, who berate this film for Eric Schaeffer's self-indulgence and egoism, must never have felt this type of unrequited love, and for you I feel sorry (or notI guess it's easier to be ignorant in love but wise in film criticism). For the rest of us, he struck a chord that is rarely approached in film. Forget the strap-on, dismiss the socioeconomic disconnect, don't fret over the boastfulnessthis film simply nailed that painful yearning for true love that some romantics still treasure. The dialog touches many of us as personally poignant but that "film" critics interpret as trite. I could wax eloquent about the cinematographyespecially one scene where Sarah is walking past a piece d'art depicting waves (get the metaphor, duh!) with an equivalently apt soundtrackbut the arrogant, non-romantic film critics would dismiss this as being self-indulgent. You know, sometimes we need self-indulgenceespecially when it comes to relationships! Give me those scenes that touch my heart, expand my senses, and evoke my passion. If you want to be really TOUCHED by a film, see Fall. You won't be disappointed (unless you've taken Film Criticism 101, in which case cynicism trumps romanticism).
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Balfour31 October 1998I personally found Mr. Schaeffer himself occasionally funny. Aside from that, we have this supposed "true love" thingamajig about a cab driver (or is he?) with a fetish for makeup-slathered brittly-coiffed stick figures. So, it's basically: empty poetry, fake manufactured poignancy, kinky sex (yeah right, ooh! shocking!), and we get to hear a supermodel whine about how "I don't know what I want" (boo hoo!) for an hour and a half.
I also found the main character's two girl friends incredibly hollow and grating. On one hand we have the "mother", who worries that "she's gonna break your heart", ... but only for a scene or two, 'cause she meets the lust object and all of a sudden they're sisters or something. And on the other hand we have the "feminist-representer", oh she is so rich (straight long hair done up just-so, and the ever-present I'm-a-smart-gal spectacles). The model tickles her ego, declaiming the "relevance" of her pretentious non-sequitorish little play (what a way to enter the priesthood, eh?), and now we have a thumbs-up from this quarter. All bases covered. Schaeffer's obsession is given the nod from all of womanity, then we trudge on through the rest of the film's inanity. Hey, that rhymed! Maybe I should go write direct and star in a film about my own adolescent philosophy-d'amour, and fill it with reams (no pun intended) of my airy polished-turds/love-sonnets! Holy lord, I wish my ego was worth so much money ...
I don't know *who* this movie is for. Maybe those lost forlorn souls who have finally realized they shall never ever partake of that airbrushed lovely on the cover of [insert favorite glossy surgery-fest here]. Or maybe supermodels who want to reinforce their delusions of humanity. ("Hurt me, do I not weep? Pay me in cash, do I not pout and preen and smoke cigarettes?")
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dandri6 June 200258 percent of the people rating "Fall" gave it a 1 or a 10 -- do you know how few movies actually deserve either rating? Saying Amanda De Cadanet is "butt-ugly" is a ridiculous statement by someone trying to look smart through negative hyperbole. Saying this film has "THE BEST script of any movie to date" is equally ignorant.
OK, so De Cadanet isn't the most beautiful woman in the world, but what are the odds the most beautiful woman in the world can act worth a flip and is available for an indie film? Yes, "Fall" overreaches. Yes, it could have used a less myopic editor. Parts of Schaeffer's poetry is stupid, but part of it is also beautiful. This is a flawed film, but one with ambition and a real heart that succeeds on a grander scale than it fails. It also has a world-class soundtrack -- or would, if one had ever been produced.
Give the filmmakers and the IMDB community enough respect to make thoughtful comments instead of being an automaton who can only think something is great or terrible. I'll now descend my soap box. Thank you for your consideration. :-) -
cannotlogon585 August 2005This paean to love-gone-awry is, without a doubt, the single talkiest, preachy, unintendedly hilarious movie reduced to cellulose. Presented under the guise of high-minded opinions of love, society, sacrifice, and truth, it is a self-indulgent muddle of kinky sex and dumb logic. The final scene alone bears watching, only to count how many times the "hero's" speech SHOULD have ended. There are at least three or four full-term pregnant pauses in which one expects to see the credits crawl, only to have him launch into another screed about his passion and his loss. Ugh. (Honorable mention for most endings in on ending is Lord of the Rings: Reurn of the King, which "ends" four or five time, but at least it was a great film.)
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Marker14 September 1998Jaw-droppingly egotistical, mind-numbingly insubstantial, thoroughly inept and excruciatingly dull; writer/director/star Eric Schaeffer's 92-minute love song to himself is just about as unwatchable as a movie ever gets. Schaeffer casts himself as a sensational guy and (we're often told) legendary lover; a New York City cabbie with a secret (a very trite, sappy, predictable secret) who just happens to pick up a SuperModel as a fare one day and, though no man has ever won her heart, Schaeffer has her in the palm of his slimy, little hand in no time flat. And, speaking of flat, as the SuperModel (referred to here as "the most beautiful woman in the world" ) we get the fish-faced, butt-ugly, utterly charmless and talent-free, long -standing-Euro-Joke Amanda de Cadenet in her career-killing American film debut and here we have the one thing about the film that actually clicks: These two make a perfectly matched set.
The levels on which this crock doesn't work would take more space than alloted here to enumerate. Just suffice it to say that, should you see it at your video store, put it down - back slowly away from the shelf and rent something else. ANYTHING else.
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RobWard00726 August 2005Fall just goes to show that you can make a great movie, based on a story about emotions and dialog. You don't need the big name stars, special effects, stunts, and explosions. From a male perspective, I thought the movie was very believable. The movie was somewhat similar to my own life. These people that write reviews about hating the movie and how unbelievable it was, are obviously men that have never experienced that kind of passion and love. I can tell you without hurting my ego, that men involved with that kind of love and passion, do cry and do hug their pillow. I have dated models and do write poetry to, for, and about them. The average person holds this expectation of models and actresses that is unrealistic. They are normal people just like you and me. They just happen to look better. Most are really nice and sweet. It's amusing to read the reviews that say how unreal this movie is. If you feel that way so strongly, you have no passion and are most likely a miserable person to be around. This would be why you haven't experienced the love and passion expressed in Fall's story and it's words. It was a really good movie and I would recommend it to anyone.
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evelyn-230 September 1998This is a ridiculous movie. Not one thing about it rings true. The acting is either wooden and amateurish or silly (mainly Schaeffer himself). The director/writer/star seems obsessed with portraying himself as a sex object that beautiful women cannot resist; he had the same plot in his last two movies and his failed tv series. While Woody Allen often pairs himself with women more attractive than himself by far, Allen makes it believable by being witty and smart and , thus, attractive. It is hard to find any reason why women are slain by Schaeffer's celluloid characters and suspension of reality that is required for this film snaps.
In addition, Eric Schaeffer cannot write dialogue, let alone poetry (which he attempts in his fictitious-movie wooing). The one saving grace is the cinematography. Autumn in New York looks great here.