A Long Way Down
Seen it?2014 | 96 min | Comedy, Drama
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 22% on Rotten Tomatoes, a lukewarm 6.2 out of 10 from audiences and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Saltburn or After Hours, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Funny with heart.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 36 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: meant for adults.
Four lost souls—a disgraced TV presenter, a foul-mouthed teen, an isolated single mother, and a failed musician—decide to end their lives on the same night, New Year's Eve. When this disillusioned quartet of strangers meet unintentionally at the same suicide hotspot, a London high-rise with the well-earned nickname Topper's Tower, they mutually agree to call off their plans for six weeks, forming an unconventional, dysfunctional family. They become media sensations as the Topper House Four and search together for reasons to keep on living.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
22% on Rotten Tomatoes, 34 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.2 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$7 million worldwide
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 50K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Pascal Chaumeil
- Pierce BrosnanMartin Sharp
- Aaron PaulJ.J. Maguire
- Imogen PootsJess Crichton
- Toni ColletteMaureen Thompson
- Sam NeillChris Crichton
- Rosamund PikePenny Chambers
- Tuppence MiddletonKathy Miller
- Joe ColeChas Johnson
- Josef AltinMatty Thompson
- Sarah Andre WhiteShanay