this is a much weightier movie than it might appear at first blush. It questions what holds families together and what adulthood means in a time of indefinite self-fulfillment. It's unflinching and uncomfortable. And yes, really funny too
there are moments of great humor in "Downhill", and even fleeting pieces of solid drama, but nothing ever gels together in quite the way it should --- in the way "Force Majeure" already did
the best thing to be said about this dreary misfire is that it might send curious audiences off to see the real dramatic and darkly funny sparks generated by a calamity in the vastly superior "Force Majeure"