'The Fall' stumbles with storytelling

From: Press-Telegram Long Beach, CA. | Date: May 8, 2008| Author: Bob Strauss | Copyright information

THE FALL

R: violence, drug use, children in peril, language.

Starring: Lee Pace, Catinca Untaru, Justine Waddell.

Director: Tarsem Singh.

Running time: 1 hr. 56 min.

Playing: Playhouse 7, Pasadena; Landmark, West Los Angeles; Broadway 4, Santa Monica; University, Irvine; the Block 30, Orange.

In a nutshell: Visually sumptuous twaddle about a suicidal hospital patient who tells a little girl surreal adventure stories that really don't add up to much.

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