Down in the Valley Reviews

After a promising start, the movie starts losing narrative force from fifteen minutes, looking like he will not ever start, or worse, will end up being a love story of teenagers inconsequential. Following the first meeting of the father of the young protagonist with the brand new lover, the sensation varies completely. The film takes a dramatic turn as the characters show not be as flat as it seemed at the outset and felt that anything can happen.

Rory Culkin almost enhances the role of unstable and even disturbed Edward Norton. Regarding last AThis actor, I found clear resemblance to Robert Mitchum in "Cape Fear" (also reminiscent of De Niro in "Taxi Driver") including the large family threat just emptying the movie.

Although at times be confusing, "Down in the Valley" makes a good study of personalities, but too superficial, interested in defining their games deceptive appearances. Interest in history resolution manages to stay until the end. Worse, its ups and downs narrative script and multiple licenses at the end of the movie, happy ending included. In summary, independent American cinema but not much ...

Honestly, I had no idea what to expect from this flick but since I was a huge fan of Edward Norton, I was quite eager to check it out. Eventually, it was a rather typical movie illustrating how Norton’s career turned out to be. Indeed, basically, even though Edward Norton was, as usual, very good, it is a really obscure flick which was barely seen when it was released and even though there was definitely something mesmerizing about the characters involved, the whole thing was still deeply flawed. Basically, it is a really weird movie. I mean, I did like the directing and I was really caught in this tale but then, the plot didn't go anywhere... Somehow, it stopped abruptly and even after seeing this movie on DVD with 3 different endings(!), none of them was good or made much sense. Honestly, it is not often that I have seen such a half-baked flick. I mean, basically, ¾ was actually pretty good but then the last ¼ just seriously ruined the whole thing for me. To conclude, even though it is another disappointing flick starring Edward Norton, I still think it is worth a look though but don’t expect anything really amazing.

Just watched this movie and gotta say Edward Norton and Evan Rachel Wood are amazing in this movie. Nortons performance was outstanding one of his best. The movie is one of the best love stories ive seen in a long time, and the suspense is there. I recomend this to anyone who enjoys amazing acting and a great story.

A captivating urban western held up by a solid plot and four fine performances. Ed Norton hasn't been this good for a long while, it's great to see him back to his best.