theplaylist.net March 21, 2021 A resilient character study of grief in all its forms.
New York Times January 27, 2022 What this debut feature from Megan Park gets right is how painfully awkward and strange the effects of trauma can often be, especially when experie...
Autostraddle February 11, 2022 There are moments of levity, times for a morbid joke and times for being so silly you forget (for a bit) that anything bad ever happened to you. Je...
The movie is low-key… a winning approach to such delicate subject matter.
What The Fallout ultimately conveys is the dynamic shape that trauma can take and how crucial it is to show compassion.
It’s a remarkable accomplishment: a film with the confidence to pose big questions, and the humility to leave them unanswered.
The Fallout is terrific, and terrifically real.
RogerEbert.com March 22, 2021 Park’s script wants to sit with someone after this experience and capture their evolution, but sometimes it seems like it wants to simply rep...
Eschews sweeping societal commentary for a tight focus on the messy ways in which individuals recover from trauma.
Newsday February 13, 2022 The filmmaker takes on a wrenching subject and shapes it into a movie that never looks away, even as it remains painstakingly focused on commu...
In a moment of levity and an attempt to mentally float through the day, Vada takes E, and channels Jaques Tati on the stairs of her high schoo...
Park has lined up a strong cast of young performers and allowed them the chance to dig deep into tough material. Ortega is particularly moving...
The one to see is the one from 1947.
It’ll be hated by cynics, loved by others.
Mashable January 29, 2022 The Fallout is not just a superb tearjerker, a profound teen dramedy, or great good-cry cinema. It’s a gift, giving us the space to...
Detroit News January 26, 2022 "The Fallout" is an honest, harrowing portrait of teenage life and anguish in the aftermath of an all-too-relatable event that too many people...
