The strength, patience and universal need to forgive and bridge generational gaps Mr. Mortensen is aiming for have a devastating effect.

It's a bold approach, but too often "Falling" comes off just as incorrigible as its lead character.

It's beautifully done and intense with some very dramatic scenes.

Though it is an erratic film, it is compassionate to Willis and to love’s complexity, in the way that maybe only children can be.