The Fall Guy: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt have fun in an explosive blockbuster

A duo of superstars for David Leitch’s new film

Barbie AND Oppenheimer consolidated the star status of Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, brilliant supporting roles in these two cinematic phenomena of 2023. Emily Blunt was nominated the 2024 Oscar for best supporting actress and Ryan Gosling to that of Best Supporting Actor. The boy of autumn it is therefore the right opportunity to find them together in a comedy that mixes action and romance. Stunts, humor and a passion full of adventures between Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling), a stuntman returning after a serious injury, and Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt), an operator turned director and at the helm of her first big budget feature film, Metal storm.

Before Jody directs Metal storm, had a mildly romantic relationship with Colt Seavers, when he was then a famous stuntman and stand-in for star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson). But seriously injured on the set of their last film together, Colt Seavers sinks into depression and vegetates, without hearing from Jody. When Metalstorm’s producer calls him to return to duty as Tom Ryder’s replacement, Colt, still in love with Jody, accepts. Except it’s not really to nickname the idiotic, unpleasant action movie star Colt is called. In fact, Tom Ryder was missing when he arrived on the set of Metal stormColt will find himself at the center of a Machiavellian plan.

Meta-stunts for a romantic blockbuster

The boy of autumn is the film adaptation of the cult series of the same name (The fallen man in French). He therefore takes up the idea of ​​a stuntman, of a bounty hunter in his free time. This adaptation can also be seen as the pretext for a sincere and committed homage to the profession of the stuntman, and David Leitch, himself a stuntman and stunt choreographer before becoming a director, slips at the opening of The boy of autumn a montage of real stunt footage, including some of his own, most notably when he voiced Matt Damon in the Jason Bourne films.

The meta aspect of the film is therefore obvious, and even flaunted. The boy of autumn it is in fact a direct, first rate film, simple in its idea and its proposal. No subtext, no ambiguity, a linear narrative without surprises to allow the sequences of explosions, falls, chases and fights to flourish without the constraints – and demands – of a complex dramaturgy.

The boy of autumn it is overall a success, because unlike High speed train, David Leitch’s previous feature film whose gesture of dramatic sophistication was too botched and the inconsistencies too visible not to cause an inevitable disconnect, is content to chronicle the love of its two main characters and David Leitch’s love for the action cinema and its stunts. We thus find several references to great films of the genre made by Colt Seavers, in particular with his colleague played by Winston Duke. It’s fun, entertaining, and constantly reminds us of its limitations The boy of autumn you give it: celebrate the behind-the-scenes of action cinema and its shadow heroes with a duo of superstars, and not try to do more.

Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt save the film from its runtime

The boy of autumn he prefers simplicity and basic ideas to dramatic and aesthetic complications, and he succeeds. But to keep it simple, he forces his unique mechanism too much: punctuating every action scene with a romantic sequence (or the opposite). With the same situational humor constantly repeated, we quickly understand the principle, to the point that the feeling of repetition increases as the story develops. Boredom therefore sets in too soon The boy of autumnand it is therefore the appearances in the form of Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt that we cling to to stay in the film.

In both the physical and comedic dimensions of his role, Ryan Gosling shines. What if he was already as awesome as Ken? Barbie, he is even more so in this role which adapts perfectly to his register of invincible handsome man, all the more fascinating as he bursts into self-irony. Emily Blunt, for her part, plays the role love interests of the partner, with enough distance and irony to avoid flattening his character.

Despite its growing sense of length, which unfortunately ends up making the film’s climax anecdotal, The boy of autumn is entertaining enough, in the narrative of the first part and above all in its very satisfying action spectacle, to succeed in the universal challenge of a game time well spent: having fun in a great sandbox adventure and seducing your squash.

The boy of autumn by David Leitch, in theaters from May 1, 2024. Above is the trailer. Find all our trailers here.

Source: Cine Serie

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