Review of Fallen (2017) by Matt Fagerholm for RogerEbert.com — 07 Sep 2017

Fallen fuses its one good idea with countless bad ones generated not from life experience but from recycled formulas.

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This review of Fallen (2017) was written by Matt Fagerholm and published by RogerEbert.com on 07 Sep 2017.

Fallen has generally received positive reviews.

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By Brunofreire (1) on 07 Sep 2017

The Movie and the good actors are perfect I hope there is a continuation the books have a fantastic magic that surely the films have deserved…

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