After believing they are about to be killed by an avalanche during a family ski vacation in Ischgl, Austria, a married couple is thrown into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate their lives and how they feel about each other.
Downhill had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 26, 2020.[7] The film was released on February 14, 2020, replacing Fox's The King's Man, which had been scheduled for that date.[8]
In the United States and Canada, Downhill was released alongside Sonic the Hedgehog, The Photograph and Fantasy Island, and was projected to gross around $4 million from 2,275 theaters in its four-day opening weekend.[9] It made $2.6 million on its first day and $5.2 million over the four days, finishing tenth.[10]
Critical response
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 37% based on 211 reviews, with an average of 5.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Fittingly named for a remake whose charms are dwarfed by its superior source material, Downhill is frequently -- and frustratingly -- less than the sum of its talented parts."[11] On Metacritic, the film holds a weighted average score of 49 out of 100, based on 39 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[12] Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "D" on an A+ to F scale, and PostTrak reported it received an average 1 out of 5 stars, with 26% of people saying they would definitely recommend it.[10]
On RogerEbert.com, Nick Allen gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, saying, "It's yet another instance in which it's hard to not think about what could have been, especially since the original did it so much better."[13]
