"All things fall apart" tells the story of a college football star, who is diagnosed with cancer, putting his life, career and the well-being of his whole family at a risk.
This is, of course, a touching story. A bit too touching maybe, because it sometimes feels more like a bunch of stereotypes glued together than an actual believable lifeline. While the overall acting is good, some of the elements are super weird (like the whole both brothers love the same girl and never settle it thing). There's also the character development, that somehow is predictable, yet seems to have some blackouts when the guy on the good path gets unfaithful and bullies his brother. Nonetheless, most of the time the film feels better than my rating. Unfortunatelly there were some issues with politically very incorrect statements, that kind of ruined it for me.
All in all this is a film you can watch and will probably feel entertained by. It is, however, a film that doesn't really tell anything new and doesn't present the old elements better than the originals, thus not really being necessary. A question of personal taste, I guess.
This is, of course, a touching story. A bit too touching maybe, because it sometimes feels more like a bunch of stereotypes glued together than an actual believable lifeline. While the overall acting is good, some of the elements are super weird (like the whole both brothers love the same girl and never settle it thing). There's also the character development, that somehow is predictable, yet seems to have some blackouts when the guy on the good path gets unfaithful and bullies his brother. Nonetheless, most of the time the film feels better than my rating. Unfortunatelly there were some issues with politically very incorrect statements, that kind of ruined it for me.
All in all this is a film you can watch and will probably feel entertained by. It is, however, a film that doesn't really tell anything new and doesn't present the old elements better than the originals, thus not really being necessary. A question of personal taste, I guess.