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Sound of Falling Review (2025) — 78% Celluloid Score

Directed by Mascha Schilinski · 2025 ·

Answer Summary

Sound of Falling (2025) earns a 78% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics (95%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (59%).

Quick Verdict

Averaged from five public sources (critic, audience, Metascore, Letterboxd, IMDb). See how we calculate scores.

78%
Celluloid Score Recommended

Five-source breakdown

95% Critic Score
59% Audience
90 Metascore
★★★½☆ Letterboxd 3.9
7 IMDb /10
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Runtime
2h 35m
Cast
Hanna Heckt , Lena Urzendowsky , Laeni Geiseler , Susanne Wuest , Luise Heyer , Lea Drinda

Why this score?

  • Strong critic approval (95% positive).
  • Audience reception was lukewarm (59%).
  • Metascore signals universal acclaim (90/100).
  • Celluloid Score 78% averages all five public rating sources — our own composite, not a third-party trademark score.

Best for

  • Viewers who want a well-regarded drama pick
  • Epic-length viewers who want a big-screen experience
  • Critics' darlings — stronger with reviewers than general viewers

Not ideal for

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    Is Sound of Falling worth watching?

    Yes — Sound of Falling earns a 78% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.

    Critics Consensus

    Critics have hailed this Cannes Jury Prize winner as a formally audacious, deeply unsettling generational epic that marks Schilinski as a major new voice, even as some general viewers have found its fractured structure and bleak subject matter tougher to embrace.

    Celluloid Critics Consensus

    Critics (95%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (59%).

    What is Sound of Falling about?

    Four girls growing up decades apart — in the 1910s, 1940s, 1980s, and 2020s — share the same farmhouse in rural northern Germany, their lives quietly echoing one another across generations. Mascha Schilinski's sophomore feature weaves their stories into a single tapestry of girlhood, trauma, and inherited memory, letting the house itself hold what each era leaves behind.

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