Sound of Falling Review (2025) — 83% Celluloid Score
Directed by Mascha Schilinski · 2025 ·
Sound of Falling (2025) earns a 83% Celluloid Score — Recommended. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.Critics (95%) were notably more enthusiastic than audiences (59%).
Calculated from 4 available inputs: Celluloid editorial rating, Metascore, Letterboxd and IMDb. Audience sentiment is shown separately and never changes the composite. See how we calculate scores.
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MUBI Where to watch
- MUBI
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Where to watch Sound of Falling by country
| Country | Streaming on |
|---|---|
| India | MUBI |
| Pakistan | MUBI |
| South Korea | TVING |
| Turkey | MUBI |
| United Kingdom | MUBI |
| United States | MUBI |
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Why this score?
- Celluloid's editorial rating is exceptional (95/100).
- Audience reception was lukewarm (59%).
- Metascore signals universal acclaim (90/100).
- Celluloid Score 83% combines 4 verified rating inputs; audience sentiment is shown separately.
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 83% Celluloid Score. Recommended — recommended by most critics and audiences.
Celluloid Verdict
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 editorial verdict
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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Critic Reviews
Sound of Falling Review: A Century-Spanning German Masterwork
★★★★½
Mascha Schilinski's Cannes Jury Prize winner braids four generations of girlhood into one haunting, formally daring German epic.
A staggering generational achievement.
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