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GenreAction, Comedy & Drama
RatedPG-13
Runtime2 hr 6 mins
ReleasedMay 3, 2024
StreamingSee Where to Watch
DirectorDavid Leitch
StarringRyan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson
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The Fall Guy (2024)
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| The Fall Guy's Details | |
| Genre | Action, Comedy & Drama |
| Rated | PG-13 |
| Released | 03/12/2024 (SXSW); 05/03/2024 (United States) |
| Streaming | See Where to Watch on this page. |
| Running Time | 2 hr 6 mins |
| Budget | $125–150M (reported) |
| Box Office | Updated daily from Box Office Mojo. See the numbers below. |
| Based On | The Fall Guy by Glen A. Larson |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| The Fall Guy's Interests | |
| General | Cannon rolls, fire suits, crash pads, karaoke nights, and a dog who only obeys commands in French. |
| Music | Dominic Lewis. Yungblud covers KISS, and Blake Shelton updates the old show's theme. |
| Movies | Bullet Train (2022). David Leitch, a former stunt double himself, on another wild ride. |
| Television | The Fall Guy, the 1980s series with Lee Majors as the original Colt Seavers. |
| Heroes | Every stunt performer who has ever been someone else's face on screen. |
| The Fall Guy's Crew | |
| Director | David Leitch |
| Writers | Drew Pearce |
| Producers | Kelly McCormick, David Leitch, Guymon Casady, Ryan Gosling |
| Cinematography | Jonathan Sela |
| Music | Dominic Lewis |
| Edited By | Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir |
| Production | Universal Pictures, 87North Productions, Entertainment 360 |
| Distributed By | Universal Pictures |
Ryan Gosling sobbing along to a Taylor Swift song behind the wheel is the most honest stunt in The Fall Guy. The rest is a love letter to stunt work wrapped around a mystery that barely holds together. Gosling plays Colt, a stuntman with a busted back and a broken heart, as a goofy, good-natured guy who keeps getting thrown into things. Emily Blunt is a blast as Jody, a first-time director who works out her feelings by making him redo a fire stunt again and again. Their megaphone banter is the best rom-com bit. The action is the point: the car flips, falls and fire gags look tactile, and you can feel how much the crew loves this stuff. What drags is the missing movie star plot, stretched across 126 minutes. It made $181.1 million worldwide on a reported $125M to $150M. A 7.1 because the stunts and the leads carry a flimsy whodunit. $1,424 says you play a breakup song in a parked car this month and tell yourself you’re just testing the speakers.
What works: Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt are charming together, and the stunts celebrate the people who usually go uncredited.
What doesn’t: The mystery about the missing star is thin and predictable, and the movie runs too long for such a light story.
Who it’s for: Action fans who love seeing how stunts are pulled off, and anyone who wants a rom-com with explosions.
Spoilers
Tom Ryder is hiding a deadly accident of his own, and he and Gail plan to pin it on Colt with deepfake video of Colt’s face. Colt and Jody turn the big finale stunt into a trap that catches Tom’s confession on camera, and both of them are caught.
Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling) is the go-to stunt double for movie star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson), until a stunt goes badly wrong and breaks his back. He walks away from the business and from the camera operator he was dating, Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt). Eighteen months later he is parking cars at a restaurant when producer Gail Meyer (Hannah Waddingham) calls: Jody is directing her first movie, a space epic shooting in Sydney, and she wants Colt. Except she does not, and Tom has gone missing. Gail needs him found before the whole production shuts down. David Leitch directs. One hundred twenty-six minutes, every fall on purpose.
Anyone who cries to Taylor Swift in the car. Colt understands.
| Ryan Gosling | Colt Seavers |
| Emily Blunt | Jody Moreno |
| Aaron Taylor-Johnson | Tom Ryder |
| Hannah Waddingham | Gail Meyer |
| Teresa Palmer | Iggy Starr |
| Stephanie Hsu | Alma Milan |
| Winston Duke | Dan Tucker |
| Adam Dunn | Nigel |
| Zara Michales | Venti Kushner |
| Ben Knight | Dressler |
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 18 October 2026 DataBot +40 Numbers refreshed: IMDb users 6.8 / 10 (275,916 votes) → 6.8 / 10 (275,962 votes).
- (cur | prev) 14:30, 17 October 2026 DataBot +440 Numbers refreshed: Worldwide box office $181.1M; Domestic box office $92.9M; Opening weekend $27.7M; Profit / loss (est.) -$115.7M; Rotten Tomatoes 81%; box office chart updated; Rotten Tomatoes critics 81% (377 reviews); Metacritic 73 / 100; PostTrak audience 90% positive; IMDb users 6.8 / 10 (275,916 votes); movie.guru score 7.2.
- (cur | prev) 12:00, 17 October 2026 DataBot +2,000 Profile created from Wikipedia and Box Office Mojo: cast, crew, release dates, budget, official trailer.