Gordon (Richard Lumsden - Sightseers, TV's The Catherine Tate Show) is determined that he and best friend Keith (Karl Theobald - TV's 2012, Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa) will conquer Wainwright's Coast to Coast Walk from St Bees in Cumbria to Robin Hood's Bay in North Yorkshire. But when a stray conversation determines that old school friends Steve (Jeremy Swift - Jupiter Ascending, TV's Downton Abbey) and Julian (Ned Dennehy - Tyrannosaur, TV's Luther) join them on the trip, their best-laid plans reveal multiple mid-life crises.
DOWNHILL is a comedy of errors, a testament to the tragically incompatible and a blow-by-blow account of the highs and lows of decades-long friendships.
DOWNHILL was directed by James Rouse, produced by Benji Howell and written by Torben Betts.
What's the story?
Four old friends, 192 miles, what could possibly go wrong?
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Meet the boys.
"A FABULOUS GEM"
LONDON EVENING STANDARD
"A WARM HEARTED FILM, FULL OF WIT AND INSIGHT"
DAILY MAIL
"DROLL, WELL JUDGED HUMOUR"
THE MIRROR
"A TREMENDOUS NEW BRITISH COMEDY"
STEPHEN FRY
"VERY FUNNY AND POIGNANT"
EMPIRE
"AS GRITTY, EMOTIONAL AND REWARDING AS THE WALK ITSELF"
COUNTRY WALKING
"A QUIRKY FILM OF TRUE QUALITY"
BBC RADIO 5 LIVE
"VERY FUNNY FEATURE DEBUT"
SHORTLIST
"IT'S BETTER THAN WORLD'S END AND MORE TIGHTLY STRUCTURED THAN THE TRIP"
THE TIMES
"A HILARIOUS AND HEARTFELT COMING OF AGE STORY"
IRISH POST
"AN ABSOLUTE JOY"
SCREENJABBER
"A TRULY HEARTWARMING, GREAT BRITISH COMEDY"
OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST
"I LIKED IT VERY MUCH, LIKEABLE AND FUNNY"
THE GUARDIAN - PETER BRADSHAW
"WARM AND FUNNY...INCREDIBLY REAL AND GENUINE"
FEMALE FIRST
"THE FUNNIEST, MOST TOUCHING FILM YOU WILL SEE ALL YEAR"
CHOICE MAGAZINE
"DOWNHILL IS A HOME GROWN TREAT"
RADIO TIMES
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