The film was not well received by critics. Liam Lacey of
The Globe and Mail called it "little more than a slick erotic thriller featuring model-pretty actors, who would be right at home on a U.S. adult cable station." For the
Toronto Star, Norman Wilner wrote that "in the end, it's left to cinematographer
Gregory Middleton to redeem the picture as best he can. His formal compositions and atmospheric lighting give The Falling a big-screen sheen that obscures its movie-of-the-week turgidity." Finbarr O'Reilly of the
National Post was more positive, writing that "the film, shot in Vancouver, is veiled in shadows, and the ongoing rain, thunder and lightning often makes the sinister atmosphere feel like a bludgeon (Karis' bouffant hairdo and chunky earrings also make her look more like a middle-aged
Rosedale matron than the funky urban chick she's meant to be). Still, it works in certain scenes where the saturated colours, muted trip-hop music and slow-motion camera work merge to symbolize the labyrinthine tunnels of the mind explored by the film." ==Awards==