Ryan Gosling's good graces ground The Fall Guy's meta-movie shenanigans

It's about Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt) a director with her first big break, still smarting from her relationship with Colt Seavers (Ryan Gosling), the best stuntman in the biz who ghosted her after a high-wire fall went wrong.

With his focus on the behind-the-scenes planning that action sequences require, a large part of the film is an affectionate tribute to the men and women who risk their bodies for our entertainment.

10 months agoRyan Gosling decided to crash CBC reporter Eli Glasner’s live TV hit on the Barbie pink carpet in Toronto.

Along for the ride is Winston Duke, underutilized as Dan, Colt's long-time stunt co-ordinator, and the equally wasted Stephanie Hsu as Ryder's ambitious assistant.

While the action set pieces are fun and a fantastic forum for old-fashioned stunt spectacles, it's the screwball chemistry between Jody and Colt that fuels The Fall Guy's best bits.

Ironically, taking stunt performers and turning them into blue-collar super-heroes able to fight off mercenaries undercuts Leitch's plan to celebrate the real people who make movies magic.