In `Downhill,` Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus hit the slopes and the skids
(CNN.com Entertainment)

`Downhill` is an unfortunate title for a film that starts out with an intriguing cast pairing (Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Will Ferrell) and premise, before going you know where. The bottom line is a plot intended to make one consider life`s big issues merely reminds us it`s too short to sit through movies as muddled as this.