Fox Searchlight’s remake of Ruben Ostlund’s acclaimed Swedish drama-comedy feature “Force Majeure,” this one offers the unexpected pairing of Will Ferrell and Julia Louis-Dreyfus in the dark comedy of how a narrow avalanche escape during a ski vacation throws a seemingly picture-perfect family into disarray as they are forced to reevaluate life, and how they truly feel about each other. It’s a ‘wait and see’ as to whether the biting humor of the original will be softened by this Hollywood take, but the hiring of Nat Faxon and Jim Rash (“The Descendants”) to direct and “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong to pen the script suggests its hard edges might remain intact.
