Some will even find it racist because the targets of the film’s hero are African-American, Latino and Korean — with a few whites thrown in for balance. Both of these approaches represent a facile reading of the film, which is actually about a great sadness which turns into madness, and which can afflict anyone who is told, after many years of hard work, that he is unnecessary and irrelevant […]. Falling Down does a good job of representing a real feeling in our society today. It would be a shame if it is seen only on a superficial level. Roger Ebert