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Fetching Cody

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Drug dealer Art (Jay Baruchel) is panic-stricken when his prostitute girlfriend, Cody (Sarah Lind), overdoses and falls into a coma. Help comes in the unlikely form of a homeless man's grungy armchair. In addition to being a comfortable recliner, it's also a time machine. To rescue Cody from her ill-fated future, Art uses the chair to go back in time and change the past. But along the way Art discovers that saving Cody may mean sabotaging his relationship with her.

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Joe Leydon Variety 05/26/2006
Ungainly mix of gritty street-life drama, perky teen romance and seriocomic sci-fi time-tripping never jells. Go to Full Review
Susan Walker Toronto Star 05/26/2006
1.5/4
Ray's script shambles off in all directions and succeeds only in reinforcing our disbelief. Go to Full Review
Kate Taylor Globe and Mail 05/26/2006
2/4
The final third of the script feels like an afterthought in a film that cannot bring any plausibility to its gritty setting nor its characters' plight because it began with an inherently sentimental plot device. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews 05/27/2006
2/4
...certain scenes come off as surprisingly entertaining while others just seem to drag on and on. Go to Full Review
Jim Slotek Jam! Movies 05/26/2006
2/5
Fetching Cody, with its squeaky-clean leads and tidy Vancouver streets generally comes off like an ABC After School Special with a lukewarm Twilight Zone ending. Go to Full Review
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09/28/2018 Great film, give it a chance. See more 10/16/2014 Not entirely sure what I just watched. #netflixsuggested See more 08/29/2014 A surprisingly entertaining film, Fetching Cody falls apart at the hands poor writing. It is a film overly reminiscent of the movie "The Butterfly Effect," an attribute that causes any hope for originality for this film to diminish. It's only saving grace is how lovable its characters are and a decent soundtrack. See more 09/11/2013 Amazing movie that anyone interested din time travel should watch. Fun, unexpected, and thought provoking. See more 04/24/2012 well done film about how our choices create our world and the impact we have, even when we're not aware and the power of putting someone else's happiness and well being ahead of our own. Very well acted with some great subtle moments of humor. There are some inconsistencies and coincidences that are a bit tough to swallow, but they further the story so they're worth overlooking. See more 01/04/2012 This movie has a ton of flaws. It's full of bad acting. The writing is at times awful. The dialogue is even worse. But it has character. It's not necessarily a unique story...many films have featured characters who travel back in time to try and change something (Butterfly Effect, Back to the Future, Groundhog Day, Time Traveler's Wife, etc, etc). Well I actually thought more highly of it when I didn't think about just how many movies like it there were. Regardless, it's art. It's someone telling a story and someone putting it to film on a shoestring budget. Baruchel (Art) is Sarah Lind's boyfriend. Upon finding her in a coma, he begins using a magic recliner to go back in time and try to save her. It's not as easy as it seems. Whereas most of these movies rightfully show how only little change can lead to huge changes in the future, Art simply cannot find the event that he can change to save his girl. Obviously, this is just stupid. Any one of those changes would have led to drastic changes in the present. That's lazy writing. But it's half acceptable because the writers had a bigger point to make, and that was just how far Art would go to save her. Would he give up everything, including ever being in her life to save her? Well, 87 minutes in length, it won't kill you to watch and find out. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Drug dealer Art (Jay Baruchel) is panic-stricken when his prostitute girlfriend, Cody (Sarah Lind), overdoses and falls into a coma. Help comes in the unlikely form of a homeless man's grungy armchair. In addition to being a comfortable recliner, it's also a time machine. To rescue Cody from her ill-fated future, Art uses the chair to go back in time and change the past. But along the way Art discovers that saving Cody may mean sabotaging his relationship with her.
Director
David Ray
Screenwriter
David Ray
Production Co
Téléfilm Canada
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 14, 2018
Runtime
1h 27m
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