Can I Get a Witness?

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Can I Get a Witness?

2024

1h 50m

Sci-Fi

Comedy

Drama

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It's the future and we've solved all the world's problems: mitigated climate change, eradicated poverty, achieved trans-species equality. There's just one catch... humans have to end life at 50 and teenage artists have to document it. It's Kiah's first day on the job.

Zachary Lee

RogerEbert.com

“Can I Get a Witness?” is undone by its need to explain itself, giving its characters the kind of dialogue that’s always meant to provide some backstory about how the world got to the way it is.

Sep 10, 2024

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Courtney Small

Exclaim!

Can I Get a Witness? displays little interest in delving into any of the meaty topics it raises.

Mar 15, 2025

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Eric Marchen

Rogers TV

Can I Get a Witness? draws on reality to render a pensive portrait.

Rated: B

Mar 14, 2025

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Anne Brodie

What She Said

Ellie awaits termination, the film avoids grim darkness the story suggests focusing on Earth’s benefits and living live on Earth without laying waste to it.... confusion, horror, sadness, the mundane things that are suddenly urgent and extraordinary.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 14, 2025

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Chris Knight

Original Cin

Can I Get a Witness?, from Ann Marie Fleming, imagines a future where, to save the planet, everyone agrees life must end at 50. It’s a thought-provoking concept, lovingly told from the perspective of two “documenters” whose job is to record those ends.

Rated: A

Mar 13, 2025

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Can I Get A Witness? is a science fiction film with life affirming ideas and several emotional high-points, instead of splashy special effects, that asks, What would you be willing to sacrifice for a better world?

Rated: 3/5

Mar 13, 2025

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Ann Marie Fleming

Director

Sandra Oh

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Cassandra Sawtell

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Reece Presley

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Keira Jang

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Joel Oulette

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Synopsis

It's the future and we've solved all the world's problems: mitigated climate change, eradicated poverty, achieved trans-species equality. There's just one catch... humans have to end life at 50 and teenage artists have to document it. It's Kiah's first day on the job.

Director: Ann Marie Fleming
Producer: Ann Marie Fleming, Ruth Vincent, Raymond Massey
Screenwriter: Ann Marie Fleming, Ann Marie Fleming
Production Co: Crescent Entertainment, Sleepy Dog Films, Mongrel Media
Genre: Sci-Fi, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Runtime: 1h 50m