Everything's Gone Green

R

2006

1h 35m

Comedy

List

68%

Tomatometer

40 Reviews

60%

Audience Score

5,000+ Ratings

A lovable slacker (Paulo Costanzo) becomes part of a money-laundering scheme, then finds it difficult to buy happiness with his ill-gotten gains. Meanwhile, his hippie friend discovers the joys of capitalism in an illegal way; his brother remains big on money but short on ethics; and his father loses his job but finds profit outside the system.

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Critics Consensus

Set in beautifully photographed Vancouver, Everything's Gone Green is a winsome coming-of-age tale, thanks to a deft script by Douglas Coupland.

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

A charming disappointment that retains the elements that make the writer's novels so good without ever bending them into cinematic shape.

Rated: 2/4

Jul 6, 2007

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Michael Wilmington

Chicago Tribune

Everything's Gone Green is a romantic comedy/social satire that, on a modest budget, manages to be hip, charming, funny and dressed to kill.

Rated: 3/4

May 17, 2007

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Ted Fry

Seattle Times

Too many cute anecdotes prevent it from rising above the throwaway ethos the real Generation X left behind nearly a decade ago when it abruptly got over itself.

Rated: 2.5/4

May 4, 2007

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Dorothy Woodend

The Tyee (British Columbia)

"Pretty but shallow" is often a complaint about Vancouver, and Everything's Gone Green suffers from the same problem.

Aug 23, 2017

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Bill Chambers

Film Freak Central

Coupland would need the luxury of prose to vindicate this material

Rated: 1/4

Jan 17, 2010

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Renee Schonfeld

Common Sense Media

Slacker comedy mixes marijuana and satire.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 22, 2007

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steve d

Personally I didn't find any of the characters or the story remotely interesting.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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Audience Member

You're kidding me, right? This thing gets a 60-plus? It's a piece of s**t! It doesn't follow what it promises; it uses hackneyed metaphors and really, really farfetched cultural losses in translation; and then tries to justify itself as some holistic remedy. It's crap. It's self-indulgent and leads to nowhere, and we're left pondering at the end of the film whether the main actor just pulled off an awesome con to his viewers, as he...indescribably giggles in the passenger seat. Frankly, this movie should have been left in the trunk.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

A charming indie film that meanders its way casually through the story. Nobody is in a rush here!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

it's weird to see vancouver as vancouver...subtle to the point of being a little slow, but the whole idea of scamming the bc lotto was hilarious.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

loved the soundtrack and the Vancouver film making backdrop but at the end the movie didn't quite do it for me, probably coz of the sappy acting at times...but i'd pro'lly watch it again only for amy, Jason collette and BSS playin at the back since i'm million miles aways from Toronto right now :(

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

Get rich quick schemes always fail.This movie is a good take on modern life middle class people.It's very watchable, there's nothing wrong with it but there's nothing really vital about this movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Synopsis

A lovable slacker (Paulo Costanzo) becomes part of a money-laundering scheme, then finds it difficult to buy happiness with his ill-gotten gains. Meanwhile, his hippie friend discovers the joys of capitalism in an illegal way; his brother remains big on money but short on ethics; and his father loses his job but finds profit outside the system.

Director: Paul Fox
Producer: Henrik Meyer, Chris Nanos, Elizabeth Yake
Screenwriter: Douglas Coupland
Production Co: Radke Films, True West Films
Rating: R (Some Language|Sexual Material|Drug Content)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (DVD): Jul 31, 2007
Box Office (Gross USA): $19.4K
Runtime: 1h 35m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD