Natural Selection

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Natural Selection

Released Aug 26, 2016

1h 41m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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4 Reviews

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100+ Ratings

While attending a new high school, a teen's (Mason Dye) budding friendship with a fellow student (Ryan Munzert) leads to harsh consequences.

John DeFore

The Hollywood Reporter

This debut feature plays like a glum after-school special whose jealousies and painful secrets project little heat.

Dec 22, 2016

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Los Angeles Times

There's little that comes off as "natural" in "Natural Selection," a stiffly heavy-handed, drawn-out, faith-based drama about a Christ-like teen struggling to find his true path.

Aug 25, 2016

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Ayurella Horn-Muller

Film Threat

Woefully, Natural Selection is unable to deliver. From the script to production quality, it plays off as overdone and out of touch.

Rated: 2/5

May 31, 2018

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Nathanael Hood

The Young Folks

... it tries to be much more meaningful and intelligent than it is, wanting to make sweeping statements about humanity and cruelty but the end only manages to trip over its own contrived, soap opera dramatics.

Rated: 3/10

Aug 31, 2016

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Love this movie so much

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/31/23

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Audience Member

Trying to communicate a good message but overall a boring movie.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

I’m sure on paper natural selection looked interesting. It has good morals at the end and an interesting story. But the movie itself is poorly made. It’s extremely slow and boring. The script and acting are bland and the whole movie feels cheap. It’s a low budget film and it shows. The movie had some potential to be something meaningful towards the end but none of it really comes together.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

03/25/20

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Audience Member

Did anyone else notice that the kid that was shot in the opening scene was the Director? Its almost as if he's warning us. "This movie is so bad even I wanted to die after making it".

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Tries so hard to be dramatic and profound. There are no stakes, the characters are bland, and the pacing is a slow crawl. Just plain boring and visually uninteresting. Truly a movie where nothing happens.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

I really liked the plot and pace of this movie, but felt that the dialogue was a bit awkward and at times clumsy. Still, I did appreciate this movie and would consider recommending it to friends looking for a more serious plot and subject matter. It is a shame that the dialogue is as awkward as it is, as I personally think the movie may have done much better if just the dialogue alone was fixed up a bit

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/15/23

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Chad L. Scheifele

Director

Anthony Michael Hall

Mr. Stevenson

Mason Dye

Tyler Evans

Katherine McNamara

Paige Thomas

Ryan Munzert

Indrid Wardin

Amy Carlson

Laura

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Synopsis

While attending a new high school, a teen's (Mason Dye) budding friendship with a fellow student (Ryan Munzert) leads to harsh consequences.

Director: Chad L. Scheifele
Producer: Pamela Landis, Mary Jo Barthmaier, Stuart Connelly, Pam Landis
Screenwriter: Chad L. Scheifele
Distributor: ITN Distribution
Production Co: Modoc Spring
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 26, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 26, 2016
Runtime: 1h 41m