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Natural Selection

Play trailer 1:46 Poster for Natural Selection Released Aug 26, 2016 1h 41m Mystery & Thriller Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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While attending a new high school, a teen's (Mason Dye) budding friendship with a fellow student (Ryan Munzert) leads to harsh consequences.

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Love this movie so much Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Trying to communicate a good message but overall a boring movie. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
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