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Waydowntown

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The world of interconnected office buildings, apartment complexes and food courts (shot in all its fluorescent glory on digital video) is the backdrop for "Waydowntown," where young office workers Tom, Sandra, Randy and Curt, have all staked a month's salary on a bet to see who can stay indoors the longest. It's lunch hour on day 24 of the wager and everyone's pretty much reached their breaking point.

Critics Reviews

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Jay Carr Boston Globe The film's snags and stumblings are more than compensated for by its wryly subversive tone. Rated: 3/4 Apr 5, 2002 Full Review Andrew Sarris Observer Dilbert without the right-on satiric humor. Mar 13, 2002 Full Review John Anderson Newsday A well-put-together piece of urban satire. Jan 25, 2002 Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Aug 22, 2005 Full Review Joshua Tanzer Offoffoff A subtly brilliant satire. Rated: 3.5/4 Mar 10, 2003 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews The perfect film for those who like sick comedies that can be snide. Rated: B- Mar 7, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Glen D This movie is urban No Exit -- hell is other people, but we're all trapped in the walkway tunnels, trying to get to our crappy jobs. Prophetic! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/24/24 Full Review Audience Member Subtly witty, and thematically biting of office culture. Bravo to the filmmakers. Awesome job with $700k! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/02/23 Full Review Audience Member Quirky independent and funny hidden jem. There is a little wes anderson feel to this movie in the way its written but a little more dark and dirty. A good amount of interesting ideas and characters with there own uniqueness. Ad a tiny dash of Neapolitan dynamite and you have a somewhat aehead of its time adult quirkady. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/29/23 Full Review Audience Member Crazy, with a few laughs though. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member The premise sounds cool, but the movie falls flat. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/27/23 Full Review Audience Member Felt a bit pretentious at times, especially in the narration, but it was surprisingly very well-written. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis The world of interconnected office buildings, apartment complexes and food courts (shot in all its fluorescent glory on digital video) is the backdrop for "Waydowntown," where young office workers Tom, Sandra, Randy and Curt, have all staked a month's salary on a bet to see who can stay indoors the longest. It's lunch hour on day 24 of the wager and everyone's pretty much reached their breaking point.
Director
Gary Burns
Producer
Gary Burns, Shirley Vercruysse
Screenwriter
Gary Burns, James Martin
Distributor
Odeon Films, Lot 47 Films
Production Co
CITY-TV, Burns Films, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Odeon Films, The CFCN Production Fund, Téléfilm Canada, Canadian Television, Canada Council for the Arts [ca]
Rating
R (Some Sexuality|Language|Drug Use)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 25, 2002, Original
Release Date (DVD)
Mar 15, 2005
Box Office (Gross USA)
$111.7K
Runtime
1h 27m