Waydowntown

R

Released Jan 25, 2002

1 hr. 27 min.

Comedy

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70%

33 Reviews

Tomatometer

79%

1,000+ Ratings

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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.

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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

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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

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Crazy, with a few laughs though.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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The premise sounds cool, but the movie falls flat.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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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

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I don't have much to say (I love Don McKellar!) but this movie is a lot of fun, really interesting to watch and is just really good filmmaking! Wish there was more, but really, it's just good!

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Gary Burns

Director

Fab Filippo

Tom

Don McKellar

Brad

Marya Delver

Sandra West

Gordon Currie

Curt Schwin

Jennifer Clement

Vicki

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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

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Andrew Sarris

Observer

Dilbert without the right-on satiric humor.

Mar 13, 2002

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John Anderson

Newsday

A well-put-together piece of urban satire.

Jan 25, 2002

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Emanuel Levy

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Rated: 2/5

Aug 22, 2005

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Joshua Tanzer

Offoffoff

A subtly brilliant satire.

Rated: 3.5/4

Mar 10, 2003

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

The perfect film for those who like sick comedies that can be snide.

Rated: B-

Mar 7, 2003

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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
Executive Producer: Bryan Gliserman, Marguerite Pigott
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