Escape From Tomorrow (2013)
Average Rating: 6.8/10
Reviews Counted: 8
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 3
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The most provocative film from the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, ESCAPE FROM TOMORROW should not exist, and yet it does. Like nothing you've ever seen, Randy Moore's directorial debut is a bold and ingenious trip into the happiest place on earth. An epic battle begins when a middle-aged American husband and father of two learns that he has lost his job. Keeping the news from his nagging wife and wound-up children, he packs up the family and embarks on a full day of park hopping amid enchanted
Oct 11, 2013 Limited
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A remarkable piece of filmmaking
Top CriticTomorrow doesn't demand deeper inspection. It's an inept lark that's lucked into theatrical release due to the sanctity of its target, forgetting that actual filmmaking skill counts in the end.
Randall Moore's film feels, quite frankly, like a Disney-fied version of a David Lynch film, exposing the underbelly of an American institution without offering any sort of real critique and featuring characters too unlikeable to care about.
One wishes a few different decisions had been made, especially during post-production, but no one can deny the originality of a piece that's unlike anything else to play in Park City (or anywhere for that matter) in 2013.
Escape from Tomorrow isn't awful, but it's the kind of film that makes you wish it were better than it is.
The acting isn't perfect (which is perhaps understandable under the circumstances), and the film's dream states sometimes try too hard, but Escape From Tomorrow has an otherworldly atmosphere that both hooks and engages.
One of the most daring motion pictures I've encountered in a very, very long time. ... An emotionally walloping experience that, for all its flaws, I wouldn't have missed for the world.
The Polanski-like madness clearly stems from some of the very real frustrations that families are met with in the face of overwhelming corporate homogeneity.
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While the story seems to go all over the place, the general idea stuck with me: "Disney is really not what you think it is..." Looking past the writing, hammy acting, and some cheesy moments, how this movie even exists still surprises me, and it's what made the experience for me. The neo-noir, black & white, guerrilla styled cinematography is outstanding, especially with such a low budget. The risks the filmmakers took to produce this thing, within the Disney theme parks, is both daring and inspirational...in its own rebellious sort of way. If that's not worth a price of admission, I don't know what is.