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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 04/05/2002
3/4
The film's snags and stumblings are more than compensated for by its wryly subversive tone. Go to Full Review Andrew Sarris Observer 03/13/2002
Dilbert without the right-on satiric humor. Go to Full Review John Anderson Newsday 01/25/2002
A well-put-together piece of urban satire. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/22/2005
2/5
Joshua Tanzer Offoffoff 03/10/2003
3.5/4
A subtly brilliant satire. Go to Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews 03/07/2003
B-
The perfect film for those who like sick comedies that can be snide. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

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Glen D @RT47525305 09/24/2024 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! See more 05/21/2015 Subtly witty, and thematically biting of office culture. Bravo to the filmmakers. Awesome job with $700k! See more 02/08/2015 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. See more 06/22/2014 Crazy, with a few laughs though. See more Brian S @Madmartigan 12/22/2013 The premise sounds cool, but the movie falls flat. See more 08/13/2012 Felt a bit pretentious at times, especially in the narration, but it was surprisingly very well-written. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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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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Waydowntown

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Movie Info

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
The CFCN Production Fund, Odeon Films, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Burns Films, Canada Council for the Arts [ca], CITY-TV, Téléfilm Canada, Canadian Television
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