Waydowntown

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Waydowntown

R

2002

1h 27m

Comedy

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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.

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.

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Andrew Sarris

Observer

03/13/2002

Dilbert without the right-on satiric humor.

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John Anderson

Newsday

01/25/2002

A well-put-together piece of urban satire.

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

08/22/2005

2/5

Joshua Tanzer

Offoffoff

03/10/2003

3.5/4

A subtly brilliant satire.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

03/07/2003

B-

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

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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!

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05/21/2015

Subtly witty, and thematically biting of office culture. Bravo to the filmmakers. Awesome job with $700k!

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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.

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06/22/2014

Crazy, with a few laughs though.

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Brian S

@Madmartigan 12/22/2013

The premise sounds cool, but the movie falls flat.

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08/13/2012

Felt a bit pretentious at times, especially in the narration, but it was surprisingly very well-written.

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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.

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