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5.2/10
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A unique, intimate portrayal of a girl grieving for the loss of her best friend, which just so happens to take place on the day the world ends.A unique, intimate portrayal of a girl grieving for the loss of her best friend, which just so happens to take place on the day the world ends.A unique, intimate portrayal of a girl grieving for the loss of her best friend, which just so happens to take place on the day the world ends.
- Awards
- 2 wins
Matthew Browne
- Billy
- (as Matthew Thomas Brown)
Jenna Marie Johnson
- Layla
- (as Jenna Johnson)
David Calvitto
- Priest
- (voice)
Madison Perry Hernandez
- Gwen
- (as Madison Stratford)
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- Writer
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- TriviaThe movie, which is dedicated to A.T. White's deceased friend and which begins with a "based on a true story" title card, is an allegory for grief. The monsters unleashed in town mirror the loss in Aubrey's life. Her reaction to them follows the 5 stages of grief. First, she ignores everything and goes through denial ("I wonder if the world still exists if I choose to ignore it"). This abruptly switches to anger (punching the wall until her hand is bloody), then bargaining ("okay Grace, you get one chance...we'll try it your way"), followed by depression (the despondent conversation in the library where she says she's incapable of happiness), and culminating in acceptance (finally seeing Edward's face in her visions; symbolically drowning the man she cheated with; writing out the "Forgive + Forget" message; letting go and floating upwards).
- GoofsThe two way radio never needs recharging and also does not require pressing a push to talk button to talk back.
- Crazy creditsOne of the rare films besides Se7en and Kiss Me Deadly where the end credits roll from top to bottom rather than the traditional bottom to top.
- ConnectionsReferences A Clockwork Orange (1971)
- SoundtracksThese Few Presidents
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It's never easy to assign stars and ratings to movies or books. In this case it is particularly difficult and this can be a good thing. Halfway through the movie I found it simply pathetic and pretentious. In the end l had a different opinion, although I do not consider it the masterpiece that many consider. It strives to be an indie film, with indie songs, indie dialogues, indie narrative, indie art direction. For me, this doesn't work very well because it turns out to be partly, a deconstructivist work, which turns out badly in architecture and can't make wonderful films either. However, it is not a film to forget, it is another movie that keeps us waiting for the next ones. Clearly a story that originates in the author's intimate life, so perhaps for this fact it captivates many people.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $15,849
- Gross worldwide
- $15,849
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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