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  • 2002
  • R
  • Home Vision Entertainment (HVE)
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2002
  • R
  • Home Vision Entertainment (HVE)
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary 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. (Lot 47 Films)

Directed By: Gary Burns

Written By: James Martin, Patrick McLaughlin, Gary Burns

  • 2002
  • R
  • Home Vision Entertainment (HVE)
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2002
  • R
  • Home Vision Entertainment (HVE)
  • 1 h 27 m

Waydowntown

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
63
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings
5.4
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Summary 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. (Lot 47 Films)

Directed By: Gary Burns

Written By: James Martin, Patrick McLaughlin, Gary Burns

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
63
58% Positive
7 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
17% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 12 Critic Reviews
63
58% Positive
7 Reviews
25% Mixed
3 Reviews
17% Negative
2 Reviews

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88
Maybe you have to have experienced one of these anti-weather urban cocoons to appreciate the concept of the film, and the prickly people who populate it.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
75
Waydowntown may not be perfect, but it is perfectly astute in the target it selects and in the questions it raises.
By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW
75
The film will resonate with today's alienated workers, whose every brain cell and nerve ending hates the soul-crushing jobs they're told they should be grateful to have.
By Jay Carr FULL REVIEW
70
A smart, sardonic satire.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
60
The acting is similarly accomplished across the board, though it must be noted that Currie nearly walks off with the film: He's the funniest preppie seducer since Tim Matheson in "Animal House" (1978).
By Steve Simels FULL REVIEW
50
Quirky and sometimes hilarious Canadian comedy.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
30
Writer/director Gary Burns offers a suffocating experience which is too boring to be accepted as a satire, too lame to be accepted as a farce, and too infantile to be accepted as a drama.
By Phil Hall FULL REVIEW

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Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings
5.4
44% Positive
4 Ratings
33% Mixed
3 Ratings
22% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 9 User Ratings
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33% Mixed
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22% Negative
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Production Company Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Burns Film Ltd., CFCN Production Fund, CITY-TV, CTV Television Network, Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC), Odeon Films, Téléfilm Canada
Release Date Jan 25, 2002
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating R
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Awards

Canadian Comedy Awards
• 4 Nominations
Vancouver International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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