Review of Waydowntown (2002) by Ws W — 22 Dec 2013

The premise sounds cool, but the movie falls flat.

This review of Waydowntown (2002) was written by Ws W on 22 Dec 2013.

Waydowntown has generally received positive reviews.

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Occasionally resembling an episode of Seinfeld taken to the big screen, waydowntown shares that show's ability to mine mundane details for…

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By Troy D (178) on 11 Jun 2007

A typical gen X movie - akin to the more popular Office Space, this film plays on visuals to portray the same frustration with a dead-end job…

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By Gemma F (51) on 19 Dec 2007

To many people, the constantly-shifting, desaturated video-to-film visuals and discontinuity tricks (plus the perennially annoying musical…

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By Mike A (627) on 18 Jun 2007

A failed attempt. I wanted to love this film - I just didn't. Don McKellar is pretty great though (as usual)…

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By Alex L (798) on 22 Aug 2007

AMAZING you all must see it. One of my favorite movies…

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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…

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By Cheryl D (96) on 27 Sep 2007

I really love this movie. The characters are suitably quirky and the humour is wickedly dry…

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By Shawn W (1,705) on 20 Feb 2008

HA indeed Panschuck! I watched this last year for film class and had to analyze the shit out of it…

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By B T (41) on 04 Oct 2007

Not so nice tolook at, but a very enjoyable story that has you so wrapped up in it that you have to watch it out to the end…

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