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7.1/10   674 votes
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Director:
Daniel MacIvor
Writer:
Daniel MacIvor (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
9 September 2005 (Spain) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
Everybody gets a second chance.
Plot:
A day-in-the-life dark comedy concerning a group of islanders, their respective secrets, and one man's plan to kill himself quietly. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 5 nominations more
User Comments:
Underwritten more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Allodi ... Dan Jarvis
Maury Chaykin ... Mayor Brent Fisher
Paul Gross ... Buddy French
Rebecca Jenkins ... Sandra Anderson

Sandra Oh ... Carol French

Ellen Page ... Emily Anderson

Callum Keith Rennie ... Duck MacDonald

Daniel MacIvor ... Stan Lastman
Kathryn MacLellan ... Deena
Mary Ellen MacLean ... Irene
Susannah Hoffman ... Elaine Fisher

Marcella Grimaux ... Mackenzie Fisher
Caleb Langille ... Taylor
Terri Sanderson ... Reporter
Chris Saunderson ... Photographer
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Additional Details

Runtime:
99 min
Country:
Canada
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Singapore:NC-16 | Canada:14A (Ontario)
Filming Locations:
Picton, Ontario, Canada more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Paul Gross' two children Hannah and Jack Gross appear in the background of the movie. more
Quotes:
Buddy French: I like Mark Twain. You know what else he said? "Faith is believing something you know isn't true." more
Soundtrack:
Give Me The Chance To Fall more

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11 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
Underwritten, 18 April 2005
6/10
Author: budikavlan from Irving, TX

The best thing this has going for it is the mood. The quiet evocation of a small island/town is pretty much dead on, with the slightly shabby businesses, people with small-scale ambitions, and hidden strings connecting everyone and everything. There are also some excellent performances, especially Sandra Oh, Rebecca Jenkins, and Callum Keith Rennie (for once showing his awkward, charming side rather than playing another psychopath).

There's both too much and too little going on, if that's possible. The various plot threads wander around before finally getting to what turns out to be the main plot. By that time, there have been a few too many scenes of people walking around while the soundtrack music plays. Some of the characters take too long to register, as well. The one who might be the most important, Dan Jarvis (the suicidal, soon-to-be-outed video store owner), never really registers at all--he never amounts to much of anything besides vague melancholy.

I don't blame the actors, really.....the ones we don't know well enough simply haven't had enough dialogue to let us know them. Fewer subplots and a little less wistful scenery montage would have helped the through-line considerably.

Put most simply, this has too much atmosphere to be a Plot Film and too much plot to be an Atmosphere Film. Not that it would ever have a chance to happen, but I think Wilby would have worked much better as a series.

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