Elsewhere (2009)

A teen girl disappears after trying to meet men online in order to escape her small town. Apparently, only her best friend worries enough to investigate the mystery.

Director:

Nathan Hope

Writer:

Nathan Hope

Stars:

Anna Kendrick, Paul Wesley, Tania Raymonde

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anna Kendrick	...	Sarah
Paul Wesley	...	Billy
Tania Raymonde	...	Jillian
Chuck Carter	...	Jasper
Olivia Dawn York	...	Darla Tod
Jeff Daniel Phillips	...	Officer Berg (as Jeffrey Daniel Phillips)
Shannon Holt	...	Patty Melville
Kinna McInroe	...	Candy
Jon Gries	...	Mr. Tod
Dan Flannery	...	Mr. Palomino
Suzanne Lang	...	Maureen
Eduardo N. Martinez	...	Jonas (as Eddie Martinez)
Joshua Swanson	...	Chris
Holi Tavernier	...	Janet Melville
Pasquale Chase Rulli	...	Billy's Customer

Storyline

Sarah and Jillian have been best friends for so long they can't remember when their friendship started. Growing up in the small town of Goshen, Indiana the two girls couldn't be more different. Sarah is a star pupil and athlete, a 100-watt-bulb in a five-watt-town, while Jillian is star mischief-maker, a 100lbs-of-trouble in a five-pound-bag. Although both girls long to be break free of the small-town life, Jillian is the first to act, revealing to Sarah that she has been meeting men on-line with the sole purpose of finding someone who will "take her away from this place". Soon thereafter, she disappears leaving Sarah with only a journal and a cryptic video message sent from her cell-phone. Sarah soon discovers that the town would rather forget that Jillian had ever existed. Distraught, she delves into the secrets surrounding her disappearance. Aided by, Jasper, the resident computer geek who secretly adores her, the two plunge head-long into Goshen's dark secrets -- uncovering ...

---

Plot Keywords:

small town | cell phone | couch potato | first kiss | necklace | 

---

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

---

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, sexual content, violence/disturbing images, and some drug and alcohol use by teens

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 January 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Desaparecida

Filming Locations:

Goshen, Indiana, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lost Toys

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min 107 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Chuck Carter used a real, loaded, paint ball gun to shoot Paul Wesley in the leg, but the pressure was dialed down, and Paul Wesley had a fiberglass protective plate covering his leg. After shooting the scene, Chuck Carter said he had been very tempted to "accidentally" aim high and hit the unprotected part of his leg!

---

Goofs

The film is set during summer vacation, yet the texts Sarah receives throughout the movie say the month is October.

---

Quotes

Jasper: Jeez, I don't think I've gotten 500 messages my entire life!
Sarah: That's because you don't have boobs Jasper.

---

Connections

References Point Break (1991)

---

Soundtracks

"Who are you?"
Performed by Chandelle

User Reviews

At first i wanted more, but at the end i was fairly satisfied with this..

This isn't a horror flick. I wish it was, because making this kind of sloppy crime-thriller is quite pointless. But still i managed to get the best from it and be fairly satisfied when the credits started to roll, and i'm still not sure why...

The start is usual, small town, group of teenagers, best friends forever blah blah, bad parenting, a teen girl craving to escape from her small town. That part was worse than i expected it would be, i thought with few somewhat likable actors they would make better "thrillerless" intro to this movie, they didn't, it was just plain boring talk, and that's what separates this kind of trash from 'I Know What You Did Last Summer' kind of trash, better, more likable and more familiar actors with more entertaining events and dialogs. Anyway...it was what it was, after the plot turned and the investigative part of the movie started, things started to get a bit better scene by scene, and i was quite pleased at one point, but the ending and conclusion was on the other hand simply lame and quite predictable, and that's something you don't want in these kind of crime-thrillers...right? Overall, i'm still surprised by the fact that i'm rating this movie with 6/10, but it was kind of satisfying after all, 106 minutes didn't exactly go down-the-drain or anything, but if you have anything better to watch, go ahead and watch it, and keep 'Elsewhere' for some other time when you feel bored and you have nothing else to watch, then you might find it pleasing as i did.