Nothing (2003)

After a terrible day, two good friends and housemates find the outside world converted into a featureless and empty white void.

Director:

Vincenzo Natali

Writers:

Vincenzo Natali (story), Andrew Miller (story)

Stars:

David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, Gordon Pinsent

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview:
David Hewlett	...	Dave
Andrew Miller	...	Andrew
Gordon Pinsent	...	Man In Suit
Marie-Josée Croze	...	Sara
Andrew Lowery	...	Crawford
Elana Shilling	...	Little Girl
Soo Garay	...	Little Girl's Mother
Martin Roach	...	Co-worker
Angelo Tsarouchas	...	Foreman
Rick Parker	...	Mounted Police Officer
Maurice Dean Wint	...	Narrator

Storyline

After a terrible day, two good friends and housemates find the outside world converted into a featureless and empty white void.

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Plot Keywords:

imagination | virtual reality | surrealism | one word title | part animation | 

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Taglines:

What if you wished everyone - and everything - would just go away!

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Genres:

Comedy | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Three actors from this movie were in Cube (1997). They are David Hewlett, Andrew Miller, and Maurice Dean Wint.

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Goofs

When the house is under siege Dave and Andrew hide in the kitchen - Dave on the left, Andrew on the right. After everything disappears and they stand up Dave is now on the right and Andrew on the left.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator: The following is a true story. The people are actual people. Their names are their actual names. Everything has been thoroughly researched and verified.

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Crazy Credits

After the ending credits roll we see Dave, Andrew, and Stan (their pet turtle) 10 years later.

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Connections

Features Dead or Alive 3 (2001)

User Reviews

Nice "idea" movie, but don't expect too much of it

When it comes to IMDb comments for this movie we have a Matrix 3 situation - either folks love it and praise it to heaven or they venomously loathe it.

If I want to be objective I will say that this is a..well.. interesting movie. One of those "what if" movies where the creator has a weird idea and than wraps a movie around it. In "Cube" it was "What if a bunch of different people would be put in a strange cube with all sorts of traps inside it." In "Nothing" it is much simpler - "What if two guys suddenly found themselves in nothing - in a completely literal meaning of the word."

The idea is interesting and unusual and very attractive in some ways. You must be at least interested in questions like "How does this 'nothing' work, really?" or "How will they get out of it, if at all?". In other words, with idea like that you can hardly go wrong, can you?

Well, as a matter of fact, you kind of can. The biggest issue with this movie is how you (the viewer) will react to the tone of the movie and (even more important) how you'll react to the characters. The director chose a comedic, over-the-top approach, with lots of close-ups, shouting, overacting and quite a bit of Tim Burtonness thrown into it. If you accept this tone, you'll have fun and probably love it. If the two guys screaming at each other start getting on your nerves the movie will become a chore, since there is (literally) nothing else to occupy your attention.

For me it was a bit of both. At times I was amused, at times bored, at times extremely irritated by the unorthodox way the characters reacted to the situation they found themselves in. All in all I've found it to be an interesting experience, but nothing to get too excited about. Little flick to pass the time. If you like movies that are a bit off, or like to see something different than rent this. If you keep your expectations reasonably low, you'll probably like it. In the end, I've found myself wandering what if the characters were more down-to-earth, more believable (as were those poor people stuck in a Cube)? I think THEN this could be a truly great movie.

Well in any case, it's waaay better than that godawful "Hypercube".

6/10

P.S. I simply have to put a note of this - the DVD edition shamelessly tries to promote this as a horror movie. The cover shows a screaming mouth, a terrified eye and a ghastly hand with see-through blood/veins in it. It was even situated at the horror shelf at my DVD rental store and conveniently didn't have a genre label on it. While I understand this is done to up the sales a bit it is in my opinion totally unacceptable and will probably result in bad reputation for this movie. Many will rent/buy it believing they will see a "Cube"-like horror/mystery movie and then be completely put off by the light tone and silliness of the whole thing. God, I hate false advertising. Shame on you, distributors.

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 July 2004 (Hungary)

Also Known As:

NOTHING ナッシング

Filming Locations:

Underpass Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

49th Parallel Productions, Copperheart Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1