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36 lines
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capsule : the world will come to an end at midnight .
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everyone knows it and must make a final peace with the last hours of their lives .
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this is an intelligent science fiction film with no special effects , just personalities and ideas .
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, high +2 ( -4 to +4 )
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- it is the last night of the planet and several different people are reacting each in their own way to the end .
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the film covers 6 pm to midnight .
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the main character is patrick played by david mckellan who also wrote and directed .
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- reminiscent of on the beach .
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but much more so of a story richard matheson wrote , " the last day . "
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( p . s .
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on rereading the 1953 matheson , this film is almost a loose adaptation of that story .
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the similarities may be mere coincidence , but they are numerous and they are very striking . )
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- us release may be problematical .
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the title is lackluster and non-memorable , though very appropriate when you know about the film .
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also provincial americans may not care about the end of the world coming to toronto .
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they probably would feel it would not affect them .
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perhaps a pbs release would be possible .
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- patrick's family has declared it christmas and are hurt that the ( adult ) children will not spend the whole evening with them .
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- grocery stores mostly looted .
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it seems though that one of everything is left .
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- some people continue business as usual , some want sex , some react with religion , some riot .
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some people are in total denial .
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- much comedy , much drama .
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- very canadian cast .
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- it does not get dark .
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it is just always daytime .
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- radio playing " last night i didn't get to sleep at all . "
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how appropriate .
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- david cronenberg as a kind of bland functionary manager at the gas company .
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genvieve bujold as french teacher visiting former student .
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- science fiction film with no special effects , cost about two million dollars .
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- the person you have been thrown together with by chance becomes the most important person to you for the rest of your life .
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- why would it be so precisely at midnight ?
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what about other time zones ?
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what is the nature of what is destroying the world ?
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