Escape from Tomorrow
Producers Distribution Agency (PDA) | Release Date: October 11, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
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IndieWireEric KohnAug 19, 2013
A labyrinthine descent into the grotesque extremes of a Disneyfied society, Escape From Tomorrow is surreal for many reasons and wholly original because of them. It's also a daring attempt to literally assail Disney World from the inside out. Read full review
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Film.comJordan HoffmanAug 19, 2013
The Walt Disney World-set Escape From Tomorrow is both a great gimmick-dependent story and a remarkable piece of filmmaking. It is a radical, transgressive departure that exploits new technology in heretofore unseen ways. Read full review
83
The PlaylistWilliam GossAug 19, 2013
Moore’s movie may not seem to make much sense...but he does set up bits at the beginning that do come to pay off in ridiculous ways, and cinematographer Lucas Lee Graham pulls off the commendable feat of shooting the film with some margin of legitimate composition in spite of the crew’s apparent guerrilla antics. Read full review
80
The GuardianDamon WiseAug 19, 2013
The acting isn't perfect (which is perhaps understandable under the circumstances), and the film's dream states sometimes try too hard, but Escape From Tomorrow has an otherworldly atmosphere that both hooks and engages. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzOct 11, 2013
A dark, weird, smutty, fitfully amusing comedy that ultimately wears out its welcome. As a provocation, it's aces, especially if — like the film's writer-director, Randy Moore — you hate Disney and everything it stands for. Read full review
75
New York PostLou LumenickOct 10, 2013
Basically, the whole thing can be summed up as an epic midlife crisis. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldRene RodriguezOct 10, 2013
Escape from Tomorrow is more of an experimental film than a traditional narrative, but intrepid viewers — or anyone who has ever visited a Disney park — will enjoy getting lost in this dark house of happy horrors. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesInkoo KangOct 10, 2013
For the first hour, the plot is stultifyingly aimless, while the satire of Disney's oppressive optimism is as stale as any theme-park snack. But like a roller coaster, a queasily rollicking and dizzyingly loopy climax... ultimately makes the long wait worthwhile. Read full review
70
The DissolveNoel MurrayOct 9, 2013
It’s mostly a collection of surreal moments, headed nowhere in particular. But Moore milks a lot of the ironic potential out of his milieu. Read full review
70
VarietyRob NelsonAug 19, 2013
Escape From Tomorrow is a sneakily subversive exercise in low-budget surrealism and anti-corporate satire. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubA.A. Dowd Oct 9, 2013
The more outlandish the film becomes, especially in its off-the-rails second half, the less crucial its unique setting seems. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovOct 9, 2013
As a surrealistic depiction of the mental disintegration of Jim (Abramsohn), a seemingly ordinary family guy, while visiting “the happiest place on Earth,” it’s a prank and a spit in the eye of Disney’s relentless cheerfulness. But director Randy Moore’s pièce de résistance goes far beyond flipping the bird to the mouse that roars. Read full review
63
Boston GlobePeter KeoughOct 10, 2013
Escape From Tomorrow, Moore’s sometimes surreal, sometimes sophomoric, black comic phantasmagoria, makes for a bumpy theme park ride. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineChuck BowenOct 8, 2013
The film is just a stunt or, more specifically, a calling card, but that might be enough for anyone who's ever wanted to kick Mickey Mouse square in his padded, pious balls. Read full review
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