SnoopyStyle Andy Hayes (Jay Baruchel) is a degenerate out-of-luck gambler in Hamilton, Canada. Reuban (Randy Quaid) is owed money and vows to kill him. Reuban gives him an hour and a bit to get his life in order. After failing to find a hooker, they go for a short visit to Andy's grandmother (Jayne Eastwood).This is a small indie comedy drama. The starting premise makes no sense. One can't collect from a dead man. It feels fake but I'm willing to buy that Reuban is lying. It's never threatening since I don't believe he's going to kill Andy. There is a manufactured sensibility about the whole thing. Quaid is throwing in an Aussie-like accent. Baruchel is trying his jittery best. It would help if the writing is funnier and sharper. It's interesting to have Quaid and Baruchel throw lines at each other but this is nowhere near good enough. There is a final twist that could have been really compelling. It's just that the whole story isn't set up well.

rgcustomer I saw the 87-minute version of this film on The Movie Network.If you don't guess the ending of this film in the first 10 or so minutes, then you're not thinking very hard.Also, as other commentors have noted, the wandering Australian-American-British accent sported by Quaid is extremely distracting from the film, in a really bad way. What was the point of that? There is no need for the character to be Australian, or to have an Australian accent. But there are plenty of actual Australian actors who could have done the job well, if the accent is important. Were they all unavailable? But I absolutely commend the filmmakers on being reasonably honest with their film. They don't hide the Canadian setting, or try to make it look like some generic US city (except for the bizarre license plate from no jurisdiction ... what's up with that?). It's so refreshing, and this is what we need to see more of in English Canadian cinema.It could even be an OK film, except for that accent, and the too-obvious ending. Better luck next time, folks. I actually am looking forward to your next effort, despite the negative review.

tool00800 I recently received a rare opportunity to view this film, and boy am I glad I did. I have never written up a review before, but after seeing this movie I feel like I have to. Just to help get the word out that it exists.The movie starts out with Andy, a complete and utter gambling addict, walking to the convenience store to buy a lottery ticket because he's feeling lucky. He buys the ticket, loses, and decides to go to the racetrack. On his walk there he is approached by the other main character, Reuben, whom Andy owes a LOT of money. Reuben tells him to get in the car, and proceeds to explain to Andy that he is going to kill him today. However, Andy is a guy that Reuben has always been fond of, so Reuben decides to give him 1 hour to do whatever he wants and come to peace with his life, while staying under Reuben's supervision of course. The rest of the movie is about Andy knowing for a fact that he is about to die and how he deals with it. I won't say any more, but I truly thought it had a beautiful ending.The movie starts off with a bang, but it does drag for a few minutes in the middle, which is why I knocked off a point. It quickly picks back up though, and the final 15 minutes will have you inches from your TV. I should also note that the movie starts out rather comedic, but the tone rapidly changes to drama. I felt that the trailer didn't really do it justice, as it focused on the comedy part a bit much. In fact, I almost wanna say don't even bother with the trailer.The movie, as the title suggests, is completely shot in real time. This means that the 73ish minutes that you are sitting there are the exact minutes of Andy's final hour (which is actually slightly over an hour). You see every characters move, every turn of the vehicle, and hear every single word spoken. Fortunately, this is a good thing as the dialogue is excellent, so the car rides on the longer side aren't boring.After the movie movie ended, I haven't been able to stop thinking about it...which kind of stinks because I don't know anybody else who has seen it and I can't talk about it! So here I am, a couple days later, writing a review in hopes of getting the word of this movie out there.The story is great, the dialogue is great, the acting is great, and it's a unique approach to film. My bet is that word of this one will catch on real quick and we'll be seeing it in theaters stateside within the year.

ancients1 i watched this and OMG a great movie, a great ending. A sublime movie within a movie after you see it once and the ending you have to watch it again, the first time you see it tells you a whole new movie now that you know, you watch it again and see it from a different perspective.is a bit slow to start of and there is no action like most Hollywood dumps that are coming out, but if you want to see a great story this film will entertain you.Hollywood should do more like this VION- Virtual Internet Online Navagitor