{"id":41985,"date":"2023-10-03T21:27:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T01:27:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reelcanada.ca\/film\/waydowntown\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T12:37:01","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T16:37:01","slug":"waydowntown","status":"publish","type":"film","link":"https:\/\/reelcanada.ca\/film\/waydowntown\/","title":{"rendered":"waydowntown"},"content":{"rendered":"
In the maze-like downtown core of Calgary, four young office workers inhabit a world full of interconnected skywalks between offices, apartment buildings, food courts and malls \u2013 making it possible, or perhaps even easy, to never go outside.<\/p>\n
But when the pals decide to make a bet about who can stay indoors the longest, they each start reaching their breaking points in increasingly funny and unexpected ways.<\/p>\n
As the bet unravels, the desire for a breath of fresh air brings loyalties, values and relationships under highly comic scrutiny.<\/p>\n
Waydowntown<\/i> won Best Canadian Film at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for four Canadian Comedy Awards.<\/p>\n
\u201cA smart, sardonic satire.\u201d \u2013 Stephen Holden, The New York Times<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the maze-like downtown core of Calgary, four young office workers inhabit a world full of interconnected skywalks between offices, apartment buildings, food courts and malls \u2013 making it possible,… <\/p>\n