Everything's Gone Green

They were able to relax a bit though as Everything's Gone Green unspooled, revealing itself as an enjoyable meditation on the difference between living and existing and the influence of the almighty dollar. The themes of responsibility and morality get a proper workout, as Ryan wants to do the right thing, but finds it a lot easier to just give in and go with the (illegal) flow. ... Full Review

pictures and interviews lottery winners....a positive picture....a nice little film....Costanzo is awfully good in the role.... ... Full Review

Costanzo and Song have a nice, easygoing chemistry, oddly helped along by Chiu-Lin Tam as the girl's spunky, non-English speaking granny.....Soundtrack is appropriately heavy on jangly B.C. bands like the Fembots and Sloan..... ... Full Review

Everything's Gone Green moves along smoothly enough and has a few decent laughs via Aidan Devine's dim-witted magazine editor. His luck changes when a) he manages to land a job with a lottery magazine and b) meets comely Ming (Steph Song), who is unfortunately attached to macho golf course designer Bryce (J.R. Bourne). ... Full Review

The movie is exceptionally well cast. Ryan's job, interviewing the initially happy winners that by the latter stages of the movie have turned into sad follow-ups of families destroyed by their windfalls, is another beautiful touch. ... Full Review

I generally dont like to describe things as quirky it seems like people always use this term when they want to vaguely dismiss something as being weird without having to explain why. ... Full Article

Ever since he appeared on the scene with 1991's "Generation X," the Canadian novelist Douglas Coupland has dissected the absurdities of post-Boomer society with the calm of a gifted surgeon. ... Full Article

Starring Paulo Costanzo, Steph Song, JR Bourne. Written by Douglas Coupland. Directed by Paul Fox. 95 minutes. At the Varsity. 14A It's becoming increasingly apparent that the art to labelling generational experience lies less in the particular experience of the... ... Full Article

Call it "Garden Province." From its offbeat humor to its likable twentysomething hero, the Canadian "Everything's Gone Green" treads a lot of the same ground as Zach Braff's "Garden State" and a host of indie comedies that have gone before. ... Full Article

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A romantic comedy that plays like a spoofy version of a glossy magazine trend story, "Everything's Gone Green" finds its vibe somewhere between the bubbly Scottish village capers of vintage Bill Forsythe and the slacker absurdity of that early Fox ... Full Article