A brilliant film that helped define a genre

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

I enjoyed the humor and the realism towards the human minds while around different types of people and their curiosity towards others who they've had yet to get to know much about, in regards to fear, attraction, suspicion and confusion. I like the fact that it actually shows the realistic qualities of the human brain, but visually. As for the portions towards the girls and their flirtatious behavior in general (via walking around attracting attention, flipping, dancing, hugging up on each other, in my opinion a bit sensually at times.) made me a bit uncomfortable. As well as the father being attracted to any woman or girl besides his wife and daughter (his daughter, preferably he not be attracted to, of course.), that showed (off) a larger portion of their skin. I am aware that many people of closer relation to one another, often hug up to each other and get close, as it's a natural reflex and level of comfort for many, but the fact that it was sensual, it made me uncomfortable. A few parts made me cringe. Both in good ways and bad. But all in all, the movie wasn't awful in my opinion and I though the acting to be well done. So, good on the actors as well as the director. :)

5.2!? IMDb you lack imagination. This film is art-house, but it isn't pretentious art-house. It is like one of those art pieces where negative space makes up half the image and your mind fills in the meaningful parts. If you enjoy interpreting the negative space, you will think this movie is hilarious, disturbing and hilariously disturbing. Sure it didn't rely on cheap scares like some slasher, there were creepy moments, some of them visual and some of them the creepiness of the human condition. When a man starts to realize the demise of his youth and sexual virility, when he finds himself stuck with a nagging, trifling, micromanaging ice cube of a wife...when unacceptable taboos enter the picture and skip around hand in hand with urban myths + one borderline psychopathic child, you have the catalyst for all sides of creepy. Plus...if something seriously dark was going on in this world...why wouldn't it be happening at the happiest place on earth? My twisted mind totally approves this film and recommends it to other twisted minds. Oh and the really cool part - they guerrilla filmed the entire thing in the actual parks and Disney won't touch it, so you wonder how many of the reactions are genuine horror from those unaware. It was one of the best horror/dark comedy film I've seen, and it certainly kept me asking - What the hell did I just see?

Warning: This review may be strongly opinionated.I did not like this film as a Disney fan, or even a horror fan. I was sort of expecting him to imagine this all out machine-uprising in the middle of one of my favorite parks, but instead it's just some weird cat based, sexual mental illness? I'm not even sure I understood exactly what this movie was about.And I was heavily annoyed by the constant unclear cuts between shots filmed in DISNEYLAND and shots filmed in Disney WORLD. This may be just because I've got autism, but I am very particular about anything involving my Disney...I was also very upset by the mother having such an issue with her man even so much as touching her arm in front of the kids, and I became really enraged with her as an annoying character when she denied her little girl just one freaking balloon and then slapped her across the face in public. I know she was anxious because she knew her husband was eyeing another girl, but still... What the fudge?? Why, just because of that, yell at your kid at a Disney park and tell her she can't have a Mickey balloon before hitting her? It's not her fault. At this point, the mom was BEYOND help for me, and I felt sorry for the kids when I saw their father died and they were left with mommy. The dad, even with his issues, seemed to be a way better parent. He knew when to be more firm, and when not to be, and he was really trying to make this vacation the best one his kids ever had. He was even willing to wait in the longest line ever for his son to ride Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin. The mom DID take the daughter on the Teacups and Dumbo, but that was about the most fun she ever allowed either kid to have with her around at the parks. Everything else almost was her controlling everything. (Except on the Three Caballeros, I could understand her making them look at things they weren't looking at already there.) Also, this didn't bug me really but I would be curious to ask the daughter why she thought Queen Grimhilde was so scary??? I wasn't afraid of her at that age. :/ As a matter of fact, I really liked her as a Disney villainess from a young age. I'm really glad they still made her go on the Snow White ride though- because in watching this movie I got to "go with them" on my favorite "deceased" ride once again, this time in a really cool looking black and white tint palette.Anyway though, I'll give it to the movie directors for trying to make something bold. Maybe this movie just isn't my cup of tea. But I certainly won't recommend it to my fellow Walt Disney fanatics- the EPCOT ball catches on fire and explodes in an ugly vision, the mother forces the family to go to the non-classic fireworks that are not featured at Cinderella Castle, for the love of god if you love It's A Small World do not watch this movie, and if you're a die-hard fan and you know about Walt's issue with names... You may have mixed feelings about them referring to him as "Mr. W". He ASKED to be called WALT. Not "Mr. Disney", not "Mr. Walt", not "Mr. W". Just WALT.Also, try not to let it annoy you that the Princesses at the parks are NOT wearing official Disney Parks Cast Member Princess gowns, if things like that do annoy you.Looking at this movie from a horror genre point of view, the black and white was a nicely suspenseful item, but it did nothing to hide the fake special effects and makeup. But since this is a fairly new movie, I'm guessing those things were a deliberate move. Maybe for comedy relief. I often never realize it when a black comedy bites me in the rear end. The only time I've ever realized it was with Sweeney Todd... And maybe Beetlejuice. Tim Burton's been the only man ever to be able to help me know a black comedy when I see it. In that case, this movie is pretty bold, if it is a black comedy. It's a good try, and for the horror fans, worth at least one watch, maybe. But it is definitely not an award winner.

"Escape From Tomorrow" is a black & white film that was filmed guerilla style, in part, at Disneyland and Disney World. In other words, the filmmakers and cast went to the parks and filmed surreptitiously. Then, weaving in some scenes that were not made at the parks, they made a movie and released it.The film is about a rather awful family. The little boy is a brat, the mother is a joyless and overly controlling women and the husband is a disgusting pervert who spends all his time thinking about sex and drinking. Does this sound like a pleasant recipe for a film? Good grief, no. During all this, the guy seems to slowly lose his mind and ultimately all sorts of weird, paranoid stuff begins happening at the happiest place on Earth.I think the IDEA of this film is very good. I love the notion of tweaking the nose of a mega-corporation like Disney. However, had the husband been likable and not such a jerk, I really think it would have worked much, much better. Plus, some of the film is just ultra- disgusting---such as dad with explosive diarrhea on the toilet and the like! Seeing a likable schmo lose his mind among the chaos, heat and crowding at Disney is pretty funny--but this film was difficult to love because of the characters (especially but not including dad) and icky story elements. So, overall, it has an interesting idea and the plot is occasionally interesting- -but it's also fatally flawed and probably would not be appreciated by the casual viewer.By the way, if you are nuts about Disney World, you can tell that much wasn't filmed there and that it must have been filmed and assembled well before 2013, as many of the rides changed well before this release date. This isn't really important--just pointing out that many Floridians with yearly passes will probably notice all this.Also, why was the film made in black & white? It made me wonder...