Excellent, a Must See

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Just by chance I picked this movie up about 6 months ago. I loved it. The plot is simple, a group of co workers make a bet as who can stay inside the longest. As the film progresses the use of camera shots and split screen suggest the "walls are closing in" feeling of claustrophobia. It is a wonderfully quirky movie, subtly funny - which is nice, because slap-you-in-the-face humor is getting quite old now a days. The film hits home because the acting is realistic. There aren't perfect one-liners constantly spewed out by the lead character set up by pointless dialog on the part of the supporting characters. The conversations are realistic and awkward at times - you end up feeling you're trapped inside too.

Wow. I heard so much about this film that when I saw it I was nothing short of shocked. This movie is so pretentious, unfunny and smug that I could barely sit through it. If Canadian films are going to get a push for people to see them - make sure they're worth pushing.

A hilarious psychological comedy where 4 Calgary coworkers bet on who can go the longest without going outside. The exaggerated personality degradation and hallucinations are funny and successful at drawing the audience into their warped world. There is a glass ant farm that is shown often as an allegory to the people living in the channeled tubes of sky walks & high-rises, and it serves a narration at a couple points. The actors did convey a sense of disorientation from having been indoors for 24 days, but it seemed from their behavior that they were indoors somewhat longer. The story takes place in one fateful day when several big events occur that they can't fully handle because of the bet induced stress, but a critical enlightenment is also realized. In this 18 day low budget shoot, the location and background information are left fuzzy intentionally as are the costume changes that occur randomly. This was shot in DV which made the post production effects much easier on a budget, so they are used with good results throughout the story. Film maker Gary Burns feels that the sky walk system "ruined down town Calgary," and even the title is part of his film statement of "modernization gone terribly wrong." This movie is worth going to see if you can find it.

i saw this movie at the WI film fest in madison, which was the midwest premier, complete with the director there for comments and questions after the movie....anyways, although i heard some noise about how the movie was was basically Office Space and Fight Club mixed. This ended up not to be the case. With a great storyline, excellent acting, and nice color, this movie was quite entertaining. Oddly enough, the movie was filmed on DV, yet it doesn't show TOO much after the conversion to film. definately worth it.