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This pseudo documentary imagines the possible outcome after a strange and virulent virus sweeps the world, killing the vast majority of the Earth's population and reducing the city of San Francisco to... read more read more... only 186 people. Ten years after the virus first began claiming lives, Cal (Calum Grant) wanders Northern California with a video camera in an effort to document what is left of American civilization. A large commune, led by Mama Eva (Angie Thieriot), is the closest thing to a governing body San Francisco has left, but not everyone is welcome to stay with Eva and her group, and a number of misfits and lawbreakers wander the countryside, scavenging to survive. Mad Mark (Mark Routhier) was once a member of the commune, but his pyromaniacal tendencies led to his expulsion, and now he's wandered into the city, where he can start fires at will. A pair of surfing looters (Stewart Fallon and Simon Thieriot) crack wise about their fate as they break into long-abandoned homes, looking for valuables and often encountering the dead. A nomad named Santosh (Brad Olsen) wanders into Marin County, which has been reduced to a wasteland; there he meets Dan (Dan Plumlee), a former businessman who now gets by trapping wild game when he can find it. And a doctor (Mary Rutherford) sits down to discuss the plague and how it came to destroy the world as she knew it, nearly a decade after her battle to save the world was lost. Shot on videotape using the European PAL system for higher visual fidelity, Ever Since the World Ended was enthusiastically received in its screening at the 2001 Los Angeles Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Unrated, 1 hr. 18 min.

Directed by: Calum Grant, Joshua Atesh, Joshua Atesh Litle

Release Date: April 21, 2001

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DVD Release Date: July 10, 2007

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  • April 18, 2008
    This is aself0indulgent indie flick about how a small group of people living in San Francisco are dealing in a post-apocalyptic world. A virus killed off most of the world's population, leaving te once booming metropolis of San Fran at a population of approx 180. This is obviousl... read morey shot in DV, 90% are straight interviews of "survivors". A nice indulgence for those of us who like to ponder the intellectual side and the intricacies of a dystopic empty future, so I really liked it, but there is nothing here to rile any other sort of audience. It's "The Blair Witch Project" of dystopian sci-fi.
  • June 14, 2012
    Some of the worst actors ever in a movie and the stupidest most pointless awfulest documentary type movie I have ever seen, whose idea was it to make this total piece of garbage, its all made up what is the point, and its boring
  • March 27, 2011
    Some of the worst actors ever in a movie and the stupidest most pointless awfulest documentary type movie I have ever seen, whose idea was it to make this total piece of garbage, its all made up what is the point, and its boring

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Jeannette Catsoulis
January 9, 2007
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times

Ever Since the World Ended is a faux documentary with a twist, a rudimentary yet fascinating record of remembrance and reconstruction.

Ed Gonzalez
January 9, 2007
Ed Gonzalez, Village Voice

The performances in the film are so remarkable it's easy to ignore the implausibilities that surface. But even as its self-aware approximation of the doc format startles, Ever Since the World Ended la... Full Review

Robert Koehler
November 23, 2006
Robert Koehler, Variety

Continually tickles the mind while leaving a heavy lump in the chest, establishing and sustaining a unique low-key tone of mystery and dread. Full Review

September 30, 2006
Time Out

It's an intriguing idea, ingeniously done (on a scant budget), but you have to swallow a good many implausibilities too, along with some variable improv. Full Review

David Cornelius
July 24, 2007
David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com

As gorgeous visually as it is powerful emotionally. Full Review

Maitland McDonagh
January 10, 2007
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide

The mockumentary conceit gives a vivid immediacy to the material, and the PAL digital video cinematography is often surprisingly lyrical. Full Review

Nick Schager
January 8, 2007
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine

A science-fiction tale shares a deep fascination with the logistical and psychological dilemmas arising from society's breakdown. Full Review

Ross Anthony
November 28, 2006
Ross Anthony, Hollywood Report Card

Wow! The acting is fantastic. I was mesmerized by these performances. Strong direction as well. However, I don't think they add up well in the format of feature length film. Full Review

Susan Green
November 23, 2006
Susan Green, Boxoffice Magazine

It's The Blair Witch Project with brains and a social conscience. Full Review

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