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A slacker edging into his thirties plots a not quite legal get-rich-quick scheme in this satiric comedy written by celebrated novelist Douglas Coupland. Ryan (Paulo Costanzo) lives and works in Vancou... read more read more...ver, which has become overrun by runaway Hollywood film crews and folks looking for an easy buck however they can find it. Ryan's unemployed father grows marijuana in his basement, his brother is involved in a real-estate scam that bilks tycoons from Hong Kong who never see the property they only think they own, and Ryan himself is an office drone at a magazine devoted to chronicling the lives of lottery winners. After his girlfriend leaves him for a wealthy yuppie, Ryan falls for Ming (Steph Song), a beautiful Asian woman he meets in a Mandarin language class. Prompted by Ming's desire for a more luxurious lifestyle, Ryan dreams up a scheme to fix the lottery using what he's learned at his job. Adapted from the first original screenplay from Douglas Coupland, Everything's Gone Green received its world premiere at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 35 min.

Directed by: Paul Fox

Release Date: April 13, 2007

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DVD Release Date: July 31, 2007

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  • CrookedlittleB33
    January 17, 2008
    CrookedlittleB33
    It's a bit bizarre but not totally regretful at all to see one's favourite author hit the small and big silver screen. It's strange, he's got a show on the telly, is a successful author and now this...a screenplay turned movie. Enough chatting about Coupland...more of this film..... read more.yes?

    So, it starts out with Ryan who works at a mediocre job doing well 'a mediocre job' until the company finds his poetry on the computer and suspends him for his 'dark images' which they would happily help out by 'paying for a therapist'. Completely, dumbfounded he goes to pack up his stuff and then gets a strange call from his parents. His mother is telling him, 'you've got to come home now!' Hearing shouting in the background he inquires as to what's going on only to hear, 'we've won the lottery! Come home now!' Completely ecstatic he throws his junk off his desk and tells his cubicle-mate to have whatever the hell he wants 'cause he won't need it anymore.

    When he gets home, his house is in a state of disarray everyone is searching frantically for the winning ticket his father misplaced! Finally, after much searching it comes up and they ring the lottery line to hear that unfortunately they didn't win? To make things stranger, he gets offered a job from the guy on the phone.

    His brother - scamming the real estate business hooks him up with a building no one lives in, and he sets off for his job interview. On the way over, he hears on the radio of a beached whale and makes a giant detour to check out the scene. At the same time, he meets a girl who ruins his photo-taking skills and the two start talking. After much interesting conversation, he realizes he's LATE for the interview! And scrambles over there as fast as he can, and strangely enough gets the job by just sitting in a chair and smiling like an idiot.

    If you don't think it's pretty intense already, wait until what happens when he starts working there and all the sort of hijinx he gets up to by just associating himself with certain people.

    This is truly Coupland, through and through. Poignant, complex [yet simple] and completely profound with the strangest sense of humour.

    This is a story of how to literally say 'FUCK THE SYSTEM' and then learn...maybe that's too big of an idea for anyone to take on without consequence.
  • gator681
    February 28, 2008
    gator681
    [font=Century Gothic]"Everything's Gone Green" starts with 29-year old technical writer Ryan(Paulo Costanzo) being dumped by his girlfriend, followed by his being suspended from his job for writing bad poetry on company time. Eventually, he gets a new job interviewing and photog... read moreraphing lottery winners, even after he is late to the interview because of a beached whale where he meets Ming(Steph Song), a winsome set designer. For his new job, Ryan is required to learn Mandarin.(The movie is set in Canada where it is possible people want to learn a second language.)[/font]
    [font=Century Gothic][/font]
    [font=Century Gothic]"Everything's Gone Green" is an amusing and insightful satire of materialism and its concomitant conformity that after a frenetic start, eventually settles into a pleasant groove. In the end, money does not mean a thing if you do not have a life and a job you love. Ming is the only character with a satisfying job, working in the burgeoning film industry of Vancouver.(Hopefully, when the extraterrestrials come to this planet, they will realize there is more to earth than just Vancouver and Cardiff.) So, it is amazing how far people will scheme to gain more money, including the purchasing of insane amounts of lottery tickets with little chance of any return.[/font]
  • wbgoose13
    March 12, 2007
    wbgoose13
    Moderately interesting thirtysomething dramedy is nothing new.
  • RemiLogan
    August 5, 2009
    RemiLogan
    Entertaining movie about the monotony of everyday life, 9to-5s and the temptation of branching out into socially unacceptable jobs as well as the allure of winning the Lottery (without necessarily knowing the pitfalls). Paulo Costanzo is very endearing, you can't help but root fo... read morer the guy because he seems so nice. Director Paul Fox understood that not everyone is going to be a millionaire, that sometimes there's nothing wrong with an albeit monotonous but stable job.
  • Hamee
    April 21, 2008
    Hamee
    A wonderful movie a la Garden State. Things are a little strange in poor Ryan's life. He gets dumped by his girlfriend, kicked out of his apartment, and fired in one fun filled morning. He later finds that his best friend is running a drug ring and that his parents are growing w... read moreeed in their basement.
  • nativesunljt
    August 7, 2007
    nativesunljt
    An odd but interesting comedy that I actually enjoyed. Not horrible but not great. Very watchable though.

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Critic Reviews

Ty Burr
July 6, 2007
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

A charming disappointment that retains the elements that make the writer's novels so good without ever bending them into cinematic shape. Full Review

Michael Wilmington
May 17, 2007
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

Everything's Gone Green is a romantic comedy/social satire that, on a modest budget, manages to be hip, charming, funny and dressed to kill. Full Review

Kevin Crust
May 4, 2007
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times

Coupland and Fox do a nimble job of incorporating seemingly tangential points that are deceptively relevant to the larger issues. Full Review

Geoff Pevere
April 27, 2007
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star

There's nothing really wrong about Everything's Gone Green, but there's nothing terribly vital about it either. Full Review

Jennie Punter
April 27, 2007
Jennie Punter, Globe and Mail

Everything's Gone Green is the second feature directed by Paul Fox, who maintains an energetic, lighthearted tone throughout the film, even when the story loses focus at its not-quite-satisfying ending. Full Review

Joe Morgenstern
April 23, 2007
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal

The movie is least successful during literal-minded debates about who's corrupt and who isn't. But Mr. Coupland's screenplay of polarities also makes worthwhile stops to smell the surrealism. Full Review

John DeFore
April 19, 2007
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter

If the picture secretly hopes to supply viewers with the kind of epiphany its characters seek, it falls short, staying instead on turf tread in many other good-hearted festival films before it. Within...

Kyle Smith
April 13, 2007
Kyle Smith, New York Post

Those quirky atmospherics aren't enough to sustain a largely plotless film. Full Review

Matt Zoller Seitz
April 13, 2007
Matt Zoller Seitz, New York Times

[Actors Costanzo] and Song make a sweet screen couple, although their charm is dwarfed by that of Vancouver itself, which is photographed as if it were New York in Woody Allen's Manhattan.

Jan Stuart
April 12, 2007
Jan Stuart, Newsday

[Director] Fox's ensemble, led by Steph Song as the whale-watching cutie, exudes easy, impish charm. Vancouver plays itself, for a change, to a postcard-radiant fare-thee-well. Full Review

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