Everything's Gone Green 2006

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. Read more

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. Read more

Ted Fry, Seattle Times: Too many cute anecdotes prevent it from rising above the throwaway ethos the real Generation X left behind nearly a decade ago when it abruptly got over itself. Read more

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. Read more

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. Read more

Gregory Kirschling, Entertainment Weekly: The story -- a guy (Paulo Costanzo) who works for the lottery gets mixed up in money laundering -- is slight, but an appealing cast and lots of scenic leafery make Green feel fresh. Read more

Ella Taylor, L.A. Weekly: Not quite the call to arms a more highly politicized new generation of kids in their 20s might have in mind, but it'll do, just about, for a Saturday night cuddled up with your DVD player. Read more

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. Read more

Kyle Smith, New York Post: Those quirky atmospherics aren't enough to sustain a largely plotless film. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: As tepid and profoundly unoriginal as Everything's Gone Green is, it's got a wistful, winsome Canadian-ness that might give it some shelf life. Read more

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. Read more

Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star: There's nothing really wrong about Everything's Gone Green, but there's nothing terribly vital about it either. Read more

Tom Beer, Time Out: Appealing performances by Costanzo and Song, with comic support from Ryan's entrepreneurial parents and Ming's knife-wielding granny, guide us over the rough patches. Read more

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Robert Wilonsky, Village Voice: It's not the big picture that charms here, it's the details. More than anything, though, it's Costanzo -- a spindly Everydork who grows up not because he has to, but because he just kinda wants to. Read more