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Waydowntown

Welcome to life at the bottom of the food chain.

2000 · 1h 24m · R Comedy, Drama
Directed by Gary Burns

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Overview

Four young office workers have a bet going to see who can last the longest without going outside. In the maze that is the downtown core of a large city, glass skywalks connect apartment buildings, office towers and shopping malls. Its day 28 of the bet and over the lunch hour, as the office prepares for the company founder's retirement party, things start to seriously unravel.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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All reviews
70%
Tomatometer
Fresh

The film's snags and stumblings are more than compensated for by its wryly subversive tone.

Jay Carr, Boston Globe
Rotten

Dilbert without the right-on satiric humor.

Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh

A well-put-together piece of urban satire.

John Anderson, Newsday
Rotten

Burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast.

Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Fresh

A smart, sardonic satire.

Stephen Holden, New York Times

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