Nothing (2003)

Director:

Vincenzo Natali

Writers:

Vincenzo Natali (story) &
Andrew Miller (story) ...

Release Date:

29 July 2004 (Hungary)

Genre:

Comedy | Fantasy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

What if you wished everyone - and everything - would just go away!

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism | Turtle | Part Animated | Video Game | Virtual Reality

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

David Hewlett	...	Dave
Andrew Miller	...	Andrew
Gordon Pinsent	...	Man In Suit
Marie-Josée Croze	...	Sara
Andrew Lowery	...	Crawford
Elana Shilling	...	Little Girl
Soo Garay	...	Little Girl's Mother
Martin Roach	...	Co-worker
Angelo Tsarouchas	...	Foreman
Rick Parker	...	Mounted Police Officer
Maurice Dean Wint	...	Narrator

MPAA:

Rated R for language.

Runtime:

Canada:90 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | France:Unrated | Portugal:M/12 | Canada:14A | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

49th Parallel Productions

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When they venture out into the nothingness the camera pans along a trail of bits and bobs they have left behind. The dark scenery (instead of the surrounding whiteness) can be seen reflected in the blades of an open penknife

Quotes:

Dave: You ever killed a man?
Andrew: What? No! Have you?
Dave: Oh, yeah.
Andrew: You have?
Dave: [taps head] In here, loads of times. I'm just saying, you have to be mentally prepared. It could get bloody in there.
Andrew: Bloody?
Dave: Yeah. Now say something funny.
Andrew: What?
Dave: You say something funny; I laugh, you laugh, and we look like two guys out for a stroll around the neighborhood, not two guys ready to kill someone without a moment's hesitation!
Andrew: [squinting] That looks like our house.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Features Ginger Snaps (2000)

Definitely Something...

NOTHING (3+ outta 5 stars) Another weird premise from the director of the movie "Cube". This time around there are two main characters who find themselves and their home transported to a mysterious white void. There is literally NOTHING outside of their small two-story house. Intriguing to be sure, but I thought the comedic tone established for this movie from the get-go was extremely ill-conceived. There needs to be some humour, certainly... and I have no problem with the humour that was eventually derived from the plight of our two heroes (their final "showdown" was definitely a hoot)... but I really think the movie would have been a lot better off if it had stayed more rooted in reality in the beginning. After watching the movie I watched the "Making of" feature on the DVD and a short trailer at the end is almost totally devoid of the "sillier" comedic aspects... making it look like a completely different (and slightly better) movie. The last half hour of the movie is where things really start to come together... similar in a way to the recent movie "Primer." The actors are fine when they are not overdoing the comedy shtick. They are really quite believable in their more "normal" moments. I was probably ready to write this movie off as a failed experiment at the midway point... but it won me over by the end. (And keep watching past the credits for the final scene... just don't ask me to explain it.)