Movie Review for Everything's Gone Green

Summary: Ryan, a twentysomething uberslacker, is nonetheless willing to fall into accidental success. After losing his job the same day he is dumped by his yuppie girlfriend, Ryan gets a dispiriting job with a tacky lottery magazine, photographing winners and writing their stories. In a Mandarin language class Ryan is taking for work, he meets and is immediately smitten by the lovely Ming. Ming, unfortunately, is currently involved with a fast-talking scammer, Bryce. Bryce spots a money-laundering scheme involving the new lottery winners and Ryan soon launches himself into the lifestyle of the suddenly rich and not-otherwise-likely-to-be-famous. Soon, and without a lot of thought, Ryan has got the sports car and leather jacket of moneyed youth--something that puts him at odds with Ming ,the beautiful set-dresser from class, who just so happens to be in the process of breaking up with Bryce. All Ryan needs to do is convince Ming how different he is from Bryce, which proves a bit harder than ever expected.

                         Reviews of Everything's Gone Green
By Dan Jardine of Apollo Guide (7/0)
            Gives the audience some fine eye candy, but Douglas Coupland's first foray into the realm of writ...

By Philip Martin of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (7/0)
            Far more pleasant than having your teeth cleaned but less memorable, Everything's Gone Green is a...

By Marrit Ingman of Austin Chronicle (7/0)
            [Actor] Costanzo is an appealing and likable young actor who carries the film easily; he gives th...

By Ty Burr of Boston Globe (5/2)
            A charming disappointment that retains the elements that make the writer's novels so good without...

By Rob Thomas of Capital Times (Madison, WI) (7/0)
            Call it "Garden Province."

By Michael Wilmington of Chicago Tribune (7/0)
            Everything's Gone Green is a romantic comedy/social satire that, on a modest budget, manages to b...

                         Reviews of Everything's Gone Green
By Glenn Gaslin of E! Online (7/0)
            Layered with odd ideas, cultural references, snappy dialogue, dreamy visuals and charming charact...

By Gregory Kirschling of Entertainment Weekly (7/0)
            ...an appealing cast and lots of scenic leafery make Green feel fresh.

By David Noh of Film Journal International (7/0)
            Paul Fox's direction has a deft ease and comic apprehension which serves the material beautifully...

By Pete Vonder Haar of Film Threat (7/0)
            It’s a bit of a shaky first screenwriting effort for Coupland, but not without its charms.

By Christopher Null of filmcritic.com (7/0)
            Ryan's journey to self-discovery isn't entirely credible, but Costanzo's acting chops are good en...

By Edward Havens of FilmJerk.com (7/0)
            The blandness of director Paul Fox's execution leaves much to be desired.

                         Reviews of Everything's Gone Green
By Jennie Punter of Globe and Mail (7/0)
            Everything's Gone Green is the second feature directed by Paul Fox, who maintains an energetic, l...

By John DeFore of Hollywood Reporter (7/0)
            If the picture secretly hopes to supply viewers with the kind of epiphany its characters seek, it...

By Jane Stevenson of Jam! Movies (7/0)
            Everything’s Gone Green, the first feature script from noted Canadian author Douglas Coupland, is...

By Ella Taylor of L.A. Weekly (7/0)
            Not quite the call to arms a more highly politicized new generation of kids in their 20s might ha...

By Kevin Crust of Los Angeles Times (7/0)
            Coupland and Fox do a nimble job of incorporating seemingly tangential points that are deceptivel...

By Kyle Smith of New York Post (7/0)
            ...a largely plotless film.

                         Reviews of Everything's Gone Green
By Matt Zoller Seitz of New York Times (7/0)
            [Actors Costanzo] and Song make a sweet screen couple, although their charm is dwarfed by that of...

By Jan Stuart of Newsday (7/0)
            [Director] Fox's ensemble, led by Steph Song as the whale-watching cutie, exudes easy, impish cha...

By Jeremy C. Fox of Pajiba (7/0)
            In outline, EGG is a romantic comedy with a standard genre plot -- good guy tries to win good gir...

By Jessica Letkemann of Premiere Magazine (7/0)
            The film exists in that familiar Douglas Coupland never never land populated by twentysomethings ...

By David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews (7/0)
            ...instantly recognizable as a product of novelist-turned-screenwriter Douglas Coupland's fertile...

By Pam Grady of Reel.com (7/0)
            A gorgeous location, involving characters, and stellar wit add up to one crackerjack comedy.

                         Reviews of Everything's Gone Green
By Sean Axmaker of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (7/0)
            It's more clever than smart, but Paul Fox directs with the same easygoing attitude of its slacker...

By Ted Fry of Seattle Times (7/0)
            Too many cute anecdotes prevent it from rising above the throwaway ethos the real Generation X le...

By Jason Clark of Slant Magazine (7/0)
            Everything's Gone Green just barely hangs there in that low-watt Canadian film world deadpan.

By Tom Beer of Time Out New York (7/0)
            Appealing performances by Costanzo and Song, with comic support from Ryan’s entrepreneurial paren...

By Geoff Pevere of Toronto Star (7/0)
            There's nothing really wrong about Everything's Gone Green, but there's nothing terribly vital ab...

By Ken Eisner of Variety (7/0)
            Pic is seasoned with fine perfs by JR Bourne as a charismatic, creepy hustler and Steph Song as C...

                         Reviews of Everything's Gone Green
By Robert Wilonsky of Village Voice (7/0)
            It's not the big picture that charms here, it's the details. More than anything, though, it's Cos...

By Joe Morgenstern of Wall Street Journal (7/0)
            The movie is least successful during literal-minded debates about who's corrupt and who isn't. Bu...

By Kevin Courrier of Boxoffice Magazine (3/4) No reference
            In trying to mock the yuppie subculture by poking fun at people who become obsessed with grass gr...

By Marc Mohan of Oregonian (6/1) No reference
            Minor pleasures don't come close to compensating for a bloodless film that aims for wry but leave...

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