We're All Going to the World's Fair (2021)
Alone in her attic bedroom, teenager Casey becomes immersed in an online role-playing horror game, wherein she begins to document the changes that may or may not be happening to her. (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Jane Schoenbrun
Written By: Jane Schoenbrun
Starring: Michael J Rogers, Anna Cobb
Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Horror
Country: USA
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1. 0: On My Radar (private: KasperL - 3 stars)
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| Jul 20 |  |
Honest_Thief | 5 91% |
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There's a few movies that I've seen which understand the specific loneliness and disaffection of being online. Kairo was one I could instantly name drop and now there is We’re All Going to the World’s Fair. Like Kairo, its premise, while not incorrect, doesn't paint the right picture of the movie: Kairo is a movie about internet ghosts, but that's just a stepping-off point to the apocalypse of the self through technology. It follows then that We’re All Going to… more
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| Jun 11 |  |
Bown | 81 59% |
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The best depiction in fiction to date of that feeling of exploring the strangest corners of the internet, and friendships based on anonymity. Reminded me especially of my first years online - Animorphs fanfiction, failed attempts at Habbo Hotel knockoffs, and other sites and people I haven’t spoken to in twENTY YEARS OH MY GOD
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| May 02 | Gabriel_p | 55 14% |
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The idea is very much interesting. The execution is very much not.
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| Apr 24 |  |
ambient_gf | 85 89% |
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A very special film.
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| Apr 22 |  |
capodelnulla | 40 12% |
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hello darkness my old friend...
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| Apr 14 | The_Rveal | 40 81% |
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Schoenbrun engages so deeply in the feeling of being online—more specifically, the feeling of being a young woman online—that an enervating, corrosive loneliness hits harder than any life-threatening fear. It’s a generational character study disguised as a sprucing-up of a Paranormal Activity-style DIY shocker.
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| Average Percentile 51.92% from 50 Ratings |  |