The film's snags and stumblings are more than compensated for by its wryly subversive tone.
Waydowntown
Welcome to life at the bottom of the food chain.
2002 · 1h 24m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Gary Burns
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.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Dilbert without the right-on satiric humor.
A well-put-together piece of urban satire.
Burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast.
A smart, sardonic satire.
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