There’s also very intelligent themes and symbolism buried underneath if you’re willing to dig hard enough. It could’ve been more surreal and dreamlike, but it was still suitably disorientating and inventive. It’s loud, chaotic and absorbing but I was hoping for a little more Inland Empire styled directing, but perhaps I was hoping for too much. This triggers his descent into complete surrealism and the film abandons linear narrative. The film hits its stride once the gang enter Epcot and Jim starts to drink lots and lots. It also feels extremely intimate and involving with a strong focus on characters to keep you interested. It isn’t boring because there’s a strong dark humour layered throughout. The first hour is basically like watching a family’s home video of a trip to Disney with splashes of sinister surrealism (get a load of that sibilance!) but I mean that in the best possible way. His acting is a little questionable but it did add to the humour of the whole film. Roy Abramsohn is so amusing as Jim, the typical twat Dad. That isn’t to criticise it because the humour worked very well.

The trailer would lead you to believe that it’s a full-on Lynchian horror nightmare, but in truth the majority of it is pretty hilarious. What struck me was how funny most of the film was. It begins with a ride on the Rocky Mountain rollercoaster which is sledgehammer foreshadowing of the rollercoaster ride we’re about to go on in our hero’s haunted head. It’s the American Beauty-esque tale of a man going through a midlife crisis, except it also sparks a total mental breakdown and it happens in the middle of Disney World. The extreme guerrilla tactics are important to the raw and intimate atmosphere of the film (and are extremely impressive) but there’s much more to Escape From Tomorrow than ‘that film that was shot illegally in Disneyland.’ Whenever you read a review of Escape From Tomorrow you always get an essay on how the film was made rather than the film itself. Randy Moore’s disturbing vision is unlikely to convince Disney World virgins to go though! In this film, Disney World is more reminiscent of Banksy’s Dismaland. I spent the happiest days of my life there as a kiddy, at the tender age of ten and I’m desperate to get back there. Stars: Roy Abramsohn, Elena Schuber, Katelynn Rodriguezĭisney World really is one of the best places on the planet.

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