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Patch Town

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Canada · 2014
1h 25m
Director Craig Goodwill
Starring Rob Ramsay, Zoie Palmer, Julian Richings, Suresh John
Genre Music, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction

Patch Town, inspired by the award-winning short film of the same name. After years in a loving home, Jon, a toy, was forgotten, deserted and ultimately betrayed by his adoptive mother. He returns to live a sad life as a worker on the line; a life of factory work and oppression in a place where hundreds of cabbage babies are born every day. The thankless task of shucking, picking, and processing these newborns to go out into the world and to their new mothers has taken its toll on Jon. With each new birth, Jon slips deeper into sadness, lamenting the days when life was good and he was loved.

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The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg

While the results are more creepy than charming — too childish for adults, though not necessarily too dark for children — it is hard to fault Mr. Goodwill for trying.

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The Dissolve by Charles Bramesco

The first-time feature director still has some growing up to do—the glaring genuflections to his influences betray his rookie status—but Patch Town has just enough laughs, imagination, and sincerity to follow through on its naked bids for cult adoration.

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Village Voice by Nick Schager

These grating characters frequently burst into songs that are not only ill-fitting, but also — as with every other aspect of this indie — awful.

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Variety by Peter Debruge

Generally speaking, Goodwill doesn’t seem to know how to direct his cast, focusing more on big-picture details like the look and feel of the film. That makes for a frightfully uneven mix of acting styles, many of which are all too obviously from first-timers.

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