The latter include a visit to Disney's "It's a Small World After All" that transforms the chirpy, one-world puppet show into a psychedelic nightmare. He behaves with impatience and then bitter anger toward his wife and kids, develops a pathetic sexual obsession with two beautiful teenage girls ( Annet Mahendru and Danielle Safady), and hallucinates sinister visions on harmless rides. He already seems distracted or dissatisfied when we meet him, but the sudden news that he's been fired from his job pushes him over the brink. ![]() Roy Abramsohn stars as Jim, the beleaguered husband of Emily ( Elena Schuber) and father to two small children, Sara ( Katelynn Rodriguez) and Eliot ( Jack Dalton). "Escape from Tomorrow" is an act of cultural vandalism, the feature film equivalent of drawing genitals on cute storybook animals. Judging from what's onscreen, that was the only way it could have been done: if Disney had known what the cast and crew were up to, they'd never have allowed them anywhere near the parks. It was shot on location in Disney World without permits. That beleaguered side of me reacted to "Escape from Tomorrow" with cathartic glee. This low-budget black-and-white comedy about a husband and father going mad at Disney World is clearly the work of a filmmaker wrestling with demons. But I'm also a father of two who's visited Disney World on days when I was in a foul mood but had to suck it up and pretend to have a great time. In fact I love a good number of the company's films, am fascinated by the history of its theme parks, and own books about the company's founder, Walt Disney. ![]() ![]() As a provocation, it's aces, especially if-like the film's writer-director, Randy Moore-you hate Disney and everything it stands for. As a movie, "Escape from Tomorrow" is a dark, weird, smutty, fitfully amusing comedy that ultimately wears out its welcome.
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