Wrong (film)

Wrong (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Wrong (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Tahihi Boy and Mr. Oizo
Released	August 27, 2012
Genre	House, Soundtrack
Label	Ed Banger Records; Because Music;

Wrong
Wrong
	Film poster (c) Kevos Van Der Meiren
Directed by	Quentin Dupieux
Written by	Quentin Dupieux
Produced by	Gregory Bernard; Charles-Marie Anthonioz; Nicolas Lhermitte; Josef Lieck;
Starring	Jack Plotnick; Éric Judor; Alexis Dziena; Steve Little; William Fichtner;
Cinematography	Quentin Dupieux
Edited by	Quentin Dupieux
Music by	Tahiti Boy; Mr. Oizo;
Production; companies	Realitism Films; Canal+; Arte Cinema
Distributed by	Drafthouse Films
Release dates	January 21, 2012 (Sundance); March 29, 2013 (United States);
Running time	94 minutes
Countries	France; United States
Language	English
Box office	$46,021

Wrong is a 2012 French-American independent surreal comedy film written and directed by Quentin Dupieux. The film stars Jack Plotnick and premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. It was part of the Toronto International Film Festival's Official Selection. The producers of the film are Gregory Bernard, Charles-Marie Anthonioz, Nicolas Lhermitte and Josef Lieck.

Synopsis

Dolph wakes up early in the morning in his suburban home to find that his dog is missing. He is in denial that he has lost his job and shows up to his office to work every day and pretends to do his work. Dolph's need to live in a world of denial about all the areas in his life that are obviously not working is found throughout his life. A palm tree in his backyard transforms into a pine tree. It's raining inside Dolph's office even though none of his co-workers seem to notice it or care that they're being soaked. To put his life back together, he goes in search of his dog.

Cast

Jack Plotnick as Dolph Springer
Éric Judor as Victor
Alexis Dziena as Emma
Steve Little as Detective Ronnie
William Fichtner as Master Chang
Regan Burns as Mike
Mark Burnham as Cop
Arden Myrin as Gabrielle
Maile Flanagan as Pharmacist
Gary Valentine as EMT
Barry Alan Levine as Gas Station Attendant

Critical reception

It holds a 65% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 43 reviews, with an average rating of 6.1/10. The critical consensus states that "Wrong is strange and meandering, but its absurdist vignettes reveal a unique, wry wit."^[3]

Simon Abrams of Slant Magazine did not feel that the film worked:

The quasi-nihilistic, absurdist and totally surrealistic ideology behind Wrong, writer/director/editor/musician Quentin Dupieux's follow-up to Rubber, is more exciting in theory than it is in practice... It's only tempting whenever Wrong isn't actively devolving into an interminable laundry list of strange things that mostly prove how jaded Dupieux is.^[4]

However, Chase Whale of Twitch Film enjoyed the film:

Writer/director/composer/editor/cinematographer/auteur/weirdo Quentin Dupieux is a guy who pulls the mat right out from under the Hollywood norm and takes bold and colorful chances.... What makes Dupieux's movies so infectious is that in the wildly weird universe he creates, there is a brilliant undertone throughout all of the oddities happening.... Wrong will leave you strangely addicted to Dupieux's world.^[5]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack to Wrong was produced by Quentin Dupieux under his stage name Mr. Oizo and French electro-rock music producer David Sztanke under the name "Tahiti Boy". Track 7 and 12 were produced by Sztanke's group "Tahiti Boy & The Palmtree Family".

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wrong"	2:26
2.	"Ronnie"	2:13
3.	"Pizza Note"	2:33
4.	"Mind Link 1"	2:18
5.	"Mind Link 2"	3:04
6.	"Ringtone"	1:07
7.	"Solution"	3:43
8.	"Le Detective"	1:38
9.	"Turd Vision"	2:26
10.	"Phase 7"	3:18
11.	"Palmtree"	1:31
12.	"Resolution"	3:54
13.	"Master Chang"	1:10

References

^ Harvey, Dennis (January 24, 2012). "Wrong". Variety.
^ "Wrong (2013)". Box Office Mojo. March 29, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
^ "Wrong (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
^ Abrams, Simon (January 28, 2012). "Sundance Film Festival 2012: Beasts of the Southern Wild and Wrong | The House Next Door". Slant Magazine.
^ Whale, Chase (January 24, 2012). "Sundance 2012 Review: Quentin Dupieux's WRONG Has All the Right Stuff". Twitchfilm.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.

External links

[1] Harvey, Dennis (January 24, 2012). "Wrong". Variety.

[2] "Wrong (2013)". Box Office Mojo. March 29, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2021.

[3] "Wrong (2013)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved July 1, 2021.

[4] Abrams, Simon (January 28, 2012). "Sundance Film Festival 2012: Beasts of the Southern Wild and Wrong | The House Next Door". Slant Magazine.

[5] Whale, Chase (January 24, 2012). "Sundance 2012 Review: Quentin Dupieux's WRONG Has All the Right Stuff". Twitchfilm.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.

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