Synchronic (film)
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| Directed by | |
| Written by | Justin Benson |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Aaron Moorhead |
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| Music by | Jimmy LaValle |
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| Distributed by | Well Go USA Entertainment |
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Running time | 96 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1 million[2][3] |
Synchronic is a 2019 American science fiction horror film directed and produced by Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead and written by Benson. It stars Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie.
It had its world premiere at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival. It was released on October 23, 2020, by Well GO USA Entertainment.
Premise
Steve is a ladies' man and Dennis is married with two children. In their work as paramedics on the late shift they begin to encounter a series of people dead or in a strange state. After some exploration they discover it relates to a new designer drug, Synchronic.
Steve discovers he only has six weeks to live and decides to buy up all the Synchronic in town to protect others - only to discover he has a time travel pill that may help to find his partner's missing daughter.
Steve chronicles how the pill works with different forms of ingestion affecting different scales of time travel until he finally returns to the tension of trying to discover what happened to Brianna.
Cast
- Jamie Dornan as Dennis Dannelly
- Anthony Mackie as Steve Denube
- Ally Ioannides as Brianna Dannelly
- Katie Aselton as Tara Dannelly
- Bill Oberst Jr. as The Looter
- Natasha Tina Liu as Christina
- Martin Bats Bradford as Bob
- Adam J. Yeend as Kyle
- Devyn A. Tyler as Danika
- Betsy Holt as Leah
- Shane Brady as Travis
Production
In September 2018, it was announced Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie had joined the cast of the film, with Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead directing.[4]
Release
The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2019.[5] Shortly after, Well Go USA Entertainment acquired distribution rights to the film, announcing a 2020 release.[6] It was released in theaters on October 23, 2020.[7]
Synchronic was released on digital and video on demand in the United States on January 12, 2021.[8]
Reception
Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported an approval rating of 81% based on 115 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Synchronic sets off on an intriguingly idiosyncratic journey that should satisfy fans of Aaron Moorhead and Justin Benson's earlier work."[9] Metacritic reports a weighted average score of 66 out of 100, based on 19 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[10]
References
- ^ "Synchronic". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^ "Synchronic (2020)". The Numbers. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- ^ "Synchronic (2020)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
- ^ White, Peter (September 17, 2018). "'Captain America's Anthony Mackie & 'A Private War's Jamie Dornan To Star In 'Synchronic' From 'The Endless' Directors". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^ Vlessing, Etan (August 13, 2019). "'The Aeronauts,' 'Burnt Orange Heresy' Added to Toronto Film Fest Lineup". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 13, 2019.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (October 10, 2019). "Jamie Dornan-Anthony Mackie Sci-Fi 'Synchronic' Sells To U.S. & Major International Markets". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 10, 2019.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (September 11, 2020). "'Synchronic' Starring Jamie Dornan And Anthony Mackie Gets October Release Date From Well Go". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved September 11, 2020.
- ^ @AaronMoorhead (December 15, 2020). "At last, our weird movie about paramedics & designer rugs & the nature of time & dogs & New Orleans & death & cavemen & pirates & how the past sucked & friendship & burnt bodies & sad handshakes will be hitting US digital/VOD on January 12, blu-ray a week later" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Synchronic (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "Synchronic Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
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