The Binge

"One nation under the influence"

2020 1h 38m EN

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5.3

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★5.3TMDB · 97

Comedy

Synopsis

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In the not-so-distant future, all drinking and drugs have been made completely illegal by the government, except for one night a year. High school seniors Griffin, Hags, and Andrew make a pilgrimage to get to the best party in town where all their dreams will come true. They will have to avoid their crazed principal, violent siblings, and the wild animals roaming the streets.

“One nation under the influence”

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Cast

Skyler Gisondo
Griffin
Dexter Darden
Hags
Eduardo Franco
Andrew
Vince Vaughn
Principal Carlsen
Grace Van Dien
Lena
Esteban Benito
Seb
Eileen Galindo
Deidre Hellmuth
Marta Piekarz
Kimmi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jeremy Garelick
Writers: Jordan VanDina
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 8

ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Binge Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jeremy Garelick, shot by Andrew Huebscher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Matt Bowen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Ian Kezsbom shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Skyler Gisondo and Dexter Darden and Eduardo Franco carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "One nation under the influence".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt10994688 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jeremy Garelick directs. Andrew Huebscher behind the camera. Matt Bowen scores. Ian Kezsbom cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 6 years ago.
2Part of the "Binge Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Jeremy Garelick, shot by Andrew Huebscher. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Matt Bowen. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Ian Kezsbom shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Skyler Gisondo and Dexter Darden and Eduardo Franco carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "One nation under the influence".
8IMDB entry: tt10994688 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 97 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Andrew Huebscher
Original score: Matt Bowen
Editing: Ian Kezsbom
Production design: Kathrin Eder
Costume design: Samantha Hawkins
Makeup / hair: Christina Samuels
Sound: Robert Chen
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: The Binge (2020)

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Binge Collection

A collection of comedies where all drugs are illegal, except for one night a year.

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Jeremy Garelick

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Kamurai2020-09-10
★ 7/10
Really good watch, could watch again, and can recommend. This is a surprisingly good movie, and maybe that's because I went in ready to hate it. This is "The Purge", but with drugs and alcohol, or imagine Rumspringa on steroids. I'm definitely not the demographic for this, but when a movie is put together so well, the subject matter is almost secondary. Skyler Gisondo does a decent job, he's one of those guys that shows up in bit parts, but this shows he can lead a movie. Eduardo Franco might have been the only one I know of that could have landed the delivery of his role and even then it's almost a throw away character. Grace Van Dien is little more than "lead cute girl", and Vince Vaughn is probably the best acting in this, which is your red flag right there. Even if you think he's funny, I don't imagine his fans saying he's a great actor. It's not the character delivery, or the character based writing....or even really the plot that makes this worth a watch. It is almost entirely the production value. They probably could have gotten any 5 dingbats to play the main parts with limited elevation of characters and we still would have gotten a good movie. Honestly, what makes this movie great is that someone handed a good director a poor to mediocre scene and they figured out how to shoot it so it was vibrant and engaging and entertaining, and as the scenes get increasingly ridiculous, they kept it refreshing. The broadway show musical in the middle of it (not really a spoilers, you'll see) alone is a worthy enough joke to watch this. The movie is funny, I'm pretty sure it's not good, but it's definitely worth a laugh.

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