This Might Be Good

2000 0h 6m EN

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 2

Synopsis

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A festival is a concentration of hope. Audiences hungering for something startingly new, famously familiar or just plain "good". Actors hoping their well-conceived sincerity and ritual entrances have that special glow. Press and critics poised to love or hate lucidly. And proud, desperate filmmakers looking for that little blessing on their latest self-projection. All squeezing together for a few days, in a few rooms wondering whether this will truly be the perfect place at the perfect time. Of course, it rarely is. Mostly it's just a collection of almosts. Delicious, shared almosts.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Sarah Polley
Don McKellar
Fides Krucker
Mark McKinney

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Patricia Rozema
Writers: Patricia Rozema
Countries: Canada

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RUNTIME

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Tight 6-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Patricia Rozema, shot by André Pienaar. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Sarah Polley and Don McKellar and Fides Krucker carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0262043 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Patricia Rozema directs. André Pienaar behind the camera. Lesley Barber scores. Michelle Czukar cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Canada.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 6-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
226 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Patricia Rozema, shot by André Pienaar. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Lesley Barber. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Michelle Czukar shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Sarah Polley and Don McKellar and Fides Krucker carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0262043 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: André Pienaar
Original score: Lesley Barber
Editing: Michelle Czukar
Production design: Kathleen Climie
Runtime: 6 min · 0h 6m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: This Might Be Good (2000)

Also by

Patricia Rozema

Key crew

Production DesignKathleen Climie
SoundDavid McCallum
Co-ProducerJennifer Weiss
SoundLou Solakofski
Best Boy ElectricByrd Dickens
ProducerJody Shapiro
Best Boy GripChris Farr
SoundBissa
EditorMichelle Czukar
Production ManagerAndrew Cullen
Script SupervisorTrish Mason
Executive ProducerNiv Fichman
Sound Effects EditorRonayne Higginson

Release history · US

When it landed

Theatrical2000-09-07

7.4