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Science FictionComedy

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A depressed millennial discovers that the world she knows is just a simulated version of reality that is being shut down. Suddenly, she's the only one who wants to stick around.

Release Date : 2022-04-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

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Cast

Ashley Hutchinson

Character Name : Sarah

Original Name : Ashley Hutchinson

Gender : Female

Langston Fishburne

Character Name : The Guide

Original Name : Langston Fishburne

Gender : Female

Michael Bonini

Character Name : Tucker

Original Name : Michael Bonini

Gender : Male

Robert Picardo

Character Name : Theodore

Original Name : Robert Picardo

Gender : Male

Charlie Talbert

Character Name : Gary

Original Name : Charlie Talbert

Gender : Male

Risa Benson

Character Name : Sharon

Original Name : Risa Benson

Gender : Male

Michelle Yazvac

Character Name : Kayla

Original Name : Michelle Yazvac

Gender : Female

Bill Sorice

Character Name : Barry

Original Name : Bill Sorice

Gender : Male

Reviews

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EmmanuelGoldstein

@EmmanuelGoldstein

2023-07-28

**Red Pill? Blue Pill? Screw that, just take all the pills!** This is another entry in the small but growing sub-genre of movies that are outwardly similar to The Matrix, but secretly mock the hell out of it. First off, casting Langston Fishburne as "The Guide" was genius! He really does look a lot like his father after all, and when we first see him, it almost seems like he does a (intentionally bad) Cowboy Curtis impression. Sarah reminds me a lot of Enid from Ghost World. In a way this movie is to Millennials what Ghost World was to Gen X. And here comes the spoiler; both movies have a main character that's depressed and at odds with society and ultimately fails in her struggle to find a place for herself in our flawed, competitive society and both movies don't really SHOW their main character committing suicide at the end and instead show them heading off into some wondrous distant land by themselves where they can finally be alone and find peace, but if you can read through the subtext; they really committed suicide. In Discontinued this is reinforced by the title itself and of course by the actual scene of her committing suicide. So I have to correct myself, cause this movie actually does show her commit suicide (when she swallows the entire pill bottle) it's just that we kinda gloss over it, because after that Fishburne pops up and guides her through the matrix. But if you think about it, the whole matrix stuff only starts to happen after she already committed suicide. And also, the whole movie is basically a loop. It begins at the its own end and ends at its own beginning and yet the movie stays in chronological order. How is that possible? It's because Sarah is in a loop. She killed herself and now she is basically in purgatory, reliving her 5 "greatest" memories over and over again for all eternity or until she is finally able to make the choice to face society and face other people and face her own inner demons that those other people represent.