Elsewhere (2009)
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36% of users liked it
(7,861 ratings)
A teenage girl sets out in search of her missing best friend, a mischief-making flirt who had been recklessly meeting men online, in this thriller featuring Twilight star Anna Kendrick. Sarah (Kendrick) is a straight-A student and popular athlete, and Jillian (Tania Raymonde) is the girl with the… More A teenage girl sets out in search of her missing best friend, a mischief-making flirt who had been recklessly meeting men online, in this thriller featuring Twilight star Anna Kendrick. Sarah (Kendrick) is a straight-A student and popular athlete, and Jillian (Tania Raymonde) is the girl with the reputation that every parent fears most. Yet despite their differences, Sarah and Jillian have been best friends for as far back as either can recall. Both girls long to escape their small town for something more exciting, though it's Jillian who acts first. Shortly after revealing to Sarah that she is searching for a man online to take her someplace new and exciting, Jillian vanishes without a trace. The only clues that Sarah has to her old friend's whereabouts are a journal, and a cryptic video message sent by Jillian just before she disappeared. Frustrated that the people in town would rather just pretend that Jillian never existed, Sarah enlists the aid of local computer whiz (who harbors a secret crush on her) to trace the origins of the mysterious message and unlock the mystery of her best friend's disappearance. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Nathan Hope
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
- In Theaters
- Jan 15, 2009 Wide
- Studio
- Koch Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...a pervasively meaningless endeavor that's simply unable to justify its existence...
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Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
when you have a serial killer story, by avoiding this subject matter completely, you tend to soften the film
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Steve "Uncle Creepy" Barton, Dread Central
The one thing I will say for this film is that it's aptly titled. Throughout the entire viewing experience all I could do was wish that I was elsewhere. Skip it. Avoid it.
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Christopher Null, Filmcritic.com
Kendrick rises above some predictable material here, but director Nathan Hope does at least infuse the film with some genuine frights and keeps things moving at a clippy pace
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Cast
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Tania Raymonde
as Jillian
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Jon Gries
as Mr. Tod
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Paul Wesley
as Billy
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Shannon Holt
as Patty Melville
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Olivia Dawn York
as Darla
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Chuck Carter
as Jasper
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Jeff Daniel Phillips
as Officer Berg
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Jeff Phillips
as Officer Berg



