Elsewhere (2009)

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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

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Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 46 min.
Directed By: Nathan Hope
Genres: Mystery & Suspense, Drama

In Theaters: Jan 15, 2009 Wide
On DVD: Jun 2, 2009
Studio: Koch Entertainment

Critic Reviews

David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...a pervasively meaningless endeavor that's simply unable to justify its existence...
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures
when you have a serial killer story, by avoiding this subject matter completely, you tend to soften the film
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.
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: Anna Kendrick, Tania Raymond, Olivia Dawn, Chuck Carter, Paul Wesley, Jon Gries, Shannon Holt, Jeff Phillips DIRECTED BY: Nathan Hope SUMMARY: Small-town life goes topsy-turvy when young girls start disappearing out of thin air. But things get uncomfortably personal when… More
CAST: Anna Kendrick, Tania Raymond, Olivia Dawn, Chuck Carter, Paul Wesley, Jon Gries, Shannon Holt, Jeff Phillips DIRECTED BY: Nathan Hope SUMMARY: Small-town life goes topsy-turvy when young girls start disappearing out of thin air. But things get uncomfortably personal when Sarah (Anna Kendrick) learns that her best friend, Jillian (Tania Raymonde), has joined the ranks of the missing. The trouble is, only cryptic clues remain: Jillian's diary, a puzzling message that was sent from her cell phone -- and Sarah's prior knowledge that her friend had been meeting strange men online. MY THOUGHTS: "I was expecting much worse, but it really was a pretty solid thriller. The script could have been better, but the acting from the leads make up for it. It's a story that has been told, but it's still a decent flick. Anna Kendrick and Chuck Carter were pretty good and had good chemistry. He really brought the laughter in this film. The movie had a good look and feel. It's a good movie, worth the rental."
Leigh R

It was an alright film. Nothing to get too excited over though.
Nick G

Not bad. I was disappointed about an hour or so in thinking it is too predictable. That being said, I don't think the twist was really meant to be that big of a twist. It comes a bit early, and if you let it play out it has a creepy feel from then on. It seems to be more… More
Not bad. I was disappointed about an hour or so in thinking it is too predictable. That being said, I don't think the twist was really meant to be that big of a twist. It comes a bit early, and if you let it play out it has a creepy feel from then on. It seems to be more about the story than the twist, and it is a solid story.