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1 hr. 26 min.

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Late on a cold night somewhere in the U.S., teenage Casey (Anna Cobb in her feature debut) sits alone in her attic bedroom, scrolling the internet under the glow-in-the-dark stars and black-light posters that blanket the ceiling. She has finally decided to take the World's Fair Challenge, an online role-playing horror game, and embrace the uncertainty it promises. After the initiation, she documents the changes that may or may not be happening to her, adding her experiences to the shuffle of online clips available for the world to see. As she begins to lose herself between dream and reality, a mysterious figure reaches out, claiming to see something special in her uploads.

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Critics Consensus

Narratively challenging and visually haunting, We're All Going to the World's Fair adds a uniquely ambitious and unsettling entry to the crowded coming-of-age genre.

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EMILY

If you were into the creepypasta scene as a kid, it brings back a lot of elements of growing up in that world online. Its subtle in the best of ways while being genuinely scary at some points. Either way it's an interesting watch that brings you back to 2013

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/23/22

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James D

An incredible film surrounding the internet, the location of it also shows more less extreme horrors though such as loneliness, empty environments, depression, etc. Jane did an incredible job on this movie and I am so excited for their new film "I saw the tv glow"

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/17/24

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Marina D

This was one of the dumbest movies I've ever watched, across all genres. Hardly anything happened the entire time. I sort of get the creepy vibe the director was going for but it didn't work at all. Complete waste of time.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/14/24

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Harry W

It's a movie about getting groomed. The actress was fine. The movie does do a good job of keeping the suspense and the creep factor high and continuous, but nothing happens. Ever. At all… The resolution/crescendo if you could call it that is interesting, but the antagonist does, again… nothing… maybe I'm missing something, but I doubt it. Save your time and literally do anything else.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

04/13/24

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Tristan S

Ignore the audience score on this website if you are actually a fan of movies. People used to Marvel movies with explosions every five seconds are not going to like it… I'm not sure why they would press play to begin with. This is a good movie that I was thinking about for weeks afterwards!

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/10/24

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tederuxpin

Other than one or two interesting visual effects this was a very slow and pointless movie.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/06/24

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Jane Schoenbrun

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Anna Cobb

Casey

Michael J. Rogers

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Jane Schoenbrun

Screenwriter

Sarah Winshall

Producer

Carlos Zozaya

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I feel like I absorbed "We’re All Going to the World’s Fair” at a subcutaneous level and will be feeling its effects for some time to come.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 9, 2022

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Tom Shone

Times (UK)

It’s thinly sketched and a bit too arty, but Cobb, in her first feature, is harrowing.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 24, 2022

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Alissa Wilkinson

Vox

Genre-defying, subtly unnerving...

Aug 5, 2022

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George Kowalik

Vague Visages

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair prefers the space between categories. This position facilitates a unique experience of time, much like the COVID-19 pandemic.

Oct 4, 2023

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Nuha Hassan

The UnderSCENE

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair is depicted in many ways, but the movie itself is being watched and seen by the character and the audience.

Sep 4, 2023

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Hector A. Gonzalez

InSession Film

Unfortunately, the World’s Fair doesn’t amount to its potential thematically and narrative-wise.

Rated: C+

Jul 21, 2023

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Synopsis

Late on a cold night somewhere in the U.S., teenage Casey (Anna Cobb in her feature debut) sits alone in her attic bedroom, scrolling the internet under the glow-in-the-dark stars and black-light posters that blanket the ceiling. She has finally decided to take the World's Fair Challenge, an online role-playing horror game, and embrace the uncertainty it promises. After the initiation, she documents the changes that may or may not be happening to her, adding her experiences to the shuffle of online clips available for the world to see. As she begins to lose herself between dream and reality, a mysterious figure reaches out, claiming to see something special in her uploads.

Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Executive Producer: Daniel Patrick Carbone, Hannah Dweck, Matthew Petock, Theodore Schaefer, Zachary Shedd
Screenwriter: Jane Schoenbrun
Distributor: Utopia
Production Co: Dweck Productions, Flies Collective
Genre: Horror, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 15, 2022, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 22, 2022
Box Office (Gross USA): $45.0K
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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