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''Freedom State'' (2006) is a short independent
narrative film Narrative film, fictional film or fiction film is a motion picture that tells a fictional or fictionalized story, event or narrative. Commercial narrative films with running times of over an hour are often referred to as feature films, or featur ...
written and directed by
Cullen Hoback Cullen James Hoback (born July 15, 1981) is an American film producer and Film director, director. He is also an occasional columnist and Public speaker, speaker. His documentary films include ''Monster Camp'' (2007), ''Terms and Conditions May ...
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Plot summary

A woman named Krystal, unhappy with her husband and her life, checks into a small rural "mental health home". Her problem is that she may prefer a "crazy" state of mind and lifestyle to "normal" ones. The resident mental patients discover that Nurse Garrett, the facility supervisor, has absconded and conclude that the apocalypse (rapture) has occurred and the world has ended. Led by Krystal, who has been voted "President", most of the patients embark upon a whimsical school bus road trip, variously understood as a "quest" or a search for survivors or for the "end of the world". The bus driver is the home's former security guard, who is joining in with the hijinks. In the end, they all return to the home where Dax (Krystal's love interest) has decided he will not "check out" of the facility after all. The patients symbolically bury various objects in a grave and voice contempt for Nurse Garrett. Krystal burns a photo of her husband. Nurse Garrett returns to the home where the patients pummel her with cornbread. Krystal declares that she has decided she wants both "crazy" and "love".


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* 2006 films American independent films 2006 comedy films American comedy films 2000s English-language films 2000s American films {{2000s-US-film-stub