''The Go-Getters'' is a 2018 Canadian comedy film, directed by

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.Norman Wilner
"Review: The Go-Getters is a consciously grubby microbudget comedy thats very funny"
''

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'', December 5, 2018. The film stars

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and Tommie-Amber Pirie as Owen and Lacie, an aimless alcoholic and a prostitute in

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who form an alliance to raise $98 to pay for two bus tickets out of town; however, due to their shared penchant for self-defeating behaviour, this seemingly simple task proves more difficult for them to achieve than they planned.Andrew Parker
"Review: The Go-Getters"
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'', December 6, 2018. The film's cast also includes Kristian Bruun, Christine Horne, Scott Thompson, Kate Hewlett,

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and

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Distribution

The film premiered on March 2, 2018 at the

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, where it won the award for Best Comedy Feature. and had its Canadian premiere at the

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on March 20. It opened commercially in Canadian theatres in December 2018.

Critical response

Andrew Parker of ''

'' positively reviewed the film, writing that "Those hip to what LaLonde and company are laying down will be treated to an uncompromising comedic work unlike anything that’s been attempted in Canadian cinema for quite some time. While LaLonde ('' How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town'', ''

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'') is no stranger to risque material, the sheer amount of manic, wall-to-wall misanthropy on display in ''The Go-Getters'' marks a quantum leap in his directorial chops and style, with the filmmaker making great use of split-screens and rapid fire editing that makes this feel like a heist movie for degenerates. Instead of working with more observational material, ''The Go-Getters'' is heightened situations, bizarre characters, and gross-out gags delivered like they’re coming out of a gatling gun. Once Owen and Lacie get going, there’s positively no stopping them." Brad Wheeler of '' The Globe and Mail'' was more dismissive, writing that "even though this film is set within the world of the clownishly down-and-out in Toronto, it attempts to say something uplifting. If so, that something is very well disguised. The screenplay is lean and unsentimental, but takes us nowhere. I didn’t buy the resolution, if you can call it that."Brad Wheeler
"Review: The Go-Getters wallows in the gutter, and we all end up dirty"
'' The Globe and Mail'', December 6, 2018.

Awards

The film received three

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nominations at the

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in 2019, for Best Performance in a Feature (Pirie), Best Direction in a Feature (Lalonde) and Best Writing in a Film (Abrams,

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Go-Getters, The 2018 films 2018 comedy films Canadian crime comedy films English-language Canadian films Films shot in Toronto Films set in Toronto Films directed by Jeremy Lalonde 2010s English-language films 2010s Canadian films