Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.
Writing
McKellar's script finds humor in grocery shopping during Armageddon.
Acting
Sandra Oh's panic attack in the car is devastating perfection.
Direction
Toronto as itself, finally, in glorious pre-millennial anxiety.
Director
Don McKellar
Don McKellar
Patrick Wheeler
Sarah Polley
Jennifer Wheeler
Roberta Maxwell
Mrs. Wheeler
Robin Gammell
Mr. Wheeler
Trent McMullen
Alex
Sandra Oh
Sandra
David Cronenberg
Duncan
Tracy Wright
Donna
Callum Keith Rennie
Craig Zwiller
Karen Glave
Lily
Arsinée Khanjian
Streetcar Mother
Chandey Michaels
Streetcar Daughter
Geneviève Bujold
Mrs. Carlton
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in 1998, this predates the actual Y2K panic and accidentally became the most Canadian apocalypse film ever made.
Sarah Polley and Don McKellar are siblings in the film but barely share scenes — McKellar intentionally structured it around his real-life difficulty with family goodbyes.
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