Wilby Wonderful (2004)

Directed by

Daniel MacIvor

Genre

black comedy, drama film, independent film, romance film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

14A

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 38 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

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How it feels

Over 24 hours, several residents of a small island town deal with personal changes and the pressure of new development. Their stories intersect as the town prepares for a festival. The title comes from a sign that was painted with the words in the wrong order.

bittersweetcomedicgentlesmall-townobservationaltenderwrylighthearted

What happens

Wilby Wonderful is a 2004 comedy-drama film directed by Daniel MacIvor, and starring James Allodi, Maury Chaykin, Paul Gross, Rebecca Jenkins, Sandra Oh, Elliot Page, Callum Keith Rennie, and Daniel MacIvor. Wilby Wonderful tells the story about 24 hours in the life of the small town of Wilby, where the municipal festival is in preparation. It focuses on the changes occurring in the lives of several different inhabitants as development comes to the island and threatens to change the world around them. The title comes from a sign created to promote the town; comically, it has been painted wrong, and says "Wilby Wonderful", as opposed to "Wonderful Wilby". Wilby Wonderful received a 71% rating from review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 7 reviews. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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