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1999

1h 43m

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Grocery store clerk Simon (Desmond Askew) occasionally sells drugs from his cash register at work, so when soap opera actors Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zack (Jay Mohr) come looking for Ecstasy on a quiet Christmas Eve, they are surprised to find Ronna (Sarah Polley) covering his shift. Desperate for money, Ronna decides to become an impromptu drug dealer, unaware that Adam and Zack are secretly working for obsessed narcotics officer Burke (William Fichtner).

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With its sharp dialogue and raucous visuals, Go entertains at an exhilarating pace.

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David Ansen

Newsweek

03/03/2018

It starts to go awry in frenetic Vegas, when you realize that things happen because the screenplay it, not from any internal logic. It's the whatever school of filmmaking. "Go" has its pleasures, but I didn't really believe a word of it.

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

03/19/2002

3/4

Tickled. That's the square old word that comes to mind in response to the self-consciously hip Go.

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John Wrathall

Sight & Sound

03/05/2002

Frenetic, audaciously structured and plot-heavy, packed with enough incident for at least three films.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

Sep 5

Doug Liman stitches together a hip jigsaw puzzle of a film with sharp dialogue, cinematic pinnace, and interwoven storylines.... Think of it as a 'Pulp Fiction' for the twentysomething LA underground scene.

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Sarah Marloff

Washington City Paper

09/23/2024

Told from the perspective of several characters, you’ll get rave scenes, car chases, Breakfast Club references, a killer soundtrack, and even a talking cat. It’s fun, chaotic, and an oddly poignant capturing of life on the brink of Y2K.

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Tom Meek

Cambridge Day

09/18/2020

3/4

The immersion into into the pulse-pounding zeitgeist feels genuine and compellingly authentic as the drama unfurls through the eternal Day-Glo night.

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Jason H

@RT50328122 Dec 19

A great Xmas movie that nobody talks about. Featuring the movie debut of Melissa McCarthy.

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Jack F

@MovieFan111 Nov 17

This is one my my favorite movies. But, it takes time to like. For example, I wasn't too fond of it first time around, but second time, it was awesome. What's annoying is that it's really hard to find this movie on RT. You have to look it up on google first in order to find it on the site. This movie should be better known.

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thiago s

@Thiagostone Sep 5

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Le S

@RT67114437 Aug 24

All the cool movies of the 90s had William Fichtner.

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michael C.

@MichaelC2 Aug 20

One of my favorite movies. Was very entertaining.

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Kevin L

@Lakeman 04/14/2025

Well that's about 90-some minutes I'd like to get back. Not sure how about 90% of critics gave this a positive review; some of them glowing. Were they on Ecstasy, too, when they saw it? "Pulp Fiction"? This wasn't even "Son of Son of Daughter-in-Law of Pulp Fiction". It's as if the writer and director were best buds, watched some 'one crazy night' 80's flicks and saw "Pulp Fiction" 25 times and thought, "Hey, we can do that". Well, buds...wrong! I love Sarah Polley, and she's fine. Holmes is ok. Jay Rohr is cardboard, as always. Bexton is bad, and somehow actual Brit Askew has a horribly fake sounding British accent. Both very annoying characters, too. It's not all bad, though. There are some very attractive women, a couple quite well 'established'. The score is a good fit for the movie. And the pacing is pretty brisk. But the cliched chase down by the Vegas strip club guys is lame. And the ending is dumb. Are we to believe that Manny is still gonna be there in the same hiding place after days, maybe a week plus, and still alive? 2.5 stars

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Synopsis

Grocery store clerk Simon (Desmond Askew) occasionally sells drugs from his cash register at work, so when soap opera actors Adam (Scott Wolf) and Zack (Jay Mohr) come looking for Ecstasy on a quiet Christmas Eve, they are surprised to find Ronna (Sarah Polley) covering his shift. Desperate for money, Ronna decides to become an impromptu drug dealer, unaware that Adam and Zack are secretly working for obsessed narcotics officer Burke (William Fichtner).

Producer: Matt Freeman, Mickey Liddell, Paul Rosenberg
Distributor: Columbia Pictures
Production Co: TriStar Pictures, Banner Entertainment, Columbia Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 9, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 25, 2010
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.8M
Runtime: 1h 43m
Sound Mix: SDDS, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround

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