We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2022)
85%RT Audience Score:
Awards & Nominations: 3 wins & 11 nominations
Narratively challenging and visually haunting, We’re All Going to the World’s Fair adds a uniquely ambitious and unsettling entry to the crowded coming-of-age genre.
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair is like a rollercoaster ride that starts off slow but picks up speed as it goes. The film may not be for everyone, but if you’re into creepy internet rabbit holes and mesmerizing performances, then this is the movie for you. Anna Cobb’s portrayal of Casey is both haunting and authentic, and the film’s exploration of self-discovery in the age of viral challenges and virtual experiences is both timely and terrifying. So buckle up and get ready for a wild ride into the dark corners of the internet.
Production Company(ies)
Gruskoff, Venture Films, Crossbow Productions, Jouer Limited
Distributor
Utopia
Release Type
Streaming, Streaming (HBO Max), Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:NA
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Runtime:1h 26m
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Language(s):English
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Country of origin:United States
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Apr 15, 2022 Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 22, 2022
Genre(s)
Horror/Drama
Keyword(s)
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, horror, drama, Anna Cobb, Michael J Rogers, Jane Schoenbrun, Sarah Winshall, Carlos Zozaya, Abby Harri, directed by Jane Schoenbrun, written by Jane Schoenbrun, Utopia, Dolby Digital, MPAA rating, box office performance, budget, reviewed by David Sims, Clarisse Loughrey, Wendy Ide, Kevin Maher, Tim Robey, A.A Dowd, Cory Woodroof, Ema Sasic, Margot Harrison, Fletcher Powell, Rene Sanchez, Jennifer Merin, coming-of-age, internet, online role-playing game, mystery, thriller, horror, unsettling, visually haunting, narratively challenging, macabre, digital rabbit hole, dream, reality, teenage, World’s Fair Challenge, online clips, self-discovery, viral challenges, virtual experiences
Worldwide gross: $94,903
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): $94,903
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 3,031
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): 10,349
US/Canada gross: $90,740
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): $90,740
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,674
US/Canada opening weekend: $12,750
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $12,750
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,652
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): NA
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): NA
Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Michael J. Rogers – JLB
Jane Schoenbrun – Director, Screenwriter
Sarah Winshall – Producer
Carlos Zozaya – Producer
Director(s)
Jane Schoenbrun
Writer(s)
Jane Schoenbrun
Producer(s)
Sarah Winshall, Carlos Zozaya, Abby Harri
Film Festivals
Sundance
Awards & Nominations
3 wins & 11 nominations
Academy Awards
All Critics (107) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (96) | Rotten (11)
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair feels like a weird piece of internet ephemera one might accidentally discover while browsing late at night. The film will resonate with anyone who’s gone down a macabre digital rabbit hole.
May 4, 2022
David Sims
The Atlantic
TOP CRITIC
Cobb’s performance is totally inscrutable – remarkably so. It’s the great, uncertain terror of We’re All Going to the World’s Fair.
May 2, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Clarisse Loughrey
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Unfortunately, the film runs out of ideas and steam before it delivers any real scares.
May 1, 2022 | Rating: 2/5
Wendy Ide
Observer (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Ultimately, quite the slog.
April 29, 2022 | Rating: 2/5
Kevin Maher
Times (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Anna Cobb, you can tell, is going to transfix and upset us in many films to come.
April 28, 2022 | Rating: 3/5
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph (UK)
TOP CRITIC
For as long as we’ve had the internet, we’ve had movies about the internet. Is it too soon, or too hyperbolic, to describe Were All Going to the Worlds Fair as one of the most insightful of them all?
April 28, 2022
A.A. Dowd
Digital Trends
TOP CRITIC
If I had to show people five movies to explain today’s youth, I’d show them this, Eighth Grade, Minding the Gap, Spontaneous and The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
July 6, 2022
Cory Woodroof
615 Film
While the film’s premise seems interesting, and its lead performance from a first-time actress is solid, the execution lacks in many ways.
June 27, 2022 | Rating: 3/10
Ema Sasic
Next Best Picture
While the movie’s pace is glacially slow, Cobb’s mesmerizing performance gives it forward momentum.
June 23, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Margot Harrison
Seven Days
It’s a good example of why we should go outside what we think we know about a certain kind of movie, and the huge danger of making assumptions.
June 21, 2022
Fletcher Powell
KMUW – Wichita Public Radio
A brutally authentic and haunting portrayal of self-discovery in the era of viral challenges and virtual experiences. [Full Review in Spanish]
May 20, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Rene Sanchez
Cine Sin Fronteras
The horror-tinged minimalist psycho-drama is in some ways a teenage navel gaze. Casey lives her life via and for a disturbingly self-destructive Internet community with which she is obsessed. The outcome is terrifying.
May 20, 2022
Jennifer Merin
AWFJ Women on Film…
Plot
Teenage Casey takes on the World’s Fair Challenge, an online role-playing horror game, and documents her experiences as she begins to lose herself between dream and reality, with a mysterious figure reaching out to her in We’re All Going to the World’s Fair.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
The film features Anna Cobb in her feature debut as the lead character, Casey.
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