The Reconstruction of William Zero

The Reconstruction of William Zero
Directed by Dan Bush
Produced by Linda Burns
Dan Bush
Conal Byrne
Clay Floren
Alexander A. Motlagh
Aimee Shieh
Written by Dan Bush
Conal Byrne
Starring Conal Byrne
Amy Seimetz
Tim Habeger
Adam Fristoe
Scott Poythress
Lake Roberts
Melissa McBride
Jeff Rose
Music by Ben Lovett
Cinematography Jon Swindall
Edited by Dan Bush
Production
company
Floren Shieh Productions
Pop Films
Release dates
  • July 20, 2014 (Fantasia Festival)[1]
Running time
 98 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Reconstruction of William Zero is a 2014 American science fiction film directed by Dan Bush, written by Bush and Conal Byrne, and starring Byrne and Amy Seimetz. Byrne plays a geneticist who clones himself.

Plot

After the death of his son, a genetic engineer, William Blakely, decides to test his cloning research on himself.

Cast

Release

The Reconstruction of William Zero premiered at the Fantasia Festival on July 20, 2014.[1] It was released to video on demand in April 2015.[2]

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reports that 20% of five surveyed critics gave the film a positive review; the average rating was 4.8/10.[3] Metacritic rated it 57/100 based on five reviews.[4] Peter Debruge of Variety compared it to the work of H.G. Wells, who he said "would surely approve of this suburban mad-scientist tale".[5] John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter described it as a "thoughtful, intimate film [that] works both as sci-fi and family drama".[6] Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "The Reconstruction of William Zero has its own identity problem, essentially, being a solid sci-fi story with a welcome emotional component, yet never fully effective at either."[7] Kurt Halfyard of Twitch Film compared it to Another Earth and called it "more vexing than cathartic".[8] Matt Boiselle of Dread Central rated it 2/5 stars and called it "sad and complex" but "hard to swallow and possibly even harder to digest."[9] Noel Murray of The Dissolve rated it 2.5/5 stars and called it "intermittently effective".[10] Keith Uhlich of The A.V. Club rated it C− and wrote, "It's always easy to see what Bush and Byrne are aiming for with this timely piece of speculative fiction. But their execution is, with rare exception, weakly imitative at best and exasperatingly inept at worst."[11]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jagernauth, Kevin (2014-07-14). "Fantasia Exclusive: Watch The Trailer For Sci-Fi Thriller 'Reconstruction Of William Zero' With Conal Byrne & Amy Seimetz". Indiewire. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  2. ↑ Squires, John (2015-04-10). "Today on VOD: The Harvest, Infernal, Lost River, The Sisterhood of Night and The Reconstruction of William Zero". Dread Central. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  3. ↑ "The Reconstruction Of William Zero (2015)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  4. ↑ "The Reconstruction of William Zero". Metacritic. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  5. ↑ Debruge, Peter (2014-07-21). "Film Review: 'The Reconstruction of William Zero'". Variety. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  6. ↑ DeFore, John (2014-08-22). "'The Reconstruction of William Zero': Fantasia Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  7. ↑ Abele, Robert (2015-04-09). "Review 'Reconstruction of William Zero' compels with identity issues". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  8. ↑ Halfyard, Kurt (2014-07-20). "Fantasia 2014 Review: THE RECONSTRUCTION OF WILLIAM ZERO Has An Identity Crisis". Twitch Film. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  9. ↑ Boiselle, Matt (2014-07-21). "Reconstruction of William Zero, The (2014)". Dread Central. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
  10. ↑ Murray, Noel (2015-04-07). "The Reconstruction Of William Zero". The Dissolve. Retrieved 2015-04-17.
  11. ↑ Uhlich, Keith (2015-04-16). "The Reconstruction Of William Zero is kind of a poor man’s Upstream Color". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2015-04-17.

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