Chronicle Page #10

Synopsis: The shy, lonely and outcast teenager Andrew Detmer is bullied and has no friends at high-school and lives with his abusive and alcoholic father Richard Detmer and his terminally ill mother Karen. Andrew buys a camera to film his everyday life. His cousin Matt Garetty drives him to school and invites Andrew to go to a party at night. telekinetic abilities and Andrew becomes the most powerful. But he easily loses his temper and becomes dangerous while Matt tries to control him. When his mother needs a medicine and Andrew does not have enough money to buy it, his darker side overcomes and he becomes a menace.
Director(s): Josh Trank
Production: 20th Century Fox
  2 wins & 7 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
69
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
PG-13
Year:
2012
84 min
$60,800,000
Website
1,281 Views


- Yes, I am.

887

00:
46:17,733 -- 00:46:20,577

What is this, some kind

of newfound school spirit?

888

00:
46:20,695 -- 00:46:22,493

How do you like it, huh? Being on camera?

889

00:
46:22,571 -- 00:46:24,539

- I actually don't mind being on camera.

- Oh. Here we go.

890

00:
46:24,615 -- 00:46:26,242

Ladies and gentlemen,

now coming to the stage...

891

00:
46:26,367 -- 00:46:30,463

- What? No philosophical comeback for me?

- Steve Montgomery.

892

00:
46:30,538 -- 00:46:32,336

You're probably gonna

want to get this on camera.

893

00:
46:32,456 -- 00:46:36,211

j&j& C.V. High, you guys

ready for a talent show?

894

00:
46:38,212 -- 00:46:41,261

All my underclassmen, come on. Make

some noise. That's not loud enough.

895

00:
46:42,591 -- 00:46:45,140

How about my upperclassmen?

Come on. Make some noise!

896

00:
46:45,219 -- 00:46:46,311

Yeah, Steve!

897

00:
46:46,429 -- 00:46:50,184

Let me hear it from my

seniors, class of 2012!

898

00:
46:51,684 -- 00:46:54,563

Yeah. Shh.

899

00:
46:54,687 -- 00:46:59,488

Now I want you guys to give it up for the

young and very talented Mr. Andrew Detmer.

900

00:
47:02,278 -- 00:47:04,280

- And you're on.

- Come on, y'all.

901

00:
47:04,405 -- 00:47:06,578

- What are you guys doing?

- Let's go, let's go!

902

00:
47:06,699 -- 00:47:10,670

Are you playing a prank on your cousin?

903

00:
47:10,786 -- 00:47:12,788

That's mean, Matt.

904

00:
47:12,872 -- 00:47:14,044

Just watch.

905

00:
47:17,460 -- 00:47:18,632

Really?

906

00:
47:22,214 -- 00:47:24,012

- Good luck!

- What's he doing?

907

00:
47:24,091 -- 00:47:26,560

Show us some talent!

908

00:
47:30,079 -- 00:47:31,149

Nice, Matt.

909

00:
47:37,938 -- 00:47:39,781

Fifty-two Pickup! Pick 'em up!

910

00:
47:40,975 -- 00:47:44,154

No way!

911

00:
47:47,448 -- 00:47:50,372

Yeah!

912

00:
47:50,451 -- 00:47:52,044

Whoo!

913

00:
47:52,536 -- 00:47:54,334

Go, Andrew!

914

00:
47:54,413 -- 00:47:56,507

What? What?

915

00:
48:03,881 -- 00:48:06,225

- Are they gonna walk on that?

- What do you think?

916

00:
48:15,325 -- 00:48:16,819

He's got it. He's got it. He's got it.

917

00:
48:18,521 -- 00:48:20,194

Easy.

918

00:
48:20,272 -- 00:48:21,774

Yeah, you got it.

919

00:
48:22,650 -- 00:48:24,072

Holy crap!

920

00:
48:25,152 -- 00:48:28,076

Yeah! Cakewalk!

921

00:
48:28,155 -- 00:48:30,999

Give it up, give it up, give it up!

922

00:
48:31,784 -- 00:48:35,630

Oh, my God. Andrew is so amazing.

923

00:
48:39,834 -- 00:48:42,883

Whoa!

924

00:
48:44,003 -- 00:48:45,927

Give it up! Let's go!

925

00:
48:46,048 -- 00:48:49,097

- Seriously, how are they doing this?

- I don't know.

926

00:
48:50,386 -- 00:48:51,638

Magic.

927

00:
48:56,517 -- 00:48:59,111

- That was amazing!

- Yeah!

928

00:
48:59,228 -- 00:49:03,734

- Whoo! Whoo!

- Andrew!

929

00:
49:03,858 -- 00:49:06,446

Oh, my God. I can see...

930

00:
49:06,447 -- 00:49:09,035

- your head is, like, exploding right now.

- What?

931

00:
49:09,113 -- 00:49:12,788

This is the beginning of your

downfall. Hubris. Right there.

932

00:
49:13,868 -- 00:49:15,745

- What's hubris?

- Ha, ha, ha.

933

00:
49:15,870 -- 00:49:18,293

- No, what does hubris mean, Matt?

- Seriously?

934

00:
49:19,039 -- 00:49:21,337

- What does seriously mean?

- What? I'm....

935

00:
49:21,542 -- 00:49:24,261

- Get in there.

- Don't push me, dude. I'm going.

936

00:
49:24,336 -- 00:49:26,304

Your fans await. You're the man of the hour.

937

00:
49:26,422 -- 00:49:28,641

- Look at this house!

- Oh, sick!

938

00:
49:28,757 -- 00:49:31,010

- Dude, this place looks huge.

- I know.

939

00:
49:31,135 -- 00:49:32,307

- It's enormous.

- Dude.

940

00:
49:32,386 -- 00:49:33,808

Matt! Andrew!

941

00:
49:33,929 -- 00:49:35,556

- Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

- Steve! Oh, my God!

942

00:
49:35,681 -- 00:49:37,018

- Everybody's freaking out.

- Come on, man.

943

00:
49:37,019 -- 00:49:38,355

Everybody's been waiting for you.

944

00:
49:39,643 -- 00:49:41,486

V.I.P. coming through. Coming through!

945

00:
49:41,562 -- 00:49:43,564

Andrew Copperfield coming through!

946

00:
49:43,647 -- 00:49:45,695

Make way, make way.

947

00:
49:46,734 -- 00:49:49,032

Matt, come this way. Drew, over here.

948

00:
49:50,571 -- 00:49:52,994

Andrew Detmer's in the house!

949

00:
49:56,911 -- 00:50:00,415

- How are you feeling?

- I'm... I'm... I'm doing good.

950

00:
50:00,498 -- 00:50:03,172

- Yeah? Are you sure? Are you sure?

- Hey. Hey.

951

00:
50:03,250 -- 00:50:04,172

- Hello.

- Andrew.

952

00:
50:04,293 -- 00:50:06,842

- Magic is so hot.

- Oh, wow. Thanks.

953

00:
50:06,962 -- 00:50:11,183

- So, do you not remember me at all?

- Um...

954

00:
50:11,258 -- 00:50:13,010

- Monica, right? Monica.

- Yes!

955

00:
50:13,093 -- 00:50:15,812

...Setting the camera down.

I'm setting the camera down.

956

00:
50:15,930 -- 00:50:16,897

- What...

- Oh.

957

00:
50:17,014 -- 00:50:18,982

- Oh.

- Excuse me.

958

00:
50:19,099 -- 00:50:21,602

Have you ever played that, over there?

959

00:
50:21,685 -- 00:50:24,188

Uh, no. I have never

played that, over there.

960

00:
50:24,313 -- 00:50:25,906

- No?

- Never.

961

00:
50:26,023 -- 00:50:28,196

- I bet you're good at it.

- Uh...

962

00:
50:28,317 -- 00:50:30,820

- What, you just throw the ball into the cups?

- Yep. Yep.

963

00:
50:30,945 -- 00:50:34,916

- I actually could be good at that right now.

- Yeah?

964

00:
50:35,032 -- 00:50:36,329

- Maybe.

- Let's find out.

965

00:
50:36,450 -- 00:50:37,667

- No, no, no, no, no.

- Come on!

966

00:
50:37,785 -- 00:50:39,162

- What?

- Come on.

967

00:
50:39,286 -- 00:50:40,663

- Okay, okay.

- Come on.

968

00:
50:40,746 -- 00:50:41,872

Okay, I'm coming. I'm coming.

969

00:
50:41,956 -- 00:50:44,709

There you are.

970

00:
50:47,503 -- 00:50:48,720

Amazing.

971

00:
50:48,796 -- 00:50:50,719

That's what I'm talking about.

972

00:
51:06,313 -- 00:51:08,816

Yeah! Whoo-hoo!

973

00:
51:08,899 -- 00:51:10,446

Hey, where is Andrew anyway?

974

00:
51:10,526 -- 00:51:12,244

Oh.

975

00:
51:13,070 -- 00:51:16,165

Andrew's upstairs with the

girl with the pink hair.

976

00:
51:16,240 -- 00:51:17,958

What, like, they went together?

977

00:
51:18,033 -- 00:51:21,253

That's my boy. Of course they went

together. What are you talking 'bout?

978

00:
51:21,328 -- 00:51:23,547

Hey, Andrew. I hope you're seeing this.

979

00:
51:23,622 -- 00:51:25,750

Congratulations, sir.

980

00:
51:25,833 -- 00:51:27,676

I just wanted you to know, dude...

981

00:
51:27,751 -- 00:51:31,426

I was really worried about

you before all this, you know?

982

00:
51:31,505 -- 00:51:35,135

But, dude, things are gonna

get so much better for you now.

983

00:
51:35,217 -- 00:51:37,766

I really, really feel that.

984

00:
51:37,845 -- 00:51:40,724

And I want you to know I love you, you know?

985

00:
51:40,806 -- 00:51:43,434

I love you, man. It's you and me.

986

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Max Landis

Max Landis (; born August 3, 1985) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and comic book writer who wrote the films Chronicle (2012), American Ultra (2015), Victor Frankenstein (2015), and Bright (2017), as well as a variety of short films including The Death and Return of Superman and Wrestling Isn't Wrestling. He was an executive producer on the Syfy anthology horror series Channel Zero, as well as creator and showrunner for the American adaptation of Douglas Adams' science fiction detective comedy novel series Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency on BBC America, which both premiered in October 2016. more…

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