Chronicle Page #12

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


I heard your voice or something like...

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What the hell happened to your face?

1083

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Nothing, man. Just leave me alone.

1084

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57:20,896 -- 00:57:23,524

No, dude, that's not

nothing. That... Your dad!

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Your dad beat the sh*t out of

you. He can't do that to you now.

1086

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Will you stop acting like you give a sh*t?

1087

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57:28,612 -- 00:57:32,116

Dude. Why are you talking to me

like this? I'm your best friend.

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I don't have any friends!

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You were never my friend before any of this.

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I hang out with you and

Matt, like, every day!

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We're supposed to fly around the world

together. Don't you... Do you remember that?

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- You think I'm...

- Stop! Just stop talking to me!

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- Why won't you just leave me alone?

- Come on, man.

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Steve, I'm telling you, get away from me!

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Get away from me now! Please!

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j& Amazing grace j&

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j& How sweet the sound j&

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j& That saved a wretch like me j&

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j& once. j&

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...who, by the power of God,

are safeguarded in faith.

1101

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Even though you do not see him now,

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you rejoice with an

indescribable and glorious joy...

1103

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as you attain the goal of your faith...

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the salvation of your soul.

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What are you doing? You filming graves?

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- I don't get it.

- What do you care?

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You haven't been returning my calls.

Why aren't you returning my calls?

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- I've been busy.

- No, you haven't.

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Why aren't you returning my calls?

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I just don't feel like talking.

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- Turn off the camera.

- No.

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Andrew. Andrew, turn off the camera.

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Andrew? How did he get

struck by lightning...

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during a storm with no

recorded lightning strikes?

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How?

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And they found Steve out

in the middle of a field.

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Why would Steve go out in the middle of

a field during a lightning storm, Andrew?

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- I don't know.

- Why? What?

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I don't know what happened, Matt!

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I don't believe you,

okay? I don't believe you.

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- I want you to turn off the camera...

- No!

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- and talk to me.

- Why?

1123

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- 'Cause I want to have a conversation with you.

- Don't tell me what to do, Matt.

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You can't tell me what

to do! Don't ever tell...

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- Give me... Shut it off!

- Get off of me!

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Andrew... Are you joking right now?

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Is this a joke to you? I...

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What did you do, Andrew?

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What did you do?

1130

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Who am I supposed to tell about this?

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Who do I talk to? Who

do I talk to about this?

1132

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Why won't you just tell

me what happened, Andrew?

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Please believe me, Steve.

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Please, it's just I...

1135

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I don't know what I did. I...

1136

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I lost control, and...

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and I'm so sorry.

1138

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This thing is just

becoming a part of me now,

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and I don't...

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I miss you, Steve.

1141

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...all the drills. Good.

We're all pretty good, right?

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Get ready. Go!

1143

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You guys? Do not hesitate.

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Did you hear who worked?

1145

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He was like...

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Oh! Oh, Andrew!

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Dry off!

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Totally.

1149

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Hey, Wayne!

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Okay, so, see this one here?

1151

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This one I got really clean

'cause I did this little, like,

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lasso thing around the root, you know?

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But then these two...

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these, I did not get as good.

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See how they're broken?

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I think it's because I got them from the

middle, you know, instead of the root.

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Oh. Sloppy.

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I've been doing a lot of reading,

you know, like, online about, like...

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just like evolution and,

like... and natural selection...

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and how, like, there's this thing, right?

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It is called the apex predator, right?

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And basically what this is is the

strongest animal in the ecosystem, right?

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And as human beings,

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we are... we're considered

the apex predator,

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but only because, like, smaller

animals can't feed on us...

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because of weapons and stuff, right?

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The lion does not feel guilty

when it kills a gazelle. Right?

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You do not feel guilty

when you squash a fly.

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And I think that means something.

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I just think that really means something.

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This one I got really clean

'cause I did this little, like,

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lasso thing.

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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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