Chronicle Page #13

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
1,302 Views


Andrew, what happened at school? Huh?

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I need to go and pick

up my mom's medication!

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Oh, yeah?

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You're gonna break the rules again?

We're too strong for that now, Andrew!

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- If you did that, you know what I'd have to do!

- You'd have to what?

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- You have to start thinking.

- What would you have to do, Matt?

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There are consequences to what you do!

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- You could not do anything to me

because I am stronger than you.

- Stop that bullshit!

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- I know what you did.

- I'm not gonna let you do it again!

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I am not going to break your stupid rules!

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Okay? So just screw off

and stay out of my life!

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I can't breathe.

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Thank you.

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- Karen Detmer.

- Just one moment.

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We're gonna need a next... day delivery.

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Co-pay on that is $750.83.

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- Well, I don't have all that.

- Son, I told your dad, and I'll tell you.

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You can pay up front, and we

can order next... day delivery.

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- Other than that, I can't help you.

- Prick.

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I don't give a sh*t. Do whatever you want.

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Oh!

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j& Ooh, yeah j&

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j& Ziggy played guitar j&

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j& Jamming good with Weird and Gilly j&

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j& And the Spiders from Mars j&

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j& He played it left hand j&

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j& But made it too far j&

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j& Became the special man j&

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j& Then he could leave 'em to hang j&

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j& They came on so loaded man j&

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j& Well-hung and snow-white fan j&

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j& So where were the Spiders j&j&

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Hey.

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Hey!

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- Give me all your money.

- Uh, what? Who is that?

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Doesn't matter who it is. Just

give me all your money or else.

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Or else? Sh*t, man.

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Sh*t, man. Is that Andrew?

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It sounds kind of like Andrew under there.

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And you got Andrew's broke-ass backpack on.

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- Oh, you got a gat?

- I got a gat too, b*tch.

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Dude!

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Whoa, dude!

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Come on, come on, come on,

come on, come on, come on!

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Come on, come on, come on!

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Hey!

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The camera needs to stay

on for our investigation.

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Jesus Christ.

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Can I have a moment alone with my son?

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If he regains consciousness,

notify the officer outside.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Oh!

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Your mother's dead.

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She died last night while

I was out looking for you.

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I came home, and, uh,

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she was there in her bed.

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If I just could have been there for her.

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I was always there for her when

you were out screwing around.

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And this one time...

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this... one time...

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that she needed me, and you took me away!

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I want you to apologize to me.

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I know you can hear me, so I

want you to sit up right now...

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and apologize to me.

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You selfish, selfish a**hole!

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This is your fault!

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You...

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Do you hear me?

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Your mother is dead, and it is your fault!

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Happy birthday!

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Pound it? Pound it?

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Go and get a present. Go

and get a present. Yeah.

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- Yes, the big one.

- Oh, my God. Matt.

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Matt, your nose again.

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Are you okay?

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- Oh, sh*t!

- Baby, you're really bleeding.

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Matt, your nose! Oh, my God.

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Did you hear that? How

can you not hear that?

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- Hear what? What are you hearing?

- It's so...

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- Something's wrong with Andrew.

- Come in here! Casey!

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Theme)

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We apologize for the

delay, but as of right now,

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- every news helicopter in Greater King County...

- Oh, my God.

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is headed to Seattle.

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Again, right now, we have

very little information,

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but if appears a bomb has gone

oh' at Ballard Community Hospital.

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Casey, come here. Come here.

Come here. Please. Please.

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- What? No, Matt. Are you seeing this?

- Where are your keys at?

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- What? Matt...

- Just stay here. I'll be back.

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- I just have to drive there, okay?

- Please, wait! Matt, please!

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Listen, Andrew's in

trouble, okay? Andrew's what?

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I'm sure that Andrew is fine.

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- Andrew needs me! I need to get to the city.

- Tell me what's going on.

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Sh*t. I gotta get... Is that a roadblock?

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Nobody else is driving this way! Talk to me!

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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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