Chronicle Page #5

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
1,291 Views


- What do you mean?

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I don't know. Like, you haven't...

399

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You haven't always been super

easy to talk to, you know.

400

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I mean, I'm not saying that

you're not now. I'm just...

401

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You're such an a**hole.

402

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That's what I'm talking about,

dude. You're hostile, see?

403

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Better.

404

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- Hey, Matt.

- Yeah?

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Do you ever think about, like,

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doing more with it?

407

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What, with this?

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Not really.

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Why? What else is there?

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- Telekinesis.

- Yes. Do tell.

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The ability to move, lift, vibrate...

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That's my favorite.

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Spin, bend, break or impact objects...

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through the direct influence of mental

power or other nonphysical means..

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- Okay.

- Sounds familiar.

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- It does sound familiar.

- Very familiar.

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You want to see direct influence?

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Andrew.

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She's wearing black today.

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- Hi.

- That's direct influence.

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- ...week, in my room.

- Just listen.

422

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I'm just that much stronger. Even last

night I got my whole bed off the ground.

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- No nosebleed.

- Yeah? I've been lifting weights too.

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This is my theory though

is that it's like a muscle.

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Like, it's elastic. If you stretch

it too far, too quick, it'll tear.

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Ew.

427

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That's why I think we're

getting stronger, you know,

428

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because we're working it out, getting buff.

429

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Buff.

430

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How about this for a workout?

431

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Holy sh*t!

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That was awesome.

433

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Classy.

434

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Mm-hmm. Attractive.

435

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I think it's time we took

this out of the backyard.

436

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Stop, stop, stop, stop.

Right here. This is perfect.

437

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- Really?

- This is it.

438

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Matt. Yah!

439

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Let's get this one.

440

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Whoa! Hey! Hello!

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- Hey, what...

- Andrew.

442

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Help! Somebody grab that!

443

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Whoa! Whoa! Stop!

444

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- Okay, I'll get the top. I'll get the top.

- Got it. Got it.

445

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- Let's get the legs.

- Okay. Wait.

446

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I'm flying!

447

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She's just looking at it.

448

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What you looking at, girl? Stay in school!

449

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Okay, see the guy chewing the gum?

450

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I'm gonna get the gum and

pull it right out of his mouth.

451

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Okay, I got him.

452

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Oh!

453

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Wait, wait, wait, wait. Why are

we running? We don't need to run.

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- Five...

- I don't want to do it.

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- Four...

- Dude, I don't want to do it.

456

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- You're creating a scene. I don't want to do it.

- Come on, Matt. Don't be a b*tch about it.

457

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Just do it. Put your hand on the table.

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- Okay. Are you ready? Do it.

- Give me a countdown.

459

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- I will. I promi...

- Ow!

460

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Oh, snap!

461

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- Like I said...

- You gotta pay for that now.

462

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- Like I said. See?

- Holy crap.

463

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Man!

464

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Just pretend that there's a barrier

over your hand, right? And then...

465

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When things are gonna hit

you, as long as you're ready,

466

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they will not hurt you

because of the barrier.

467

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That's so sick.

468

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- That's me right there. I need that.

- Steve, Steve, you have to try this, dude.

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Give me your hand.

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When I was a kid though, I actually... I

actually did want to be a police officer.

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- A cop? No sh*t?

- Yeah. Yeah.

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You do know that you can't smoke

weed when you're a cop, right, Matt?

473

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Oh, no. Really? Uh, I didn't know.

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Uh, but, no, I... I... I just...

I really got into, like, altruism.

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What does that mean? What

does altruism mean, Matt?

476

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It's like wanting to make

things better for everyone.

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Really? This coming from the man who is

always talking about how pointless life is.

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Yeah, I know, but this is what

I've been thinking about lately.

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Like, I'm looking back, and I just think...

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the way I used to think about things

was probably a lot better, you know.

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So, what, you want to go out

and start a charity or something?

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- That's lame.

- Wait. Why is that lame?

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Uh, I don't know.

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Douche bag.

485

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I'm not good at everything. I

just do my best at everything.

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All right? That's what it's about.

487

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I mean, you talk about

philosophy and sh*t all the time,

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but what has he really done, hmm?

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Have you even applied to colleges yet?

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No, but I'm getting... I'm getting to it.

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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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