An audacious kick-in-the-ribs at the Disney kingdom, "Escape From Tomorrow" is cool, cool stuff — albeit in a clunky and kitsch Ed Wood kind of way.
Director Randy Moore made his film guerilla style by taking a small camera and stealth sound-recording equipment into the Disney theme parks in both Florida and California without permission. His film was released in 2013, but somehow he has managed — until now, at least — to steer clear of a humongous law suit. This seems like a miracle in itself considering how freakishly controlling the big mouse is.
"Escape From Tomorrow" pays no compliments to Disney, in fact it's a veiled indictment of the style of happiness endorsed within the theme park's gates. As one line goes, "You can't be happy all the time, it's just not possible." This would sum up the deep-down feelings of Jim (Roy Abramsohn), who, although having been just fired from his job, must wear the all-American-dad-on-vacation facade with his wife, Emily (Elena Schuber), and their two kids. This will be the last vacation he can take for some time.