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Empire Falls (2005)
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"When I recieved "Wilby Wonderful" and read the synopsis, I have to say I was a bit underwhelmed. It just didn't sound that exciting. I started watching the movie, trying to be as open-minded as possible, but really under the impression that I was going to come away bored.All I can say is: boy was I wrong. "Wilby Wonderful" is a great movie, full of interesting characters and a setting that almost seems like a character by itself. The movie plays out like a Canadian "Empire Falls" with different plots and subplots that are loosely connected at first, but intertwine more and more as the film goes on.The plots directly (and indirectly) center around 24 hours in the island town of Wilby, Nova Scotia, where the local newspaper is planning to publish the names of several townspeople suspected of homosexual acts at the Wilby Watch, a stretch of woods along the island's coastline.One of the men afraid of being outed to the community is Dan (James Allodi), whose wife divorced him af ... "
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