{{About|the 2010 film||Gravy Train (disambiguation){{!}}Gravy Train}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = GravyTrain | image = GravyTrain.jpg
| caption = | director = April Mullen | writer = Tim Doiron | producer = Tim Doiron<br />April Mullen | starring = Tim Doiron<br />April Mullen<br />Jennifer Dale<br />Colin Mochrie | narrator = | cinematography = | editing = | music = Daniel Lanois | distributor = Alliance Films | released = {{Film date|df=y|2010|4|23}} | runtime = 85 minutes<ref name=OFRB>{{cite web | url=http://www.ofrb.gov.on.ca/ofrb/OfrbWelcomeAction.do?showDetail=true&searchSequence=2000086171 | title=GravyTrain | publisher=Ontario Film Review Board | date=16 March 2010 | accessdate=28 April 2010 }}</ref> | country = Canada | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''GravyTrain''''' is a 2010 Canadian comedy film directed by April Mullen who also produced the feature with Tim Doiron under the company name G-Train Productions.
==Plot== Charles Gravytrain (Tim Doiron) is a policeman in the community of Gypsy Creek, a present-day community whose appearance resembles the 1970s.<ref name=NFR /> He and his partner Uma Booma (April Mullen) are attempting to arrest Jimmy Fish Eyes, blamed for the murder of several people including Gravytrain's father. During their quest for justice, Gravytrain and Booma are themselves blamed for the murders and are forced underground until they can escape their frameup. During this time, they become actors in a snuff film produced by Hansel Suppledick (Ryan Tilley).<ref name=Citytv /><ref name=TorStar /><ref name=TorSun />
==Cast== {{castlist| * Tim Doiron as Charles Gravytrain * April Mullen as Uma Booma * Jennifer Dale as Harriette Handlescock * Tim Meadows as Full Serve * Colin Mochrie as Mayor Chester Chubbins * Kyle Schmid as Lance Dancaster * Ryan Tilley as Hansel Suppledick * A. C. Peterson as Sergeant Leroy Fatts * Peter Keleghan as Houston Gravytrain, Senior * Chris Baker as Willy Cheddars * Alan Frew as Ewan McCauley }}
==Production== The film's 15-day shoot at Niagara Falls, Ontario used Red One camera technology.<ref name=Citytv>{{cite news | url=http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/entertainment/movies/article/75222--is-gravytrain-the-next-great-canadian-cult-comedy | title=Is 'GravyTrain' The Next Great Canadian Cult Comedy? | date=22 April 2010 | first=Brian | last=McKechnie | accessdate=2010-04-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425053048/http://www.citytv.com/toronto/citynews/entertainment/movies/article/75222--is-gravytrain-the-next-great-canadian-cult-comedy | archive-date=25 April 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Many scenes were filmed at the Olde Country Antiques facility whose interiors were suitable for a 1970s-styled set.<ref name=NFR />
The cast includes Alan Frew of the rock band Glass Tiger in his first feature film appearance.<ref name=TorStar /><ref name=CanWest>{{cite news | url=http://communities.canada.com/SHAREIT/blogs/stonereport/archive/2010/04/21/the-life-of-the-canadian-filmmaker.aspx | title=The Life of the Canadian Filmmaker | first=Jay | last=Stone | publisher=CanWest | date=21 April 2010 | accessdate=2010-04-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100504204643/http://communities.canada.com/SHAREIT/blogs/stonereport/archive/2010/04/21/the-life-of-the-canadian-filmmaker.aspx | archive-date=4 May 2010 | url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Release== The film is distributed by Alliance Films.<ref name=NFR>{{cite news | url=http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2545142 | title=April Mullen on the move with GravyTrain | first=John | last=Law | newspaper=Niagara Falls Review | date=22 April 2010 | accessdate=2010-04-27 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229191651/http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2545142 | archive-date=29 February 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> It premiered in Toronto on 23 April 2010 and has a limited release schedule in Montreal and Ottawa the following month.<ref name=Citytv />
==Reception== Initial reviews were mostly negative. Liz Braun of the ''Toronto Sun'' declared the production "a cute idea, but it should never have been a movie."<ref name=TorSun>{{cite news | url=http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/2010/04/22/13682781.html | title='GravyTrain' not feature-worthy | first=Liz | last=Braun | date=23 April 2010 | newspaper=Toronto Sun | accessdate=2010-04-27 }} {{rating|2|5}}</ref> The ''Toronto Star''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> Bruce DeMara also considered the film a bomb, blasting the production as "wretchedly and resolutely not amusing."<ref name=TorStar>{{cite news | url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/799505--gravytrain-don-t-feel-bad-about-missing-this-one | title=Gravytrain: Don't feel bad about missing this one | newspaper=Toronto Star | first=Bruce | last=DeMara | date=22 April 2010}} {{rating|1|4}}</ref> ''The Globe and Mail'''s Liam Lacey also panned the film, deeming the work "at best, a distended TV sketch and at worst like something improvised by middle-school kids with cameras."<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/dont-get-on-this-gravy-train/article1546190/ | title=Don't get on this gravy train | first=Liam | last=Lacey | newspaper=The Globe and Mail|location=Toronto | date=25 April 2010 | accessdate=2010-04-27}}</ref> Norman Wilner of ''Now'' considered ''GravyTrain'' to be an "empty husk of frantic mugging, pointless 1970s movie references and unearned self-regard."<ref name=Now>{{cite news | url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/movies/story.cfm?content=174661 | title=GravyTrain | first=Norman | last=Wilner | date=22 April 2009 | newspaper=Now | accessdate=2010-04-28 }} {{rating|1|5}}</ref> ''Eye Weekly'' took a somewhat favourable view, noting among other elements the "unexpectedly gorgeous cinematography."<ref name=Eye>{{cite news|url=http://www.eyeweekly.com/film/film/article/88771 |title=GravyTrain |newspaper=Eye Weekly |first=Chandler |last=Levack |date=21 April 2010 |accessdate=2010-04-27 }}{{dead link|date=March 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{rating|3|5}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.gravytrainthemovie.com}}{{dead link|date=March 2023}} * {{IMDb title|1320334}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|10012314}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gravytrain}} Category:2010 films Category:English-language Canadian films Category:Canadian crime comedy films Category:Culture of Niagara Falls, Ontario Category:Films directed by April Mullen Category:Films shot in Ontario Category:2010 English-language films Category:2010 Canadian films