We Had It Coming

{{Short description|2019 Canadian film}} {{Infobox film | name = We Had It Coming | image = We_had_it_coming.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Paul Barbeau | producer = Paul Barbeau<br>Melissa A. Smith | writer = Paul Barbeau | starring = Natalie Krill<br>Alexia Fast<br>Erin Agostino | music = Daniel Birch | cinematography = Benoit Jones-Vallée | editing = Laurent Bernier | studio = Reprise Films<br>Fairmount Films | distributor = MK2 Mile End | runtime = 84 minutes | released = {{film date|2019|12|06|Whistler}} | country = Canada | language = English | budget = }} '''''"We Had It Coming''''' is a Canadian thriller drama film, directed by Paul Barbeau and released in 2019.<ref name=fdq>Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/we-had-it-coming-paul-barbeau/ "We Had It Coming – Film de Paul Barbeau"]. ''Films du Québec'', September 13, 2020.</ref> The film stars Natalie Krill as Anna, a security guard working in a grade school who sets out to Montreal with her girlfriend Olivia (Alexia Fast) to investigate her younger sister Katja's (Sofie Holland) suicide after being recruited into a prostitution ring, only to end up ironically in a cat and mouse chase with a female recruiter (Erin Agostino) who grooms young girls for pimp Jack (Nabil Khatib).<ref>Bradley Gibson, [https://filmthreat.com/reviews/we-had-it-coming/ "We Had It Coming"]. ''Film Threat'', September 19, 2020.</ref>

The film was originally conceived by Barbeau as centred around a male protagonist, but he subsequently decided to complete the screenplay with a woman for the lead role instead.<ref>John Hopewell, [https://variety.com/2019/film/news/media-luna-acquires-we-had-it-coming-the-friendly-man-cannes-1203195188/ "Cannes Festival: Media Luna Takes ‘We Had It Coming,’ ‘The Friendly Man’"]. ''Variety'', April 23, 2019.</ref>

The film premiered at the 2019 Whistler Film Festival,<ref>Victor Stiff, [https://thatshelf.com/whistler-film-festival-announces-2019-line-up/ "Whistler Film Festival Announces 2019 Line-up"]. ''That Shelf'', November 6, 2019.</ref> before going into commercial release in 2020.<ref>François Lévesque, [https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/cinema/586159/cinema-we-had-it-coming-la-chasse-au-monstre "«We Had it Coming»: la chasse au monstre"]. ''Le Devoir'', September 18, 2020.</ref>

At Whistler, Krill was one of four recipients, alongside Andrew Dunbar, Ryan McDonald and Andrea Stefancikova, of the Stars to Watch award.<ref name=fdq/> The film had its international premiere at the Prague International Film Festival (Febiofest) in the Panorama section.

Film came out to general good reviews with Bradley Gibson from Film Threat, giving it a 9/10 where he writes "...there is no wasted motion, stripped down to essential elements, with a fierce woman protagonist" calling the film " Brillant." Francois Lévesque from Le Devoir, gave the film 4 Stars and states: " We had it coming, is a perfect example of what can be accomplished with a strong point a view even with very limited means. "

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Category:2019 films Category:2019 thriller films Category:2019 LGBTQ-related films Category:Canadian thriller films Category:Canadian LGBTQ-related films Category:LGBTQ-related thriller films Category:English-language Canadian films Category:Films shot in Quebec Category:Quebec films Category:Films about prostitution in Canada Category:2019 English-language films Category:2019 Canadian films Category:English-language thriller films