Things Will Be Different

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Things Will Be Different

2024

1h 42m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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When estranged siblings Joseph (Adam David Thompson) and Sidney (Riley Dandy) rendezvous at a local diner after a close-call robbery, they hightail it to an abandoned farmhouse that transports them to a different time in order to escape the law. Their getaway is derailed when an unknown and cryptic metaphysical force emerges and blocks them from returning home. Trapped on the puzzling plot of land, their captor makes it clear that no one can leave until their deadly demands are met. What results from their entrapment not only bends the forces of spacetime--forcing the two to question everything they know about their own reality--but pushes their familial bonds to the breaking point.

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Critics Consensus

A small film brimming with big ideas, Things Will Be Different effectively teases the brain while shredding the nerves.

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Matt Zoller Seitz

RogerEbert.com

Oct 5, 2024

3.5/4

Thompson and Dandy are outstanding physical actors, not just in scenes of hand-to-hand combat and gunplay but in quiet moments where they eat a meal or talk about their pasts.

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Oct 5, 2024

2/5

But sometimes necessity is just necessity, and here, as the scattershot plot advances... the film is crying out for a splash of CGI, a practical effect, another location, anything.

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Carlos Aguilar

Variety

Oct 4, 2024

Even if the balance between the high concept and the human component falters at times, Things Will Be Different is an auspicious effort to amalgamate what touches the heart and what tickles the brain.

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Rachel Shatto

MovieJawn

Jul 20, 2025

While the final act doesn’t quite tie up all the film’s many threads and themes, it’s ultimately a success thanks to its compelling, mysterious world-building and two excellent, pathos-laden performances by Thompson and Dandy.

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John Serba

Decider

Feb 28, 2025

Things Will Be Different injects enough substance into the usual twisty fodder to make it worthwhile.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Nov 25, 2024

B

The bleak movie never aims to be logical.

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C J

@Okaynow Mar 6, 2026

Not very good, I was confused the entire time, little character development, no good storyline. I call this a wtf movie, because when it ends, I just think wtf did I just watch? I kept waiting for the plot line to be explained, hinted at, a few GOOD flashbacks? A resolution? This is bad and not worth the time it took to watch, imo. Maybe I missed something bit Im not sure how the ratings for this are in the 80s on RT, did I watch the same film?

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Plant P

@Plantpot Feb 13, 2026

It's more like a big story about nothing. The time travel idea was good but I think a lot more could've been done with it. Nothings really explained but even weirder is that no questions are really raised either. It doesn't really make any sense and I had no idea what the hell was going on. It was kind of absurd tbh. The shoot out was just ridiculous and annoying AF. These people couldn't hit a white whale on a black background.

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Aidan P.

@Aidanjp Nov 30, 2025

Has some big ideas and a possibly original take on time loops, which I am a sucker for, but due to messy plot threads and some inexplicably bad decisions it doesn’t meet the expectations it raised for me.

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kevenquinlan T

@RT75276071 Nov 14, 2025

While the premise had promise= it turned into a confusing mess- I couldn't make anything of.

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Fernando V

@Ferndog Nov 6, 2025

I liked the movie. The story was interesting.

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Joseph A

@RT48867710 Aug 23, 2025

This was the dumbest idea for a movie. Why are people terrible shots in movies. They run and shoot aimlessly. Some of the things they did in the movie don’t make any sense.

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Synopsis

When estranged siblings Joseph (Adam David Thompson) and Sidney (Riley Dandy) rendezvous at a local diner after a close-call robbery, they hightail it to an abandoned farmhouse that transports them to a different time in order to escape the law. Their getaway is derailed when an unknown and cryptic metaphysical force emerges and blocks them from returning home. Trapped on the puzzling plot of land, their captor makes it clear that no one can leave until their deadly demands are met. What results from their entrapment not only bends the forces of spacetime--forcing the two to question everything they know about their own reality--but pushes their familial bonds to the breaking point.

Director: Michael Felker
Producer: Shane Spiegel, Jacob Rosenthal, Michael Felker
Screenwriter: Michael Felker
Distributor: Magnet Releasing
Production Co: Rustic Films, Last Life
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 4, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 4, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.0K
Runtime: 1h 42m

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