Gregory Go Boom is a 2013 comedy drama short film, written and directed by Janicza Bravo. The film premiered at Jash during YouTube Comedy Week on May 23, 2013.
The film later screened at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 17, 2014. It won the Grand Jury Prize for Narrative Short at the festival.
Plot Gregory, a paraplegic man, tries dating for the first time and discovers that life is very different than he had imagined.
Cast Michael Cera as Gregory Brett Gelman as Tom Sarah Burns as Rose Anna Rose Hopkins as Summer / Cheyenne Stephanie Allynne as Willie Mireya Lucio as Crystal Nick Ortega as Carlos Holly Kaplan as Waitress
Reception Gregory Go Boom received mostly positive reviews from critics. Liana Maeby of HitFix praised Cera and the film by saying that Gregory is a good little short that's worth watching simply to see Michael Cera play a character that looks like "Napoleon Dynamite crossed with Yertle the Turtle." Derek Deskins of Lonely Reviewer, praised the film by saying that Gregory Go Boom is an interestingly dark and ominous short that will make you view Michael Cera completely differently."
Accolades
Year Award Category Recipient Result 2014 Sundance Film Festival Short Film Grand Jury Prize Janicza Bravo Short Film Jury Award: U.S. Fiction Janicza Bravo
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