History YMMV / EscapeFromTomorrow

** In a combination to the above, [[https://youtu.be/38BiNsFFzcs?t=2519 Jenny Nicholson in her vlog/review]] pointed out how in many interviews, Randy Moore compares his disillusioned relationship to Disneyworld to that of his divorced father. While the movie begins to hint [[DysfunctionalFamily strained family relations]], she feels there's a great potential story in focusing more on an estranged relationship between a father and his grown-up son that exists parallel to their relationship to Disney. She even argues it could keep the supernatural horror elements this way.

* EsotericHappyEnding: Even if it didn't [[GainaxEnding make no goddamn sense]], the movie's ending is pretty damn hard to quantify as anything resembling happy, despite the score's best efforts. [[spoiler:Jim dies a slow, painful death by cat flu, and right after Dinsey janitors remove his corpse from the hotel, he somehow shows up in a car right beside the van his corpse is being hauled off in, now with a completely separate family consisting of the woman he hallucinated about on ''Soarin[='=]'' and two daughters. It's completely unclear what this even means, [[WordOfSaintPaul one theory from a guy who worked on the film being that Jim has now gone to Heaven]]. Except he's still dead either way, his wife and daughter are still devastated by losing him and now Emily will have to raise their children alone.]]

** Many suspect Disney's awareness of this trope is the reason the notoriously copyright-protective and criticism-averse company never went after the film; starting a lawsuit [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity would just drum up publicity]] for it. They did, however, give it a mention in their book ''Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia'', where the film has its own entry. WebVideo/AniMat even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7-abahTiNI#t=12m16s” sang a song about it.]]

EsotericHappyEnding: Even if it didn't [[GainaxEnding make no goddamn sense]], the movie's ending is pretty damn hard to quantify as anything resembling happy, despite the score's best efforts. [[spoiler:Jim dies a slow, painful death by cat flu, and right after Dinsey janitors remove his corpse from the hotel, he somehow shows up in a car right beside the van his corpse is being hauled off in, now with a completely separate family consisting of the woman he hallucinated about on ''Soarin[='=]'' and two daughters. It's completely unclear what this even means, [[WordOfSaintPaul one theory from a guy who worked on the film being that Jim has now gone to Heaven]]. Except he's still dead either way, his wife and daughter are still devastated by losing him and now Emily will have to raise their children alone.]]

EsotericHappyEnding: Even if it didn't [[GainaxEnding make no goddamn sense]], the movie's ending is pretty damn hard to quantify as anything resembling happy, despite the score's best efforts. [[spoiler:Jim dies a slow, painful death by cat flu, and right after Dinsey janitors remove his corpse from the hotel, he somehow shows up in a car right beside the van his corpse is being hauled off in, now with a completely separate family consisting of the woman he hallucinated about on 'xSoarin[='=]'' and two daughters. It's completely unclear what this even means, [[WordOfSaintPaul one theory from a guy who worked on the film being that Jim has now gone to Heaven]]. Except he's still dead either way, his wife and daughter are still devastated by losing him and now Emily will have to raise their children alone.]]

* DesignatedHero: According to director Randy Moore, Jim was meant to be someone the audience could "root for". Given that he spends the bulk of the movie stalking two underage girls, neglecting his family and cheating on his wife in the process, it's a bit hard to sympathize with him.
** Moore has said that Jim is not really the hero of the film, but more of an anti-hero due to his inappropriate behavior.

* ColbertBump: WebVideo/SomeJerkWithACamera, WebVideo/AniMat and WebVideo/JennyNicholson introduced a lot of people to this movie with their reviews, despite them both being incredibly scathing.

* ColbertBump: WebVideo/SomeJerkWithACamera and WebVideo/JennyNicholson introduced a lot of people to this movie with their reviews, despite them both being incredibly scathing.

** There's a bizarrely rampant theme of misogyny and sexual frustration within the film, from the claim that the princess performers are "high-priced courtesans" to the [[{{Squick}} overt sexualization of 15/16-year-old girls]]. [[https://cinapse.co/interview-escape-from-tomorrow-writer-director-randy-moore-talks-composition-misogyny-growing-ffcbdc1c3271 Writer/director Randy Moore claims]] this is meant to be a comment on Disneyland's own internal misogyny and sexual repression, but the film never directly explores or discusses either of them beyond simply having them be present.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The original orchestral soundtrack, done by award-winning classical composer Abel Korzeniowski (known for works including ''Series/PennyDreadful'' and ''Film/ASingleMan''), is straight-up gorgeous, considered by many to be one of the best parts of the film.

* WTHCostumingDepartment:
** In a flashback scene, it's revealed [[spoiler:the Emu woman]] was a cast member, specifically a Disney Princess. However, she is wearing a generic princess costume instead of ''any'' of the Disney Princess outfits (made ''very'' obvious by the tall pointy princess hat she wears). Even worse is that it's one of the obviously green-screened scenes, meaning they had no reason not to fully dress her up.
*** Not to mention, the princesses the Asian businessmen fondle actually ''look'' like proper Disney Princesses, making the [[spoiler:Emu woman]]'s costume come out of left field.

* AcceptableTargets: The wheelchair bound man whose kid trips Sara is fat tourist type with a notable "hick" accent.

** Critics such as WebVideo/SomeJerkWithACamera and WebVideo/AniMat took issue with how the film pushes the "Disney is a secret hotbed of evil and sexual decadence" angle ''way'' too hard, relying on disturbing imagery and shock value to carry the film over things like a plot or characterization. The filmmakers' playing up how [[DancingBear they shot the film entirely under Disney's nose without getting caught]][[note]]such as having a running clock on the website stating how many days had gone without being sued by Disney[[/note]] just further made the film feel like an exercise in edge lord pretentiousness.

* HoYay: Those French girls are awfully physically affectionate with each other.

** Many suspect Disney's awareness of this trope is the reason the notoriously copyright-protective company never went after the film; starting a lawsuit [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity would just drum up publicity]] for it. They did, however, give it a mention in their book ''Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia'', where the film has its own entry. WebVideo/AniMat even [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7-abahTiNI#t=12m16s” sang a song about it.]]

* SoundtrackDissonance: The luscious orchestral score of the trailer plays over increasingly nightmarish images.

* FreudWasRight: The Oedipal undertones with Jim's son are so obvious you can't even call them undertones. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Plus there's the scene where one of the French teenagers literally deep-throats a banana]].

** To some who read the film's message as one akin to Disney being an evil corporation. In fact the line "Bad things happen everywhere...especially here." really lends itself to this.

* ColbertBump: Jenny Nicholson's review introduced a lot of people to this movie despite how much she hates it.

** Critics such as Jenny Nicholson and WebVideo/AniMat took issue with how the film pushes the "Disney is a secret hotbed of evil and sexual decadence" angle ''way'' too hard, relying on disturbing imagery and shock value to carry the film over things like a plot or characterization. The filmmakers' playing up how [[DancingBear they shot the film entirely under Disney's nose without getting caught]][[note]]such as having a running clock on the website stating how many days had gone without being sued by Disney[[/note]] just further made the film feel like an exercise in edge lord pretentiousness.

** A common complaint from critics such as Jenny Nicholson and WebVideo/AniMat was how the film pushes the "Disney is a secret hotbed of evil and sexual decadence" angle ''way'' too hard, relying on disturbing imagery and shock value to carry the film over things like a plot or characterization. The filmmakers' playing up how [[DancingBear they shot the film entirely under Disney's nose without getting caught]][[note]]such as having a running clock on the website stating how many days had gone without being sued by Disney[[/note]] just further made the film feel like an exercise in edge lord pretentiousness.

** In a combination to the above, [[https://youtu.be/38BiNsFFzcs?t=2519 Jenny Nicholson in her vlog/review]] pointed out how in many interviews, Randy Moore compares his disillusioned relationship to Disneyworld to that of his divorced father. While the movie begins to hint [[DysfunctionalFamily strained family relations]], she feels there's a great potential story in focusing more on an estranged relationship between a father and his grown-up son that exists parallel to their relationship to Disney. She even argues it could keep the supernatural horror and possibly even the sexual elements this way.

** In a combination to the above, [[https://youtu.be/38BiNsFFzcs?t=2519 Jenny Nicholson in her vlog/review]] pointed out how in many interviews, Randy Moore compares his disillusioned relationship to Disneyworld to that of his divorced father. While the movie begins to hint [[DysfunctionalFamily strained family relations]], she feels there's a great potential story in specifically focusing on the estranged relationship between a father and his grown-up son that exists parallel to their relationship to Disney. She even argues it could even keep the supernatural horror and sexual elements this way.

** Some Jerk With a Camera also pointed out how the movie could have been an effective analysis on the StepfordSmiler trope. The movie could've explored how unwelcome all the joy the "Happiest Place On Earth" poured on the visitors could be if the visitor was going through depression or some other emotional issues.

** There's a bizarrely rampant theme of misogyny and sexual frustration within the film, from the claim that the princess performers are "high-priced courtesans" to the overt sexualization of [[{{Squick}} underage teenage girls]]. [[https://cinapse.co/interview-escape-from-tomorrow-writer-director-randy-moore-talks-composition-misogyny-growing-ffcbdc1c3271 Writer/director Randy Moore claims]] this is meant to be a comment on Disneyland's own internal misogyny and sexual repression, but the film never directly explores or discusses either of them beyond simply having them be present.

** A common complaint from critics such as Jenny Nicholson and AniMat was how the film pushes the "Disney is a secret hotbed of evil and sexual decadence" angle ''way'' too hard, relying on disturbing imagery and shock value to carry the film over things like a plot or characterization. The filmmakers' playing up how [[DancingBear they shot the film entirely under Disney's nose without getting caught]][[note]]such as having a running clock on the website stating how many days had gone without being sued by Disney[[/note]] just further made the film feel like an exercise in edge lord pretentiousness.

* {{Narm}}: Emu Woman's backstory [[spoiler:is that she used to be a cast member as one of the princesses until she accidentally killed a child. How? Hugging them too hard.]] Even more hilariously, [[spoiler:the hug is around the little girl's ''legs'', supporting her weight, instead of, say her torso to indicate something like suffocation.]]

** It seems that the filmmakers [[ExploitedTrope were actually counting on this]] in order to form [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity the publicity and marketing]] they couldn't afford ([[NoBudget the final budget for the film was estimated to be a mere $650,000]]). Director Randy Moore often playe up in interviews how he believed Disney would react on release, and it's rumored that the film's official website originally had [[XDaysSince a running clock reading "This Many Days Without Being Sued By Disney"]]. Unfortunately for the film, Disney didn't take the bait, and the film faded.