Million Reasons to Die, A (Ally Was Screaming)2015

Director
Jeremy Thomas

Acters

Camille Sullivan (Casey)
Charlie Carrick (Nole)
Giacomo Baessato (Seth)
Ari Rombough (Ally)
Niall Matter (Andrew)
Mikaela Cochrane (Waitress)

After their best friend dies, two men conspire to keep financially significant information from her sister who is executing the estate.

Two friends try to do the right thing. Seth and Nole’s pal Ally has just died. As they sort through her things, they find a winning lottery ticket – unclaimed and for a massive sum. Legally, Ally’s abusive ex-husband is entitled to the winnings but the boys decide to keep the ticket out of his hands. There’s just one problem. The executor of Ally’s estate is her sister Casey, a stickler for rules. Seth and Nole have just buried their lifelong bestie Ally. The loss is doubly heartbreaking because she was just starting to turn her life around after leaving an abusive marriage.

In her effects, they find a lottery ticket worth $30 million – but Ally’s grieving sister Casey is committed to honouring her duty as executor, meaning that if they tell her about the ticket, the money goes to Ally’s shitbag husband. What to do?

“Ally Was Screaming is so darn effective: it shows us a version of ourselves that we’d rather pretend doesn’t exist. Darkly amusing, Ally Was Screaming is great showcase of talent for both the actors and writer/director Jeremy Thomas who navigates from drama to comedy to thriller in seamless fashion.” – Quiet Earth

“Laughs and horror balance on a knife edge.” – National Post

“All three main actors are solid – Sullivan, of Intelligence and Rookie Blue, is especially good – and even if the movie occasionally feels like a short film, I was always curious to see what happened next.” – New Toronto