Equals

Theatrical - Limited 2016

Cast Guy Pearce Jacki Weaver Bel Powley Nicholas Hoult Kristen Stewart
Directed by Drake Doremus
Written by Nathan Parker

Genres: Drama Science-Fiction

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8/10

Synopsis

A futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated.

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Emotions run low with Nicholas Hoult & Kristen Stewart in the Equals trailer

Posted 10 years ago

EQUALS is a futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated. Sounds familiar, but director Drake Doremus (LIKE CRAZY) looks to add his own visual aesthetics to the classic "forbidden love" story. Question: if you hire...

Review: Equals (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: In a Utopian future society where emotions are suppressed, two people (Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart) are infected with a disease that causes them to experience emotions such as love for the first time. REVIEW: EQUALS is a highly...

Update: George Orwell’s 1984 is being remade with Kristen Stewart in the lead

Posted 12 years ago

UPDATE: Director Drake Doremus has taken to Twitter to state the film is not related to 1984 at all. Screenwriter Nathan Parker (MOON) apparently based it off of the 1956 adaptation of the Orwell novel which itself was an altered...

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Review: Equals (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: In a Utopian future society where emotions are suppressed, two people (Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart) are infected with a disease that causes them to experience emotions such as love for the first time. REVIEW: EQUALS is a highly...

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Emotions run low with Nicholas Hoult & Kristen Stewart in the Equals trailer

EQUALS is a futuristic love story set in a world where emotions have been eradicated. Sounds familiar, but director Drake Doremus (LIKE CRAZY) looks to add his own visual aesthetics to the classic "forbidden love" story. Question: if you hire...

Posted 10 years ago

All Articles

Review: Equals (TIFF 2015)

Posted 11 years ago

PLOT: In a Utopian future society where emotions are suppressed, two people (Nicholas Hoult and Kristen Stewart) are infected with a disease that causes them to experience emotions such as love for the first time. REVIEW: EQUALS is a highly...

Update: George Orwell’s 1984 is being remade with Kristen Stewart in the lead

Posted 12 years ago

UPDATE: Director Drake Doremus has taken to Twitter to state the film is not related to 1984 at all. Screenwriter Nathan Parker (MOON) apparently based it off of the 1956 adaptation of the Orwell novel which itself was an altered...

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