Picture Day is a Canadian teen comedy-drama film written, directed and co-produced by Kate Melville. The film stars Tatiana Maslany, Spencer Van Wyck, Steven McCarthy, and Susan Coyne. The film had its world premiere at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2012.
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Plot
Claire (Tatiana Maslany) is a rebellious Toronto teen forced to repeat her senior year of high school due to her dysfunctional attitude towards academics, picks fights with other girls and indulges in sexual promiscuity with student Henry (Spencer Van Wyck) and a much older indie rocker Jim (Steven McCarthy) and pathologically slacks off on her job at a bingo hall serving senior citizens.
Cast
Tatiana Maslany as Claire
Spencer Van Wyck as Henry
Troy Lebane as Young Henry
Fiona Highet as Annie
Steven McCarthy as Jim
Susan Coyne as Ruth
Fiona Highet as Annie
Catherine Finch as Vice Principal
Mark DeBonis as Lewis
Production
The film was shot in the fall of 2011 in downtown Toronto, Ontario.
Release
The film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2012. The film had its United States premiere at the RiverRun Film Festival on April 14, 2013. The film was released on May 24, 2013, in Canada by Mongrel Media and on May 21, 2013, in the United States by Ketchup Entertainment.
The film was released straight to video in the United States on May 21, 2013, by Ketchup Entertainment, and in a limited release in Canada on May 24, 2013.
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 80% of 5 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.3/10.