History Film / WereAllGoingToTheWorldsFair

* PaedoHunt: JLB is a man in his 50s who takes very acute interest in a teenage girl he found online. It's not clear whether he's actually concerned for her or whether he's grooming her. When JLB admits that World's Fair is just a game and offends Casey, she accuses him of being a pedophile and severs all contact with him.

''We're All Going to the World's Fair'' is a "coming-of-age horror" film written, edited and directed by Jane Schoenbrun. It stars Anna Cobb in her film debut and Michael J. Rogers. Schoenbrun followed it up with a SpiritualSuccessor, ''Film/ISawTheTVGlow'', in 2024.

* AmbiguousSituation: At the end of the film, there are multiple factors in doubt. One reading of the film is that the "World's Fair" game has always been mutual ARG roleplay developed by independent creators, of which Casey is one. In this scenario, Casey has been growing upset with her viewer JLB for him egging her crafted story into dsrker places than she wants and stepping over her burgeoning creative impulses, and ultimately breaks things off with him when he breaks the roleplay and spoils the fun for her altogether. Another reading is that the game has been very real for Casey and she is experiencing supernatural effects and is alarmed and disturbed to hear the "expert" JLB claim the whole thing has never been real, because it was to ''her'', and something terrible happens to her. Alternative to both, the game isn't real, but Casey has been undergoing a mental crisis due to believing it is. And we never know if JLB's story at the end [[spoiler:about reconciling with Casey and her being pulled back from the brink]] is true.

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We're all going to the World's Fair.\\
We're all going to the World's Fair.'']]

** If you're familiar with online horror, you might recognize Valeria Santiago of WebVideo/StanFrederick fame, [[spoiler: [[DeathByCameo although she doesn't last long.]]]]

* AmbiguousEnding: It's not clear if [[spoiler:Casey really did reach out again to JLB like he says she did, or if she did "disappear"/kill herself and JLB's simply making up the story to keep the World's Fair [=ARG=] going, or if JLB is the worst sort of DirtyOldMan and preyed on or murdered her.]]

* PaedoHunt: JLB is a man in his 50s who takes very acute interest in a teenage girl he found online. It's not clear whether he's actually concerned for her or whether he's grooming her. When JLB admits that World's Fair is just a game and offends Casey, she accuses him of being a pedophile and severs all contact with him. [[spoiler:It's also not clear if JLB hurt or even murdered Casey at the end.]]

* TimeSkip: After Casey "disappears," we cut back to JLB who claims that one year has past, and he's finally heard back from her. It's not clear if this is true.

* AmbiguousEnding: It's not clear if [[spoiler:Casey really did reach out again to JLB like he says she did, or if she did "disappear"/kill herself and JLB's simply making up the story to keep the World's Fair [=ARG=] going.]]

* TheCameo: If you're familiar with online horror, you might recognize Valeria Santiago of WebVideo/StanFrederick fame, [[spoiler: although she doesn't last long.]]

* PaedoHunt: JLB is a man in his 50s who takes very acute interest in a teenage girl he found online. It's not clear whether he's actually concerned for her or whether he's grooming her. When JLB admits that World's Fair is just a game and offends Casey, she accuses him of being a pedophile and severs all contact with him.

''We're All Going to the World's Fair'' is a "coming-of-age horror" film written, edited and directed by Jane Schoenbrun. It stars Anna Cobb in her film debut and Michael J. Rogers.

** Horror Website/YouTuber May Leitz (AKA Nyx Fears) appears for a few seconds as herself in a voiceless online video.

* TheCameo: If you're familiar with online horror, you might recognize Evan Santiago of WebVideo/StanFrederick, [[spoiler: although he doesn't last long.]]

* TheCameo: If you're familiar with online horror, you might recognise Evan Santiago of WebVideo/StanFrederick, [[spoiler: although he doesn't last long.]]
** Horror Website/YouTuber May Leitz (AKA Nyx Fears) appears for a few seconds in a voiceless online video (supposedly another participant in the challenge).

** Horror YouTuber May Leitz (AKA Nyx Fears) appears for a few seconds in a voiceless online video (supposedly another participant in the challenge).

* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Casey is only ever seen in baggy, unisex clothing and is using a unisex name, so she could be nonbinary, but it's never made clear. Her alienation and talk about "turning into someone else" also have some serious trans undertones.

* TheCameo: If you're familiar with online horror, you might recognise Evan Santiago of StanFrederick, [[spoiler: although he doesn't last long.]]

* PalmBloodletting: Part of the World's Fair ritual is prinking your finger and smearing blood on your computer monitor.

* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: Casey is only ever seen in baggy, unisex clothing, so she could be nonbinary, but it's never made clear. Her alienation and talk about "turning into someone else" also have some serious trans undertones.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: We never find out JLB's name. Casey claims that that's not her real name. In the end, JLB claims that they both exchanged their real names.

* PaedoHunt: JLB is a man in his 50s who takes very acute interest in a teenage girl he found online. It's not clear whether he's actually concerned for her or whether he's grooming her. When JLB admits that World's Fair is just a game ad offends Casey, she accuses him of being a pedophile and severs all contact with him.

** It's ultimately left ambiguous as to whether Casey's symptoms are real, if she's faking them to fit into the game, or if she started out faking them and goes insane.

* WhatTheHellIsThatAccent: Casey has a very strange accent that several reviewers have noted is hard to place and makes her sound even more alienated. It sometimes sounds Scottish and other times more New York. Her father sounds purely American. The actress was born in Texas.

** JLB's identity and motives are unknown. Who he is, how he came to live in a mansion, what his intentions are toward Casey, and who that woman is behind him in one scene (credited as "JLB's ???").