| Brave New Jersey | |
| Director: | Jody Lambert |
| Producer: | Jen Roskind Taylor Williams |
| Starring: | Tony Hale Anna Camp Sam Jaeger Heather Burns Dan Bakkedahl Raymond J. Barry |
| Music: | Dennis Lambert Matthew Logan Vasquez Kelly Winrich |
| Cinematography: | Corey Walter |
| Editing: | Matthew Diezel |
| Studio: | The Shot Clock |
| Distributor: | Gravitas Ventures |
| Runtime: | 86 minutes[1] |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Gross: | $16,500[2] |
Brave New Jersey is a 2016 American comedy film directed by Jody Lambert, who also served as co-writer, with Michael Dowling. The film stars Tony Hale, Anna Camp, Sam Jaeger, Heather Burns, Dan Bakkedahl and Raymond J. Barry. The film was released on August 4, 2017, by Gravitas Ventures.
It takes place on the day/night of "The War of the Worlds" broadcast on October 30–31, 1938, and shows how a small New Jersey town reacts to what they thought was an impending alien invasion. The town of Lullaby, New Jersey is fictional, though the story incorporates some real-life elements, such as many listeners' panicked reactions to the broadcast,[3] and the existence of the Rotolactor cow-milking machine.
The film premiered at the Austin Film Festival on October 15, 2016.[4] It was released on August 4, 2017, by Gravitas Ventures.[1] [5]
On Metacritic the film has a score of 45 out of 100, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[6] On Rotten Tomatoes it has a score of 50%.[7]