Twist #SPOILER#
I heard that the twist is that it turns out to be a game like the SIMS. That's just what I heard.
shareIts revealed very early on in the film (first 20 minutes), so I'm not sure it can be called a twist.
shareReally? Was it all about that?
I didn't get the movie, but I don't think it was about that either...
Anyway, Wikipedia says this about its storyline:
The movie almost exclusively takes place inside a corner café, where people go and share their lives. It soon becomes obvious that the café is a "programmed reality", as the programmer makes contact with one of the inhabitants, telling him that he is an avatar and manipulating minor details of the world. In dialogues between programmer and avatar, an exchange on the nature and purpose of the simulation takes place that examines common philosophical questions on the nature of God and creation. At the end of the film, possibly hinting at the nature of the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, the avatar has to make a tough choice when a tragedy happens.
If by the 'reveal' you are referring to when Elly first speaks with Craig/Avatar, I don't think that was that scene's intent. I think the structure of showing us the beginning of the end at the start was to have us keep guessing throughout who was doing the shooting, with all the intersecting story lines providing possibilities- the abusive boyfriend, the dealer, the desperate addict, the secretive owner/writer, or the one character who seems to be exhibiting a downward spiral into hallucinations and mental disorder.
I think the OP is correct in that the twist was that Craig wasn't actually deranged and all was a simulation as Elly said.
Take a look at the very last shot before the screen goes to black - it's the writer/cafe owner closing his composition notebook. To me, that means everything we see, including the little girl/programmer, are ALL characters in the story he's writing. Remember the scene where the woman asks him how she can trust him, and he answers "Well, I write fiction so I guess people not trusting me is an occupational hazard?" My take on it is that the whole movie, every single thing we see, is all taking place in the story he's writing. Another clue to this would be the unusual work arrangement where none of the employees know who the boss is; they only have an emergency fone # which the barista guy calls 3 times - and then when the owner realizes he's been found out - nothing! No consequence, no rebuke, no firing - nothing. That could happen in a SIMS-like game, but the little girl/programmer made it clear that the only avatar she was interacting with was the fat guy. So, how likely would such a communication arrangement be, where employees wouldn't even know who's paying them? This is a small cafe, not a global conglomerate.
All in all, thought-provoking, and I don't discount totally the possibility that the writer/cafe owner is also an avatar in the game which has reset because of the fat guy avatar's self-sacrifice. BUT the fact that the writer closing up his notebook and walking away is the very last scene makes me think he's controlling the story, rather than the girl/programmer controlling the simulation. In fact, the simulation resetting would simply be the writer editing his story.
Jennifer Love still looked smokin hot btw