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The Young Poisoner's Handbook (1995)
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Release Date:
23 February 1996 (USA)
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Meet Graham. He's not your ordinary teenager. more
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This film is based on a true story about a British teenager who allegedly poisoned family, friends, and co-workers...
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1 nomination
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Darkly and grimly humorous, but not comfortable watching
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tobias Arnold | ... | Young Graham | |
| Ruth Sheen | ... | Molly | |
| Roger Lloyd-Pack | ... | Fred (as Roger Lloyd Pack) | |
| Hugh O'Conor | ... | Graham Young | |
| Norman Caro | ... | Mr. Goez | |
| Dorothea Alexander | ... | Mrs. Goez | |
| Charlotte Coleman | ... | Winnie | |
| Paul Stacey | ... | Dennis | |
| Samantha Edmonds | ... | Sue | |
| Robert Demeger | ... | Mr. Dexter | |
| Jack Deam | ... | Mick | |
| Peter Pacey | ... | Dickie Boone | |
| Joost Siedhoff | ... | Dr. Scott | |
| Vilma Hollingbery | ... | Aunty Panty | |
| Frank Mills | ... | Uncle Jack |
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Also Known As:
Das Handbuch des jungen Giftmischers (Germany)
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Rated R for murders by poisoning, language and some nude photos.
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99 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 |
Australia:MA |
Finland:K-16 (video premiere) |
Germany:16 |
Portugal:M/12 (video premiere) |
Sweden:15 |
USA:R |
UK:15
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The film was not screened at many local cinemas, due to the tone of the film, and out of respect for the surviving victims, and the relatives of the dead.
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Factual errors: At the end scene, Young scratches/grinds his mother's diamond with a razor blade. It's simply impossible as steel hardness is way below that of diamonds.
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Quotes:
Graham Young:
I want to be the greatest poisoner the world has ever seen.
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Movie Connections:
References A Clockwork Orange (1971)
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Soundtrack:
Nothing Shaking But The Leaves On The Trees
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What happens when a young man gets a chemistry set and doesn't get along with his family? Experiments, of course. Graham Young is the young chemist, as played by Hugh O'Conor (the little boy in Rawhead Rex, several years before) and while he's normal enough on the surface he is also quite curious as to the effects of certain chemicals on the human body (but not HIS) and is apparently missing some trip-switch in his brain that tells him what he's doing is wrong. First he experiments on his stepmother, and while I like this film a lot, watching her deteriorate was almost too much for me. Then his sister, then his dad, and then, he gets busted and off to the loony bin for a while. He weasels his way into working with this doctor while he's there, because Graham truly is a smart little bugger, and he eventually gets released and goes to work in a camera factory. Old habits die hard though, especially when he finds out what chemicals they have stockpiled there for use in manufacturing. Pretty soon curmudgeonly co-workers are dropping like flies. Eventually, of course, suspicion rears its ugly head & he's in trouble again. This is a pretty dark film but not without humor, and it's not exactly laugh out loud humor, it's more the "why am I finding this funny?" humor, but this is still a very good watch. Some of the music is straight out of Clockwork Orange but still appropriate here. Check it out, and it IS available on DVD, if you scrounge at Big Lots or someplace like that, on the Platinum label....very "no frills" but still played great and I was happy with it. 8 out of 10.