Storytelling (2001)

Director:

Todd Solondz

Writer (WGA):

Todd Solondz (written by)

Release Date:

8 November 2001 (Russia)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.

Plot Keywords:

College | High School | Celebrity | Exploitation | Writing Class

Cast

Selma Blair	...	Vi ('Fiction')
Leo Fitzpatrick	...	Marcus ('Fiction')
Robert Wisdom	...	Mr. Scott ('Fiction')
Maria Thayer	...	Amy ('Fiction')
Angela Goethals	...	Elli ('Fiction')
Devorah Rose	...	Lucy ('Fiction')
Nancy Anne Ridder	...	Joyce ('Fiction')
Steve Rosen	...	Ethan ('Fiction') (as Steven Rosen)
Aleksa Palladino	...	Catherine ('Fiction')
Mary Lynn Rajskub	...	Melinda ('Fiction')
Tina Holmes	...	Sue ('Fiction')
Paul Giamatti	...	Toby Oxman ('Non-fiction')
Mike Schank	...	Mike the Cameraman ('Non-fiction')
Xander Berkeley	...	Mr. DeMarco ('Non-fiction')
Mark Webber	...	Scooby Livingston ('Non-fiction')

Also Known As:

Story Telling (USA) (trailer title)
Untitled Todd Solondz Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

87 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Hungary:16 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Denmark:11 | New Zealand:R18 | Argentina:18 | Australia:MA | Brazil:18 | Canada:18A | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Netherlands:16 | Peru:18 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:13 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #38271) | USA:Unrated | Malaysia:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

Adelphi University, Garden City, Long Island, New York, USA

Company:

New Line Cinema

Trivia:

There was a third story with James Van Der Beek as a college student realizing his sexuality, which was subsequently cut out of the film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Consuelo was cleaning the floor while Mikey was asking her about her family, the amount of dirt on the floor changes twice when the camera is turned away.

Quotes:

Mikey Livingston: And you'll fire Consuelo. She's lazy.

Movie Connections:

References "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993)

Soundtrack:

Gonna Have Fun

duh!

i liked storytelling more than welcome to the dollhouse and happiness. none of these movies i found particularly comedic though.

i just wanted to point out something in response to another review about it copying american beauty: it was meant to! i think they put that in there to show how that guy was ripping off that movie because he was so crappy at making documentaries himself, he couldn't come up with his own ideas. there's also a connection to american movie, mike shank from that documentary films american scooby (see?) and he probably felt the same way scooby did when other people viewed their lives.

i think this movie would've been better if they either made "fiction" longer, or just took it out altogether and the whole movie be about the "non-fiction" aspect. i really wanted to see more and didn't like how the movie cut off like it did.. 8/10.