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Overview

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6.1/10   4,887 votes
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Writer (WGA):
Adam Larson Broder (written by)
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Release Date:
12 March 2004 (Spain) more
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A comedy for the romantically challenged.
Plot:
A sorority girl is drawn to a disabled man. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Christina Ricci ... Carolyn McDuffy

Hank Harris ... Pumpkin Romanoff

Brenda Blethyn ... Judy Romanoff
Dominique Swain ... Jeanine Kryszinsky

Marisa Coughlan ... Julie Thurber
Samuel Ball ... Kent Woodlands (as Sam Ball)

Harry Lennix ... Robert Meary (Poetry teacher)

Nina Foch ... Betsy Collander
Caroline Aaron ... Claudia Prinsinger
Lisa Banes ... Chippy McDuffy
Julio Oscar Mechoso ... Dr. Frederico Cruz

Phil Reeves ... Burt Wohlfert

Marisa Petroro ... Courtney Burke (as Marisa Parker)

Tait Smith ... Hansie Prinsinger
Michael Bacall ... Casey Whitner
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and a scene of sexuality.
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113 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The shot of Kent's car flying off the cliff and exploding is actually taken from Hudson Hawk (1991) - you can even see the dummy, that represented the bad guy, on the hood. more
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Continuity: Before the disabled kids arrive, Ricci approaches the coach about the name of the boy she's mentoring - when we first see her back, a clump of her hair is stuck inside of her shirt, but then in the next shot, her hair is out of her shirt. more
Quotes:
Pumpkin Romanoff: I think they want us to leave, Carolyn.
Julie Thurber: He's right. You two better go, Carolyn. You've caused enough damage already.
Carolyn McDuffy: No. I am a sister of AO Pi. And Pumpkin Romanoff is my guest. If it hadn't been for you sanctimonious hypocrites he would have been my date tonight. Pumpkin and I are going inside to dance.
Julie Thurber: No!
Carolyn McDuffy: Why, Julie?
Julie Thurber: You two are not... an appropriate... couple.
Carolyn McDuffy: I'm sorry, Julie. Pumpkin's not going to sit in the back of the bus anymore.
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References Le huitième jour (1996) more
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Holes more

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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
life imitating art imitating life, 5 August 2003
7/10
Author: Rogue-32 from L A.

"Your relationship is...inappropriate," one of Carolyn's sadly superficial sorority sisters says to her in the course of "Pumpkin", and that statement sums up this superbly uncategorizable exercise to perfection. Nothing about "Pumpkin" is appropriate, from the soundtrack choices (the music in the fight scene between Pumpkin and Kent in particular), the casting (it was a near-shock to see Dominique Swain with her clothes on through the ENTIRE FILM for openers), the story itself and the shamelessly ambiguous manner in which it's presented. It works, though, thanks to a supremely conflicted and tender performance from Christina Ricci and the simplicity, sensitivity and sincerity of Hank Harris' interpretation of the title character. Life isn't just one thing, it's all things all at one time sometimes. Just like this movie.

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