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7.0/10   18,132 votes
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Burr Steers (written by)
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Release Date:
1 May 2003 (Austria) more
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Insanity is relative
Plot:
A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 7 wins & 8 nominations more
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Holden Caulfield with a Harry Potter scarf more (221 total)

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Rated R for language, sexuality and drug content.
Runtime:
98 min | Argentina:99 min (Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema)
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Writer/director Burr Steers originally intended to make this a novel, not a movie. more
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Continuity: Despite talk throughout the film of a passage of time, the coming of summer, the advent of fall, and the approach of Christmas, the entire film was clearly shot over a very short time in the fall. In the scene outside the campus where DH tells Igby his mother is having a mastectomy, for example, DH talks about staying with him "this summer," yet there are dead leaves on the ground and bare trees. more
Quotes:
Igby: Can we go back to your mom's apartment and have sex?
Sookie: No! You think that'll make you feel better? It won't. It'll just make you feel really empty and sad. You're better off masturbating.
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Holden Caulfield with a Harry Potter scarf, 16 September 2002
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Author: Rogue-32 from L A.

I'm very pleased to see other reviewers comparing Kieran Culkin's character Jason/Igby to The Catcher in the Rye's Holden Caulfield - while watching the film I was thinking the same thing, much to writer/director Burr Steers' credit. This is THE Social Commentary movie I have been waiting to see for a long time now - fearless, witty, arch, poignant without being sentimental, and, best of all, the characters are not one-dimensional, they all live and breathe and we feel the agony they are suffering behind their socially privileged masks.

Culkin is especially brilliant (and so sad, with his Harry Potter scarf - a young wizard without any magic), but everyone shines here - Sarandon, Pullman, Danes, Amanda Peet, Ryan Phillippe, Jeff "how-can-I-be-any-creepier" Goldblum, and of course Jared Harris, who positively reeks eccentricity without even having to open his mouth (but when he does, it's always good too). A fine first film from a director/writer who definitely bears watching.

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