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Igby Goes Down (2002) 6.9
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Metascore: 72/100
Reviews: 234 user | 111 critic | 30 from Metacritic.com A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up. Director:Burr SteersWriter:Burr Steers |
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Cast
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| Claire Danes | ... | ||
| Jeff Goldblum | ... |
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| Rory Culkin | ... | ||
| Peter Anthony Tambakis | ... |
13-Year-Old Oliver
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Igby Goes Down is a personal tale about a 17 year old misfit boy who copes with his mother's cancer and his father's insanity by pursuing relationships with older women. Truly an intellectual, Igby is a modern day Holden Caulfield, and the world he lives in is far removed from the high standards of expectation he holds for it. Written by Dan Bloggs
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Rated R for language, sexuality and drug content | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Atlantic Streamline[us] story, shoot journal | Official site [sg] (English) | See more »Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
1 May 2003 (Austria) See more »Also Known As:
Igby See more »Box Office
Budget:
$9,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£86,581 (UK) (13 June 2003)Gross:
£332,721 (UK) (27 June 2003)Company Credits
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Igby: Why couldn't she have been a fucking smoker.
Oliver: This has nothing to do with her being in such wonderful shape. The cause of our trouble was our inability to come up with a drug short of paint thinner, that would be at least somewhat novel to her system. She's built up a tolerance to everything.
Igby: A tolerance? She's taking her fucking afternoon nap.
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(1995)
Written by Richard Parfitt (as R. Parfitt) and Mike Cole (as M. Cole)
Performed by 60 Ft. Dolls (as 60 FT Dolls)
Licensed for the world excluding USA, Canada and Mexico
Courtesy of BMG Entertainment International UK & Ireland Ltd.
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Writer/director Burr Steers originally intended to make this a novel, not a movie. See more »Goofs
When Sookie enters the loft for the first time, she doesn't close the door all the way, and the door dramatically swings open, and then is shut by and unseen crewperson. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Igby: Why couldn't she have been a fucking smoker.
Oliver: This has nothing to do with her being in such wonderful shape. The cause of our trouble was our inability to come up with a drug short of paint thinner, that would be at least somewhat novel to her system. She's built up a tolerance to everything.
Igby: A tolerance? She's taking her fucking afternoon nap.
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Soundtracks
"No. 1 Pure Alcohol"(1995)
Written by Richard Parfitt (as R. Parfitt) and Mike Cole (as M. Cole)
Performed by 60 Ft. Dolls (as 60 FT Dolls)
Licensed for the world excluding USA, Canada and Mexico
Courtesy of BMG Entertainment International UK & Ireland Ltd.
Courtesy of Geffen Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
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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.