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7.1/10   9,485 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Arie Posin (story)
Zac Stanford (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 August 2005 (Greece) more
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Very creative and quirky. May become a classic. Don't miss it. more (124 total)
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Cast

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Jamie Bell ... Dean

Camilla Belle ... Crystal

Justin Chatwin ... Billy

Glenn Close ... Carrie Johnson
Kathi Copeland ... Parent #1 (as Kathy Copeland)

Rory Culkin ... Charlie Stiffle
Thomas Curtis ... Charlie Bratley

Tim DeKay ... Mr. Peck
David Ellison ... Student #1 (as David Ellsion)

William Fichtner ... Mr. Bill Stiffle

Ralph Fiennes ... Mayor Michael Ebbs

Richard Gleason ... Parent #2

Caroline Goodall ... Mrs. Parker

John Heard ... Officer Lou Bratley
Susan Hegarty ... Aide to Mayor Ebbs
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Also Known As:
Glück in kleinen Dosen (Germany)
Untitled Arie Posin Project (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for language, violent content, drug material and some sexuality.
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108 min
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Continuity: When Dean is trashing his room, he whips the chair away from the desk. When the camera cuts back to the desk, the chair is still there. more
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Dean Stiffle: I read this statistic once, that the average kid sees somethng like 10,000 dead bodies on TV before he turns 18. more
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Very creative and quirky. May become a classic. Don't miss it., 28 July 2005
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Author: joanzsher from United States

I was expecting not to relate well to this film, even though I wanted to like it as our son was the director of photography. I had heard that it was similar to American Beauty which I liked but I didn't need another film about dysfunctional middle and upper class families living in suburbia.I was very pleasantly surprised when I saw it on Tuesday night, July 26th in Portland at a screening. The script is incredibly creative and not at all like American Beauty. It is unfair to compare the two films. In addition, the acting, the directing, and of course, the cinematography are superb as is the music. There is humor to break the tension. The film, itself, keeps one wide awake and waiting to see what will happen to each of the characters. I was not at all disappointed and plan to see it again as I believe there are layers in this film that one will catch in repeated viewings. It is hard to tell anyone what this film is about as it doesn't fit any particular genre, but don't miss it as I think this is the kind of film that people will be talking about for a long time.

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