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Storytelling

  • 2001
  • R
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
18K
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Storytelling (2001)
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ComedyDramaRomance

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

  • Director
    • Todd Solondz
  • Writer
    • Todd Solondz
  • Stars
    • Selma Blair
    • Leo Fitzpatrick
    • Robert Wisdom
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    18K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Todd Solondz
    • Writer
      • Todd Solondz
    • Stars
      • Selma Blair
      • Leo Fitzpatrick
      • Robert Wisdom
    • 130User reviews
    • 93Critic reviews
    • 50Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Storytelling: Dinnertime Conversations
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    Storytelling: It Must've Been Hard Being Poor
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    Storytelling: In The Bar
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    Storytelling: Class Reading
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    John Goodman and Julie Hagerty in Storytelling (2001)
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    Selma Blair in Storytelling (2001)
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    Selma Blair
    Selma Blair
    • Vi (segment "Fiction")
    Leo Fitzpatrick
    Leo Fitzpatrick
    • Marcus (segment "Fiction")
    Robert Wisdom
    Robert Wisdom
    • Mr. Scott (segment "Fiction")
    Maria Thayer
    Maria Thayer
    • Amy (segment "Fiction")
    Angela Goethals
    Angela Goethals
    • Elli (segment "Fiction")
    Devorah Rose
    Devorah Rose
    • Lucy (segment "Fiction")
    Nancy Anne Ridder
    Nancy Anne Ridder
    • Joyce (segment "Fiction")
    Steve Rosen
    Steve Rosen
    • Ethan (segment "Fiction")
    • (as Steven Rosen)
    Aleksa Palladino
    Aleksa Palladino
    • Catherine (segment "Fiction")
    Mary Lynn Rajskub
    Mary Lynn Rajskub
    • Melinda (segment "Fiction")
    Tina Holmes
    Tina Holmes
    • Sue (segment "Fiction")
    Paul Giamatti
    Paul Giamatti
    • Toby Oxman (segment "Non-Fiction")
    Mike Schank
    Mike Schank
    • Mike (segment "Non-Fiction")
    Xander Berkeley
    Xander Berkeley
    • Mr. DeMarco (segment "Non-Fiction")
    Mark Webber
    Mark Webber
    • Scooby Livingston (segment "Non-Fiction")
    John Goodman
    John Goodman
    • Marty Livingston (segment "Non-Fiction")
    Julie Hagerty
    Julie Hagerty
    • Fern Livingston (segment "Non-Fiction")
    Jonathan Osser
    Jonathan Osser
    • Mikey Livingston (segment "Non-Fiction")
    • Director
      • Todd Solondz
    • Writer
      • Todd Solondz
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • 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
      The positions of Scooby's hands when he is holding the gun change between shots.
    • Quotes

      Catherine: It was confessional, yet dishonest. Jane pretends to be horrified by the sexuality that she in fact fetishizes. She subsumes herself to the myth of black male potency, but then doesn't follow through. She thinks she 'respects Afro-Americans,' she thinks they're 'cool,' 'exotic,' what a notch he 'd make in her belt, but, of course, it all comes down to mandingo cliché, and he calls her on it. In classic racist tradition she demonizes, then runs for cover. But then, how could she behave otherwise? She's just a spoiled suburban white girl with a Benneton rainbow complex. It's just my opinion, and what do I know... but I think it's a callow piece of writing.

    • Alternate versions
      The original version of the film featured a third story entitled "Autobiography", concerning, among other things, a closeted football player (James van der Beek). The main character has an explicit gay sex scene with a male partner (Steven Rosen); the entire story was cut from the final version.
    • Connections
      Featured in This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Fiction
      Performed by Nathan Larson and Nina Persson

      Written by Nathan Larson and Nina Persson

      Published by The Music Of NATO and Stockholm Songs

      Nathan Larson appears courtesy of Artemis Records

      Nina Persson appears courtesy of Stockholm Records

    User reviews130

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    8/10
    Accurate and scathing attack on various forms of political correctness
    Probably Director Todd Solondz' most mature work to date, Storytelling is split into two parts `Fiction' and `Non-Fiction' - yet similar themes underlie both and pose questions about what we call reality when it comes to prejudice and taboo subjects. Whilst in previous attempts (such as `Happiness') Solondz' work has merely been controversial, in this film he berates political correctness more accurately and more entertainingly. It exposes ridiculous attitudes in the name of political correctness, whether it is the student with an awful essay who almost escapes criticism because he has cerebral palsy, or a black teacher who gets away with being a pervert because his victim doesn't want to entertain thoughts of racism. Nothing is sacred: Jews and the Holocaust also come in for merciless examination. But part of the film involves the story of a `documentary' being made within the main story, by an exploitative screwed up filmmaker who wants to do his own thing in the name of art, so in this sense, Storytelling even turns on itself and questions the validity of using the subject matter that it does. A controversial, worthy, and very entertaining film that stretches your ability to make moral judgements within a convincingly coherent framework.
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    • Chris_Docker
    • Aug 27, 2001

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    • Release date
      • November 8, 2001 (Russia)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Diaphania -French site(fr)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Untitled Todd Solondz Project
    • Filming locations
      • New Jersey, USA
    • Production companies
      • New Line Cinema
      • Killer Films
      • Good Machine
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $921,445
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $73,688
      • Jan 27, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,318,945
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 27 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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