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Title: Dear Wendy (2005)
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| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Jamie Bell | ... | Dick Dandelion | |
| Bill Pullman | ... | Krugsby | |
| Michael Angarano | ... | Freddie | |
| Danso Gordon | ... | Sebastian | |
| Novella Nelson | ... | Clarabelle | |
| Chris Owen | ... | Huey | |
| Alison Pill | ... | Susan | |
| Mark Webber | ... | Stevie | |
| Trevor Cooper | ... | Dick's Dad | |
| Matthew Géczy | ... | Young Officer | |
| William Hootkins | ... | Marshall Walker | |
| Teddy Kempner | ... | Mr. Salomon | |
| Thomas Bo Larsen | ... | Customer | |
DEAR WENDY is a story about the young loner Dick who lives in the poor mining town of Estherslope. When he happens upon a small handgun one day, he finds himself strangely drawn to it, despite his fervent pacifist views. Together with his newfound partner he soon convinces the other young outcasts in the town to join him in a secret club he calls The Dandies. A club based on the principals of pacifism and guns. Despite their firm belief in the most important Dandy rule of all - never draw your weapons - they soon find themselves in a predicament where they realise that rules are made to be broken. Written by Distributionsselskabet
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I liked "Dear Wendy". It was well photographed, had good cast and the rocking soundtrack provided the light icing on a film that is both sad and happy from the inside.
It is a bit puzzling that this film has been seen as anti-American propaganda. It does criticise the American values - but so do many American films that are hardly described as anti-American. The message is even softened by placing the film in surreal, small mining town that is so detached geographically that you can almost feel the fiction. In some sense it bears resemblance to the village set on Brechtian stage in "Dogville" (compare for example the "stageness" of main street) by Lars von Trier, whose touch can be seen in "Dear Wendy", too.
It can be also seen as an anti-gun lecture - but that is just one perspective to it and in my opinion also possible to ignore.
The only turnoff is the somewhat annoying narration by the main character, that explains too much and leaves less for the viewer to ponder. I might be also giving one star too much, because the end scene, where the film picks up the pace left such a strong impression on me, and not just because of being so well shot action.