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Whole New Thing

  • 20052005
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Whole New Thing (2005)
  • Comedy
  • Drama
After years of being home schooled by hippie parents, Emerson is enrolled at his local high school. The intelligent and androgynous youth confounds his classmates and captures the attention ... Read allAfter years of being home schooled by hippie parents, Emerson is enrolled at his local high school. The intelligent and androgynous youth confounds his classmates and captures the attention of his English teacher. The teacher-student relationship leads to problems for everyone in... Read allAfter years of being home schooled by hippie parents, Emerson is enrolled at his local high school. The intelligent and androgynous youth confounds his classmates and captures the attention of his English teacher. The teacher-student relationship leads to problems for everyone involved.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
1.3K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Amnon Buchbinder
  • Writers
    • Amnon Buchbinder
    • Daniel MacIvor
  • Stars
    • Aaron Webber
    • Robert Joy
    • Rebecca Jenkins
Top credits
  • Director
    • Amnon Buchbinder
  • Writers
    • Amnon Buchbinder
    • Daniel MacIvor
  • Stars
    • Aaron Webber
    • Robert Joy
    • Rebecca Jenkins
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    • 21User reviews
    • 27Critic reviews
    • 54Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 11 wins & 3 nominations

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    Aaron Webber at an event for Whole New Thing (2005)
    Aaron Webber at an event for Whole New Thing (2005)
    Aaron Webber at an event for Whole New Thing (2005)
    Amnon Buchbinder at an event for Whole New Thing (2005)
    Amnon Buchbinder at an event for Whole New Thing (2005)
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    Whole New Thing (2005)
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    Aaron Webber in Whole New Thing (2005)

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    Aaron Webber
    Aaron Webber
    • Emersonas Emerson
    Robert Joy
    Robert Joy
    • Rogas Rog
    Rebecca Jenkins
    Rebecca Jenkins
    • Kayaas Kaya
    Daniel MacIvor
    Daniel MacIvor
    • Donas Don
    Kathryn MacLellan
    • Ms. McPhersonas Ms. McPherson
    Drew O'Hara
    • Toddas Todd
    Ryan Hartigan
    • Jeffas Jeff
    Geordie Brown
    • Buddyas Buddy
    Callum Keith Rennie
    Callum Keith Rennie
    • Dennyas Denny
    Jackie Torrens
    • Claireas Claire
    Lisa Lelliott
    • Massage Guestas Massage Guest
    Leah Fassett
    • Lauraas Laura
    Samantha Spencer
    • Debraas Debra
    Rebecca Regan
    • Terias Teri
    Marguerite McNeil
    • Don's Motheras Don's Mother
    Hugh Thompson
    Hugh Thompson
    • Claudeas Claude
    Linda Busby
    • Mrs. Colleyas Mrs. Colley
    Brian Heighton
    • Office Manas Office Man
    • Director
      • Amnon Buchbinder
    • Writers
      • Amnon Buchbinder
      • Daniel MacIvor
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    Storyline

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    After years of being home schooled by hippie parents, Emerson is enrolled at his local high school. The intelligent and androgynous youth confounds his classmates and captures the attention of his English teacher. The teacher-student relationship leads to problems for everyone involved. —Anonymous
    • english teacher
    • gay sex
    • teacher student relationship
    • erection
    • bullying
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    • Genres
      • Comedy
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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      All the songs in the movie (the soundtrack as well as the ones on the gift CD from Emerson) are by the Canadian band The Hidden Cameras.
    • Quotes

      Don Grant: And what do you do?

      Rog: I turn shit into gold.

    • Connections
      Featured in Whole New Thing: Deleted Scenes (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      I Believe In the Good Of Life
      Words and Music by Joel Gibb

      Performed by The Hidden Cameras

      Published by A Common Enemy

    User reviews21

    Review
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    7/10
    Unpersuasive and lacking reality
    Canadian director Amnon Buchbinder's coming of age comedy Whole New Thing is an engaging look at an intellectually precocious 13-year old boy who develops a crush on his gay English instructor. Set in rural Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, newcomer Aaron Webber is outstanding as the quirky Emerson Thorsen whose attraction to his teacher Don Grant (Daniel McIvor) threatens to create serious problems for the teacher, the school, and his clueless parents. While the film delves into unconventional subject matter such as nocturnal emissions and causal sex in washrooms, Buchbinder deals with these topics in a matter of fact way without taking any narrative or stylistic risks.

    Rather than continue with home schooling where he seems deficient in key subjects, Emerson's free-spirited parents Kaya (Rebecca Jenkins) and Rog (Robert Joy), enroll their gifted son in the local high school. Emerson has written what looks like a 500-page Hobbit novel and has knowledge far beyond the reach of his rural classmates but is lacking in social and emotional maturity. Looking sexually androgynous with hair coming down his face and a touch of lipstick, he is bullied by his classmates and sneered at when he proposes that the teacher throw away the book they are reading (Snowboard Snowjob) in favor of Shakespeare.

    He naively pursues his teacher Don, a gay man, but seems to have no understanding of how his actions are putting his teacher in jeopardy. Buchbinder throws in some undeveloped subplots about Kaya having an affair with a local worker and Don thinking about reconciling with a former lover but the characters are paper-thin and the stories do not come to life. Though Whole New Thing brings some insight into the confusion of an adolescent waking up to sexual ambiguity, I found the relationships unpersuasive and lacking in reality. Aaron Webber, however, is definitely a talent to watch and the haunting score by David Buchbinder, the director's brother, using Arabic, Celtic, African, and rock melodies, played on a group of exotic instruments, is worth the price of admission.
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    • howard.schumann
    • Jul 10, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 8, 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Canada
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • French
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Совсем новое
    • Filming locations
      • Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
    • Production companies
      • Acuity Pictures Production
      • Chum Television
      • Nova Scotia Film Development Corporation
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • CA$750,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $11,445
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $4,949
      • Apr 8, 2007
    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,445
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 32 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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