Getting to Know You (1999)
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90% of critics liked it
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Premiering in the dramatic competition at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, Getting to Know You is director Lisanne Skyler's first narrative feature, following her 1995 Sundance Film Festival documentary No Loans Today. The film takes place in one afternoon at a bus depot where Judith (Welcome to… More Premiering in the dramatic competition at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, Getting to Know You is director Lisanne Skyler's first narrative feature, following her 1995 Sundance Film Festival documentary No Loans Today. The film takes place in one afternoon at a bus depot where Judith (Welcome to the Dollhouse's Heather Matarazzo) and her brother Wesley wait for the bus. There Judith meets Jimmy (Michael Weston), a kid with a great imagination and nowhere to go. Jimmy tells Judith stories about the lonely people who are sitting at the depot, and his tall tales become flashbacks in the film. As the story progresses, Jimmy and Judith start falling in love and finally reveal the secrets of their own lives: Jimmy's father was a cop who was killed in a simple domestic disturbance call, and Judith lives with her aunt following a spousal argument that put Judith's father in prison and her mother (Bebe Neuwirth) in a mental institution. ~ Arthur Borman, Rovi
- Directed By
- Lisanne Skyler
- Written By
- Lisanne Skyler, Tristine Skyler
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Jun 28, 2000 Limited
- Studio
- Cineville International
Critic Reviews
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Joshua Tanzer, Offoffoff
Heather Matarazzo of Welcome to the Dollhouse stars as a teenage girl who tries to find humanity at an upstate bus station as it evaporates in her own family
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Maria Garcia, Film Journal International
The Skylers' collaboration is nothing short of a 21st-century version of Rebel Without a Cause.
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Cast
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Heather Matarazzo
as Judith
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Zach Braff
as Wesley
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Michael Weston
as Jimmy
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Bebe Neuwirth
as Trix
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Mark Blum
as Darrell
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Bo Hopkins
as Officer Caminetto
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Sonja Sogn
as Irene
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Tristine Skyler
as Lynn
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Chris North
as Sonny
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Kevin Black
as Brady
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Mary McCormack
as Leila Lee
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Jacob Reynolds
as Lamar Pike Jr.
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Leo Burmeister
as Lamara Pike Sr.
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Celia Weston
as Bottle Lady
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Craig Anthony Grant
as Ticket Clerk
