Disturbing and awkward to watch, this isn?t to everybody?s taste but it is darkly hilarious. Todd Solondz is the king of black comedy. Don't say I didn't warn you though!
Jane Adams, Jon Lovitz, Philip Seymour Hoffman
When a young woman rejects her current overweight suitor in a restaurant, he unexpectedly places a curse on her. The film then moves on to her sisters. One is a happily married woman with a psychiatri...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 27, 1999
Stats: 2,727 reviews
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September 23, 2009
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October 1, 2008
One of the most disturbing movies I've seen. I watched this with about half a dozen friends, and afterword we all looked at each other with the collective understanding that we needed group therapy.
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May 16, 2008
What a great family film...LOL, are you kidding me? Don't let the cover fool you, this is one fucked up movie! Murder, rape, suicide, depravity, child molestation. This movie is like "American Beauty" but on crack. Sick thing too is that this movie is actually funny as well, but ...( read more)
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November 19, 2009
A much too long pretentious bleak comedy which follows three sisters and their very different lives. Phillip Seymour Hoffman was his normal character he does so well. A lot of depravity in these girls lives (a dog eating a boy's sperm, anyone?), but the best was the Mr Garrison s...( read more)
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November 17, 2009
It's refreshing that someone deals with taboo subjects in such a brutally honest way. And it's not easy to combine serious issues and subtle humour in the way Todd Solondz does here. It is absolutely brilliant! I've found myself a new director that is king of black humour!
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October 27, 2009
Hilarious film about pedophilia, rape, masturbation, and death. It's shocking as hell, but it doesn't exploit it's subjects. Very challenging piece of filmmaking with one hell of a cast.
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October 20, 2009
Writer-director Todd Solondz quickly gained a notorious reputation for this film, a darkly hilarious and brutally honest ensemble film, a mosaic about three sisters and their parents, neighbors and significant others living in suburban New Jersey. Jane Adams is Joy Jordan, a part...( read more)
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