Igby Goes Down

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Plot: Many movies strive to capture the confused, yearning spirit of The Graduate or The Catcher in the Rye; Igby Goes Down succeeds. Igby (Kieran Culkin) is a teen struggling to find...( read more  ) any purpose or meaning to his life; surrounding him are his tyrant mother Mimi (Susan Sarandon), schizophrenic father Jason (Bill Pullman), wealthy and deceitful godfather D.H. (Jeff Goldblum), and cold brother Oliver (Ryan Phillippe)--all of whom have their own problems. While evading being sent to yet another boarding school, Igby seeks solace with two women: Rachel (Amanda Peet), a drug-addicted dancer who's D.H.'s mistress, and Sookie (Claire Danes), a college student who becomes perhaps his only friend. Culkin carries the film, ably supported by the superb cast; script, direction, and performances are razor sharp. Igby Goes Down doesn't let anyone--including Igby--off the hook for their cruelty, hypocrisy, or lack of empathy. --Bret Fetzer

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  MCT:

  May 10, 2008

  i love kieran culkin. i think it might just be his character in "the mighty", but he is also a very good actor!
  
  please, i pray i can see him on broadway one day

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  elisecarlson
  

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  May 5, 2008

  i couldn't even finish watching this trite piece of crap. it came so highly recommended.. now i have to reconsider those friendships...

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  cousinolaf
  

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  May 2, 2008

  As movies that portray the self-pitying alientation of growing up through the medium of rich beautiful Americans go, they don't come much better than this. An all-round outstanding cast working with a great script - can't go wrong. (watched it again this morning, it gets that final half star for cheering me up)

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  April 29, 2008

  AMAZING, naturally. How could it not be with such an incredibly talented cast? Comical, dramatic, interesting and quirky. This movie > The Catcher in the Rye.

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  April 4, 2008

  Young rich teen rebelling against his mother and all authorities, running away from everything, smoking weed, getting all the girls he wants, speaking all the time as if he was a genius, BLABLABLA
  Oh and no this is not an adaptation of
  The catcher in the rye

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  best effing movie in the history of effing movies.

  posted 596 days ago

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  Amanda Peet
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  Bill Pullman
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  Claire Danes
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  Jared Harris
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  Jeff Goldblum
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  Kieran Culkin
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  Rory Culkin
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  Ryan Phillippe
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  Susan Sarandon

• Rated: (R)
• Directed by: Burr Steers
• Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Released: September 13, 2002
• DVD Released: February 4, 2003

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