Allison Janney, Rory Culkin, Ralph Fiennes
Dean's best friend Troy is the point where it all starts. He has connections to happy pills. But when Troy kills himself, bored with the meaninglessness of life in a materialistic, completely fabricat...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 10, 2006
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March 19, 2009I hate movies like this. Movies that try to analyze teenage angst as a result of poor parenting and the drab, artificiality of suburban life. What The Chumscrubber tries to do is go the Donnie Darko route, only to end up with delivering superficial, cookie-cutter ideas about te...( read more)
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December 29, 2008I thought this was a very funny and truthful movie dat i think every1 shud watch once. PARENTS especially!!!!
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July 22, 2008prety neat dark comedy though I would have liked it alot more if it was a little darker. Think donnie darko but lighter and you pretty much get the chumscrubber.
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January 18, 2008A very nice surprise. Extremely intriguing and intelligent plot as well as complex and interesting characters. Has both humor and tragedy, cleverly brought together and it could take a second watch to catch it all. The teen cast, which by the way doesn't make it a teen flick at a...( read more)
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November 15, 2009all though it was weird in parts I really enjoyed this movie kept me wanting to watch the whole way through. I know all the adults were all the celebrities in the movie but it was the teenagers parts that were the most entertaining to watch Jamie Bell was very good and proves hes...( read more)
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October 17, 2009The Chumscrubber: jesus - if there's ever a film that makes me realise why i enjoy the world of cinema so much then this is without a doubt it. A perfectly blended sculpture of perfection. A cast to die for - big props to Fiennes & Close too for under-selling their characters so ...( read more)
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October 14, 2009"I live in a city, but in an apartment high above the cloud left by the blast. I'm one of the lucky ones. One morning, I awoke to find my head was no longer attached to my body. I'm not dead, but who could call this a life? So I do what I can, in this city of freaks and subhuman ...( read more)
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October 13, 2009Fails to find an original, coherent style. While there are some hilarious scenes that save it from being a waste of time, clichéd characters, unfinished ideas and bland cinematography make it quite forgettable.
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October 6, 2009Yes, it may be a bit of a weird movie, but it is an amazing movie at the same time. It is definitely on my Top 15 Movies List!
Critic Reviews
September 9, 2005
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
September 7, 2005
Marcy Dermansky, About.com
The hip teen satire has gotten awfully familiar. full review
August 4, 2005
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
A shallow, synthetic critique of suburbia loaded with more hand-me-down quirks than it can justify. full review
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August 23, 2007Does anyone know the music which is used during the film. I couldn't find on the OST CD. It's a constant returning sample, basically strings are used.
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October 29, 2006i love the chumscrubber its my all time favorite movie (alot of hott guys in it to well 3 anyways lol)
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