The Chumscrubber
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- Synopsis
- The death of a troubled teen throws a suburban neighborhood into chaos in this darkly satirical comedy. Dean (Jamie Bell) is a disaffected teenager living in a California suburb that's beautiful on the surface but populated by families who live ......
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- Starring
- Jamie Bell, Glenn Close, Ralph Fiennes, Lauren Holly, Rory Culkin
- Director(s)
- Arie Posin
- Distributor(s)
- Picturehouse
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 102 min.
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Los Angeles Times | Carina ChocanoAdd Critic to Favorites
Every adult in the movie is a caricature: Close, Janney and Wilson are compendiums of such broad, unattractive traits they make the ladies of "Desperate Housewives" look complex. The men, meanwhile, are weak, clueless and preening, with the exception of Fiennes, who's nuts.Read the full review
Variety | Scott FoundasAdd Critic to Favorites
An insufferable, self-conscious cult movie, The Chumscrubber smugly heaps on half-baked ideas about media violence, the homogeneity of suburbia and the disintegration of the American family.Read the full review
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Staff (Not credited)Add Critic to Favorites
The resulting film is an example of how a film with camera and acting skills in its corner can still fall flat on its face.Read the full review
