Romance blooms between two thirty-somethings in arrested development: an avid toy collector who is the dark horse of his family and a depressed woman on the rebound.
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Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
Director:
Todd Solondz
Stars:
Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Ellen Barkin,
Stephen Adly Guirgis
Insightful look at an unattractive 7th grader as she struggles to cope with un-attentive parents, snobbish classmates, a smart older brother, an attractive younger sister, and her own insecurities.
Director:
Todd Solondz
Stars:
Heather Matarazzo,
Christina Brucato,
Victoria Davis
Ira is a nervous playwright waiting and hoping to succeed with his art, which he takes it very seriously. But following his dreams and ambitions isn't something easy to do, specially when ... See full summary »
Director:
Todd Solondz
Stars:
Todd Solondz,
Max Cantor,
Alexandra Gersten
When a couple decides to adopt a stray cat their perspective on life changes radically, literally altering the course of time and space and testing their faith in each other and themselves.
Director:
Miranda July
Stars:
Miranda July,
Hamish Linklater,
David Warshofsky
Mabel, a wife and mother, is loved by her husband Nick but her madness proves to be a problem in the marriage. The film transpires to a positive role of madness in the family, challenging conventional representations of madness in cinema.
"Fawns" is a polish chapter of the feature-length anthology film titled "The Fourth Dimension". The other two chapters of the movie were directed by Harmony Korine and Aleksei Fedorchenko.
Abe Wertheimer - an odious, purposeless, self-centered 35-year-old living parasitically with his parents (by choice) and working in his dismayed father's business office (avoiding work while scoping eBay for collectible toys) - meets Miranda, an equally pathetic but self-loathing social dropout who, having given up on life, masochistically accepts Abe's sudden proposal of marriage for a knowingly grim future she won't fight against. Along with projecting his own faults onto his father, his own jealousy for lack of success and accomplishment onto his younger brother, and wallowing in the blind support of his mother, it's just another aspect of Abe's unsatisfying life that he just can't see to improve. A long-overdue decision finally spins his insignificant life out of control. Written by
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The toy store Abe tries to return a defective toy to is clearly a Toys "R" Us, despite the logo being digitally blurred. See more »
Goofs
When Abe is sitting alone in the Multiplex Cinema, before the movie begins there is a Movie Star Scramble ("Unscramble The Letters And Name This Movie Star!") on the screen. The scrambled name reads, "ORGEOE LONEYCO" which Abe whispers is "George Clooney" but "ORGEOE" cannot be rearranged into "George". See more »
Quotes
Abe:
I'm not a kid.
Marie:
I know. Next thing you know, you'll be fifty and your life will be over, and you'll still be living at home.
Abe:
You know, it costs a lot of money to move out. I'm not rich!
Marie:
You're a cheapskate and a freeloader. Face it.
Abe:
There're my parents! They need me!
Marie:
No. Grow up. No one needs you.
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Abe is in his 20s, still living at home and employed by his father. He objects to the way in which he is being held back by his family but does nothing to change his situation whilst continuing to take advantage of them. His laziness and lack of achievement is emphasised by the successes of his brother. Abe's desire to break free leads to a rushed relationship with a woman, Miranda, who complicates his life.
Some amusing, comic moments and entertaining, clever lines but ultimately the story is too fragmented to be sufficiently satisfying. It is difficult to become interested in such unlikeable, unappealing, unmotivated characters.
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Abe is in his 20s, still living at home and employed by his father. He objects to the way in which he is being held back by his family but does nothing to change his situation whilst continuing to take advantage of them. His laziness and lack of achievement is emphasised by the successes of his brother. Abe's desire to break free leads to a rushed relationship with a woman, Miranda, who complicates his life.
Some amusing, comic moments and entertaining, clever lines but ultimately the story is too fragmented to be sufficiently satisfying. It is difficult to become interested in such unlikeable, unappealing, unmotivated characters.