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Igby Goes Down

Kieran Culkin (Actor), Susan Sarandon (Actor), Burr Steers (Director, Writer) Rated:

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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 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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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.84 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Burr Steers
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Anamorphic, NTSC, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Closed-captioned, DVD, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 38 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ February 4, 2003
Actors ‏ : ‎ Kieran Culkin, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Goldblum, Claire Danes, Jared Harris
Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Spanish
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish, French
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
Studio ‏ : ‎ MGM (Video & DVD)
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00007JXWX
Writers ‏ : ‎ Burr Steers
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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rudy

beautiful

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2023

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catcher didn't make me cry, and that's because i read it at 17--igby made me cry because i watched it at 74--beautifully, beautifully realized story: acting, direction, production, music

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alchemy

this is my favorite film

Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2022

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the truth in the coming of age.. the ability to still be disheveled despite monetary gain, all very relevant. Such an all star cast as well

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Cheecharella

Great movie

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2023

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Kieran (sp?) Culken is an excellent actor, loved his character. Great cast... sardonic, bittersweet.

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Sara Smith Baldwin

A WONDERFUL MOVIE THAT SOMEHOW GOT OVERLOOKED. GREAT CAST AND UNIQUE STORYLINE

Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2020

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I'VE SEEN THIS 3 TIMES NOW, AND USUALLY WATCH IT WITH SOMEONE WHO IS NOT A FILM FANATIC LIKE MYSELF. THEY INEVITABLY LOVE IT...THE BIG CAST OF WELL KNOWN ACTORS ARE ON THEIR A GAME, AND THE MAIN CHACTER IGBY, IS PLAYED BY KIERAN CULKIN NOW OF SUCCESSION FAME AS ROMAN ROY.
IGBY IS STRUGGLING WITH VARIOUS BOARDING SCHOOLS...STRUGGLING AS IN GOOFING OFF, AND HAS BEEN SHOWN THE DOOR TO MOST. HIS MOTHER FINALLY DECIDES ON A MILITARY SCHOOL TO SHAPE HIM UP, BUT HE DODGES THAT AS WELL, ENDS UP IN THE CITY (A LA HOLDEN CAULFIELD) TRYING TO FIGURE LIFE OUT. SOME SAD FAMILY DRAMA FOLLOWS, BUT IN THE END IGBY WILL BE OK!!!

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Nysocboy

Fascinating portrait of a horrifying society

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2003

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Igby is a thorougly disagreeable 16-year old with way too much money, surrounded by thoroughly disagreeable parents and caretakers, so it is perhaps understandable that he drops out to live with (and sleep with) his godfather's drug-addict mistress and takes a job delivering drugs for her flamboyantly feminine dealer-boyfriend (a viciously homophobic stereotype who seems to be straight). The only aspect of the adult society that he approves of is heteronormativity, which is fortunate because every woman in the movie is desperate to engage in statutory rape with him (but they always dump him for older/more powerful men.
A fascinating portrait of a horrifyingly amoral, soulless society, which characters whom you can't help despising. No one ever feels anything. Even godfather Jeff Goldblum, who offers pats on the back and summer job one moment and beats Igby to a pulp the next, feels neither love nor hate. It would get five stars, but the heteronormativity is extremely offensive.

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Mallory Avis

One of my favorites!

Reviewed in the United States on February 14, 2012

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This movie is a dry, independent film that is loaded with stars. Jeff Goldblum, Susan Sarandon, Bill Pullman, Amanda Peet, Kieran Culkin, Clair Danes, Jared Harris, Ryan Phillippe and more. The movie follows the life of a troubled teenage boy in a dysfunctional family where he is always compared to his overachiever brother. The cast in this movie takes it easily from a 3 star to 5 star rating as you watch the rise and fall of nearly every character. If you're looking for comedy, romance or action this IS NOT your movie. If you're looking for something to watch on a rainy day or to empathize a gloomy feeling then this is the EXACT movie for you.

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Paige

Amazing movie

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2021

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Amazing movie and DVD was brand new and the wrapping still. Gotten bad used DVD Bing sold as new so glad this one wasn't.

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Mr. Behr

Great flick? Yes - Kieran Culkin and Jeff Goldblum are astounding

Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2009

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and then you've got Susan Sarandon, playing Mother Ice Queen to perfection. The movie is something of a treatise on the emptiness of well-moneyed society (it's quite different from the emptiness of poorly-moneyed society). Goldblum moves with an inner light of vicious cunning and leering evil, all done up in Central Park West finery. And Culkin convincingly portrays a badly damaged kid, Igby, for whom failure should be not an option but the only possible outcome. Yet he shows an inner light, small and sometimes flickering fitfully, that could mean of all the lives we see examined in the story, it is Igby's life that does not go down.

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cora

Great Performances but Singularly Unlikable Characters

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2018

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First off, the DVD is very nice. Picture and sound quality are excellent, there are English (and various other language) subtitles for those who may need them, and the following extra features are included:
~~~ Audio Commentary with Director Burr Steers and Kieran Culkin
~~~ "In Search of Igby" Featurette
~~~ Deleted Scenes with Director's Commentary
~~~ Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery
~~~ Original Theatrical Trailer

Unfortunately the film itself did, at least for me, not live up expectations. I usually quite like black comedy and can laugh about dysfunctional families, but I found the characters in this film singularly unlikable and could not relate to any of them. This is entirely down to personal taste, but I found several of the jokes so distasteful as to make it impossible to enjoy the film as a whole. The opening scene with the two boys putting a plastic bag over their sleeping mother's head to suffocate her in her sleep put me off completely, and nothing that followed changed my feelings about the film. Which is a pity, because the cast is great with Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Susan Sarandon, Claire Danes and Jared Harris. Young lead actor Kieran Culkin acts his socks off as Igby. As far as acting goes, he is absolutely wonderful. I was disappointed with the story and the way it was told, but others seem to have enjoyed the film. And I'm glad somebody did. For the sake of the actors who all deliver solid performances.

Andrew

Region 2 DVD

Reviewed in Canada on December 7, 2019

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Great movie but this is a region 2 DVD. It WILL NOT play on north American DVD or bluray players. It does not tell you this in the description but if you look closely at the picture you can see. My fault?

Pinky

Really enjoyed this film

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2014

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I thought this was a really good film ,again another good rites of passage film showing the perils and promises of negotiating teenage to adulthood surrounded by many dysfunctional adults who are unable to provide much in the way of role models ,something that many young people I 'm sure would relate to -how to make sense of life surrounded by so many crazy adults

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P R Baker

"Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery."

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 6, 2017

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It's a hard task to get the average person to empathise with Igby. Writer Burr Igby appears to have based Igby
on his own life experiences. However, stifling a wealthy life maybe I think many will agree with Spike Milligan
"Money can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery.".

Moira Lauren

I love this movie

Reviewed in Canada on December 2, 2014

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I love this movie. It is a story of a young man , nick-named "IGBY" and his life among his Preppy , upper class family and everything that lies beneath that seemingly perfect facade. Loved it!

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