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Igby Goes Down
Palace Films | United States 97 mins
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17-year-old rich kid Igby Slocumb is a rebel with a cause: to break free from his pill-popping mother, his schizophrenic dad and his fascist brother. Seduced by sexy older women and subverted by family and friends, the ever-resilient, witty and inventive Igby is determined to keep up-no matter what goes down.
An outstanding debut from writer/director Burr Steers.
By
Margaret Pomeranz
Burr Steers is the step-nephew of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and the nephew of Gore Vidal. He knows very well the bleak, cynical and corrupt world he writes about. But who would have suspected that beneath that cynical veneer is a compassion for Igby and Oliver and a grudging respect for the Heinous One. The performances in this film are tops - Claire Danes is extraordinarily good, as is Jeff Goldblum. This is an odd little film that nearly makes us care about the demise of the very very rich, because it's been so well written, constructed and performed. This cry of anguish from a malcontent from the upper crust is reminiscent of Salinger's Holden Caulfield. It's a surprisingly effective debut from Steers.
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