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Getting to Know You (1999)

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Premiering in the dramatic competition at the 1999 Sundance Film Festival, Getting to Know You is director Lisanne Skyler's first narrative feature, following her 1995 Sundance Film Festival documentary No Loans Today. The film takes place in one afternoon at a bus depot where Judith (Welcome to the Dollhouse's Heather Matarazzo) and her brother Wesley wait for the bus. There Judith meets Jimmy (Michael Weston), a kid with a great imagination and nowhere to go. Jimmy tells Judith stories about

Unrated, 1 hr. 36 min.

Comedy, Drama

Cast

Heather Matarazzo
Judith
Zach Braff
Wesley
Michael Weston
Jimmy
Bebe Neuwirth
Trix
Mark Blum
Darrell
Bo Hopkins
Officer Caminetto
Sonja Sogn
Irene
Tristine Skyler
Lynn
Chris North
Sonny
Kevin Black
Brady
Mary McCormack
Leila Lee
Jacob Reynolds
Lamar Pike Jr.
Leo Burmeister
Lamara Pike Sr.
Celia Weston
Bottle Lady
Craig Anthony Grant
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Heather Matarazzo of Welcome to the Dollhouse stars as a teenage girl who tries to find humanity at an upstate bus station as it evaporates in her own family

April 29, 2003 Full Review Source: Offoffoff

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Joshua Tanzer

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The Skylers' collaboration is nothing short of a 21st-century version of Rebel Without a Cause.

November 13, 2001 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Maria Garcia

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