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Pumpkin (2002)

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Reviews Counted:71

Fresh:27

Rotten:44

Average Rating:4.9/10

Consensus: The messy Pumpkin wastes its premise by not making the satire sharp enough.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language and a scene of sexuality

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Jun 28, 2002 Limited

Box Office: $107,838

Synopsis: Christina Ricci stars as Carolyn McDuffy, a picture-perfect blonde sorority princess (reminiscent of Reese Witherspoon's perky LEGALLY BLONDE co-ed, Elle Woods) enjoying her senior year at Southern... Christina Ricci stars as Carolyn McDuffy, a picture-perfect blonde sorority princess (reminiscent of Reese Witherspoon's perky LEGALLY BLONDE co-ed, Elle Woods) enjoying her senior year at Southern California State University. Carolyn has been voted "Most Enthusiastic" by her Alpha Omega Pi sisters and the perky socialite is willing to do anything to help her sorority win the coveted Sorority of the Year award. In order to beat their longtime rivals and sorority champions, the Tri-Omegas, the Alpha Pi's pick a perfectly P.C. charity: the Challenged Games, an competition that is similar to the Special Olympics. Carolyn is assigned Pumpkin Romanoff, a sweet-natured, wheelchair-bound shot-putter who immediately falls for his beautiful coach. Pumpkin is determined to win his love's affection and will do anything (including a rigorous workout regime that frees him from his wheelchair) to win Carolyn's heart. Surprisingly, his efforts begin to pay off and slowly the perfectly coiffed sorority sister begins to fall for Pumpkin's "beautiful soul," causing a campus sensation that severely threatens her popularity and upsets her tennis champion boyfriend (Sam Ball), her WASPY mother (Lisa Banes), and Pumpkin's overprotective mother (Brenda Blethyn). This darkly comedic satire lampoons the social hierarchy of sororities with a fresh and daring edge, created by debut filmmakers Adam Larson Broder and Tony R. Abrams. [More]

Starring: Hank Harris, Christina Ricci, Brenda Blethyn, Marisa Coughlan

Starring: Hank Harris, Christina Ricci, Brenda Blethyn, Marisa Coughlan, Dominique Swain, Samuel Ball, Erinn Bartlett

Director: Adam Larson Broder, Tony Abrams

Director: Adam Larson Broder, Tony Abrams
Screenwriter: Adam Larson Broder
Producer: Christina Ricci
Studio: MGM/UA

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03/27/09
Todd McCarthy
Todd McCarthy
Variety
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Rambling and diffuse, this debut film vacillates between the Farrelly brotthers' gross-out comedy and a softer, kinder message film, an incoherent blend that proves frustrating and not particularly enjoyable either.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
10/09/06
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10/07/04
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01/12/04
Michael Dequina
Michael Dequina
TheMovieReport.com

Like a grinning Jack O' Lantern, its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy, having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded.

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
03/17/03
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com

Pumpkin is a movie that resists categorization, that manages wit, intelligence, audacity and pointed social commentary while still entertaining us with a terrifically bizarre combination of soapy, ultra-stylized satire and blackly comic fairytale.

Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada) | comment 1 Comment
01/19/03
Josef Braun
Josef Braun
Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

Successfully blended satire, high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Don R. Lewis
Don R. Lewis
Film Threat

Although there are many juicy supporting performances, Christina Ricci owns this movie. What a wonderful talent, and what a maddening, but enjoyable film.

Full Review Source: NUVO Newsweekly | comment Comment
12/03/02
Edward Johnson-Ott
Edward Johnson-Ott
NUVO Newsweekly

One of the most uneven motion pictures that I've had the displeasure of sitting through over the past few years.

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11/08/02
JoBlo
JoBlo
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...a pretentious mess...

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11/08/02
David Nusair
David Nusair
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Christina Ricci comedy about sympathy, hypocrisy and love is a misfire.

Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
11/07/02
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix
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Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
11/06/02
Jeff Strickler
Jeff Strickler
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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By halfway through this picture I was beginning to hate it, and, of course, feeling guilty for it.... Then, miracle of miracles, the movie does a flip-flop.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
11/05/02
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Though Harris is affecting at times, he cannot overcome the sense that Pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities.

Full Review Source: L.A. Weekly | comment Comment
11/04/02
Chuck Wilson
Chuck Wilson
L.A. Weekly
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10/21/02
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

Ambitious but moth-eaten satire.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
10/10/02
Mark Halverson
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

A savage John Waters-like humor that dances on the edge of tastelessness without ever quite falling over.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
09/20/02
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

This low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the Farrelly brothers' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
09/20/02
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City
 
 
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