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Welcome to the Dollhouse

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Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)

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Reviews Counted: 44 Fresh: 41  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 8/10

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Runtime: 87 mins

Synopsis: Todd Solondz's WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE follows the painful daily trials of Dawn "Wienerdog" Wiener (Heather Matarazzo), an awkward, nerdy 12-year-old. The middle child between her geeky older brother, Mark (Matthew Faber), and her sickeningly sweet little sister, Missy (Daria... Todd Solondz's WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE follows the painful daily trials of Dawn "Wienerdog" Wiener (Heather Matarazzo), an awkward, nerdy 12-year-old. The middle child between her geeky older brother, Mark (Matthew Faber), and her sickeningly sweet little sister, Missy (Daria Kalinina), Dawn has a rough time with her family and everything else, including school and boys. She's obsessed with Mark's hunky bandmate, Steve (Eric Mabius), but the only guy who pays her any attention is the local thug, Brandon (Brendan Sexton III), who constantly threatens her with rape. With startling accuracy and humor, Solondz captures the hell known as junior high in his blow-by-blow account of Dawn's difficult life. One of the darkest and funniest tales of adolescence ever filmed, DOLLHOUSE serves as a grateful reminder that puberty strikes only once. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Heather Matarazzo, Matthew Faber, Brendan Sexton, Eric Mabius, Angela Piepropinto

Director: Todd Solondz
Screenwriter: Todd Solondz
Producer: Ted Skillman, Todd Solondz

DVD Info

Release:

Mar 8, 1999

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DVD Features:

  • Region 1 Encoding
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quirky and great

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04/09/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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5/5

At its best it's like the funniest yet bleakest comic book Dan Clowes never drew.

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07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
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One of the highlights of the 1995 Toronto Festival, Solondz's second film is a stark, often funny, always poignant comedy about suburban mores, centering on a misfit Jewish girl tormented by her family and classmates.

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12/20/06
Emanuel Levy
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01/26/06
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3/5

Todd Solondz's only good movie.

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12/12/05
Cole Smithey
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2/5

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10/15/05
Michael Szymanski
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3/5

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09/27/05
Chuck O'Leary
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4/5

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06/14/05
Emanuel Levy
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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
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4/5

hilariously provocative and almost too real

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04/06/05
Rich Cline
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4/5

Still Solondz's one and only great film!

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03/14/05
Edward Douglas
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3/5

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02/05/05
Philip Martin
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3/5

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11/19/04
Robin Clifford
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4/5

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08/26/04
Rebecca Murray
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4/5

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08/16/04
Walter Chaw
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5/5

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07/09/04
Sarah Chauncey
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3/5

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05/21/04
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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3/5

Matarazzo tem forte presença em cena, mas o filme não sai do lugar-comum.

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01/27/04
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena
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4/5

Blisteringly honest and side-splittingly funny. Solondz's most accomplished film.

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12/29/03
Dan Lybarger
Nitrate Online
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4/5

A sharp, provocative character study and a damning regional portrait, far superior in both respects to Solondz's Happiness.

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10/11/03
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