Welcome to the Dollhouse puts an ugly duckling through her paces.
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)
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Reviews Counted:44
Fresh:40
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.9/10
Runtime: 87 mins
Genre: Comedies
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... 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]
Starring: Heather Matarazzo, Matthew Faber, Brendan Sexton, Eric Mabius
Starring: Heather Matarazzo, Matthew Faber, Brendan Sexton, Eric Mabius, Angela Piepropinto, Daria Kalinina, Victoria Davis, Christina Brucato, Christina Vidal, Siri Howard, Telly Pontidis, Herbie Duarte, Scott Coogan
Director: Todd Solondz
Director: Todd Solondz
Screenwriter: Todd Solondz
Producer: Ted Skillman, Todd Solondz
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Reviews for Welcome to the Dollhouse
At its best it's like the funniest yet bleakest comic book Dan Clowes never drew.
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.
A sharp, provocative character study and a damning regional portrait, far superior in both respects to Solondz's Happiness.
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