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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: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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Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

Searing story of adolescent anguish, almost unbearably painful.

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06/12/03
Nell Minow
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Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Solondz mercilessly destroys the sugar-coated mythology surrounding adolescence. THIS is what junior high was really like.

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02/04/03
Rob Vaux
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Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

Powerful portrait of one young girl's valient effort to survive the cruel and tense world of adolescence.

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