Welcome to the Dollhouse Reviews

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Josh Larsen
LarsenOnFilm
July 18, 2018
...a vision of middle-school awkwardness so cringe-worthy you'll be tempted to look away.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4
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David Ansen
Newsweek
February 27, 2018
The beauty of Welcome to the Dollhouse is its pokerfaced objectivity, which neither condescends to its pubescent victim nor romantically inflates her plight.
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David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews
June 29, 2016
Welcome to the Dollhouse marks a substantial (and obvious) improvement over filmmaker Todd Solondz's underwhelming debut, Fear Anxiety and Depression...
Full Review | Original Score: 3/4
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Lisa Schwarzbaum
Entertainment Weekly
September 7, 2011
Full Review | Original Score: A-
Hollis Griffin
Common Sense Media
January 1, 2011
A dark look at adolescence; not for kids.
Full Review | Original Score: 4/5
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is
April 9, 2008
quirky and great
Original Score: 5/5
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com
July 23, 2007
At its best it's like the funniest yet bleakest comic book Dan Clowes never drew.
Full Review | Original Score: 5/5
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Emanuel Levy
Variety
December 20, 2006
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.
Original Score: A-
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
December 12, 2005
Todd Solondz's only good movie.
Original Score: 3/5
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
September 27, 2005
Original Score: 3/5
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
June 14, 2005
Original Score: 4/5
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
April 6, 2005
hilariously provocative and almost too real
Original Score: 4/5
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net
March 14, 2005
Still Solondz's one and only great film!
Original Score: 4/5
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
February 5, 2005
Original Score: 3/5
Rebecca Murray
About.com
August 26, 2004
Original Score: 4/5
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
August 16, 2004
Original Score: 4/5
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com
July 9, 2004
Original Score: 5/5
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
May 21, 2004
Original Score: 3/5
Dan Lybarger
Nitrate Online
December 29, 2003
Blisteringly honest and side-splittingly funny. Solondz's most accomplished film.
Original Score: 4/5
Nick Davis
Nick's Flick Picks
October 11, 2003
A sharp, provocative character study and a damning regional portrait, far superior in both respects to Solondz's Happiness.
Original Score: 4/5
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