A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.
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★★★★★
Cuklin is 100% Holden. The Catcher in the Rye will most likely never be made into a motion picture, still, they got to make Igby Goes Down and that is close enough. An excellent all around cast. Many surprises including a great story and an innocent ending tha...
★★★★★
Igby caught me by surprise; I hadn't heard much of the film before seeing it and rented it on a hunch. What a beautiful, weird, sad, funny coming-of-age story and what a cast. The performances throughout are amazing. I absolutely adore this film. 8 stars out o...
★★★★★
I'm very pleased to see other reviewers comparing Kieran Culkin's character Jason/Igby to The Catcher in the Rye's Holden Caulfield - while watching the film I was thinking the same thing, much to writer/director Burr Steers' credit. This is THE Social Comment...
★★★★★
This film doesn't make us feel for any of its characters, but it's so full of memorable vignettes, it's hard to forget about this. It's dark and depressing but at the same time consistent in tone and so full of wonderful performances it just sticks in your mem...
★★★★★
Ten out of ten. One of the greats, with memorable characters you'll think about for days. This great film got caught in MGM/UA distribution purgatory. If it could have busted out of the indy circuit from day one and gotten into general release, it would have b...
