The Chumscrubber
2006, 103 minutes, Rated MA
When Dean Stiffle (Jamie Bell) discovers the body of his best friend, Troy, hanging in his bedroom he doesn't bother telling any of the parents in his postcard perfect Californian neighbourhood, figuring that they wouldn't care. The death of Troy - the school's leading drug dealer - throws the community' carefuully maintained psychotherapeutic balance into disarray.
At school, in an effort to get their hands on Troy's stash. Dean's classmates plot a kidnapping scheme: they'll abduct Dean's younger brother Charlie (Rory Culkin), and hold him ransom in exchange for Dean retrieving roy's pills. Only, the hapless gang kidnaps the wrong boy, snatching Charley Bratley instead.
Also featuring Glenn Close, Ralph Fienned and Lauren Holly, The Chumscrubber is a surreal cautionary tale about an alienated yourth forced to conforn the disconnection between parents and teenagers in suburbia, rendered with a razor's edge balance of comedy and drama.
- Director:
- Arie Posin [1],
- Starring:
- Glenn Close [38], Allison Janney [52], Lauren Holly [15], Jamie Bell [20], Carrie-Anne Moss [25], Rory Culkin [9], Ralph Fiennes [34], Rita Wilson [12], Thomas Curtis [3], Justin Chatwin [7], Camilla Belle [7], Lou Taylor Pucci [1],
- Screen Formats:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Language and Sound:
- English Dolby Digital Stereo
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