Advantages: Twisted addictive comedy Disadvantages: Subjects may put some viewers off
...unpopular 12 year old girl. Welcome To The Dollhouse is rather hysterical, but in a manner that most might find disturbing when hearing about the subject matter; Solondz takes issues that we should not laugh about and makes them funny. In fact if Solondz had made this film five years earlier the movie probably would have been banned and he would have been outlawed. Through excellent craftsmanship this movie is made more acceptable, but there still ... ...than likely boy.
Welcome To The Dollhouse is a movie that is incredibly difficult to define and make appealing, in all ways it sounds totally unappealing. But it has a kind of magic about it that makes it not only compulsive viewing, but it makes you want to watch it again and again. If you have ever seen The Office the characteristics of the character David Brent are similar to that of Dawn. You feel yourself cringing watching her, at times you'll ...
sghawken 07.09.2006
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