Anyone caught this yet? Just saw it this weekend, enjoyed it immensly. I didn’t know if it would be a standard “disenfranchised youth” story or something special, and it turned out to be something special (in my opinion, of course). I enjoyed Pullman’s portrayal of a broken down buisnessman, and Amanda Peet as the artist/other woman. Kieran Caulkan was good as Igby, and showed some real range. I liked that they got another Caulkin (Rory) to play the young Igby. I hate it when the younger actors don’t look like the adults (like that bleached blonde kid playing the younger Olly). Jeff Goldblum played a good rich Jeff Goldblum.
I went and saw it this weekend. It was a fairly interesting dark comedy/drama starring Kiernon Culkin(sp), Jeff Goldblum, Claire Daines (the most talented young actress I have ever seen), and Susan Sarandon among many others.
Claire Daines’s character was a total whore. Hey, Igby even though I am fucking you, I am going to fuck your brother too since he takes care of himself better than you but has no emotional ties to anything. She rocks.
Susan Sarandon playing the total bitch, pill popping mother seemed to fit her well. By the way, I suppose you know by now that (Jeff Goldblum’s character) is your father. She was so spiteful thatit was funny. I especially liked her telling off Bunny (Jeff Goldblum’s bimbo wife and I think the the bimbo girlfriend from the Reba sitcom).
Igby’s brother (he reminds me of Freddy Prinze Jr. but I don’t know his name or if that is who he is for certain). I laughed so hard when Igby and him fed his mother the pink poison that looked like strawberry yogurt. He was so hateful.
My absolute favourite part of the movie was after it came back around to Susan Sarandon dying and the task of informing the relatives and friends came upon Igby.
Igby’s brother: He likes to be the bearer of bad tidings.
Igby on the phone to unknown relative: So I guess you want to talk to my mother now. Well you can’t she’s dead. (click)
Igby on the phone to unknown relative: So I guess you want to talk to my mother now. Well you can’t she’s dead. (click)
Igby on the phone to unknown relative: So I guess you want to talk to my mother now. Well you can’t she’s dead. (click)
Igby on the phone to unknown relative: So I guess you want to talk to my mother now. Well you can’t she’s dead. (click)
Repeat ad nauseum. I laughed so hard. If I had drank milk it would have sprayed out of my eyes and ears in addition to my nose.
The movie also had its serious side. It showed how Igby was basically a burn out and didn’t have much of any direction. It showed what that type of life can lead to. I liked the comedy parts a bit better though since it was just so deliciously evil.
MMM MMM good. I would give it 3.5 out of 5 stars. It was really good overall, definately not a movie for everybody though.
The “bearer of bad news” scene was hilarious. Ryan Phillipe was Olly, and pulled off a good older snobbish brother, i think he’s done similar roles before.
Was that bear Igby ripped the head off of the Digby bear he got his name from?
I liked it. Some wicked writing.
I liked Igby’s description of the studio apartment: Boho Island of the Lost Toys.
Tars Tarkas:
I think that bear was indeed Digby.
Tars, I believed that was Digby too.
Who was the actress that played the heroin junky?
That was Amanda Peet, or are you talking of her friend?
The movie is filled with great lines.
Olly: I think if Ghandi had to spend any time with you even he would want to pound the crap out of you.
I really liked the film. Igby (I felt) thought he had inherited his ‘fathers’ insanity. When he finds out his asshole godfather is his biological dad is he relieved? Does this give him the courage to leave for the coast? I mean who would you want to be your father? The loon or the ass.
I think the Olly character is based on my older brother. Gee this makes you happy? I’ll destroy it. Going after Sookie is definately a play from his book.
I saw the movie at a film festival a little while ago (the director, Culkin and a horrendous-looking Peet made a brief appearance), and everyone seemed to enjoy it. Lots of laughs, a little bit of over-the-top tearjerking (SPOILER- Igby yells something like “Come back!” to his dead mother), Ryan Phillippe in basically every role he’s ever played (where the hell did he get that quasi-British accent? 'cause the boy’s from Delaware), and some pretentious-but-it’s-okay-the-film’s-about-pretentiousness lines. All in all, a surprisingly good movie- it was a bit how I was expecting the Royal Tenenbaums to be (dark comedy).