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In his mid-30s, Abe (Jordan Gelber) clings to the trappings of his adolescence, including the extensive collection of toys and action figures adorning his boyhood bedroom. Still living with his parents Jackie (Christopher Walken) and Phyllis (Mia Farrow), Abe works for his increasingly disappointed Dad and spends evenings ruthlessly trouncing his Mom at backgammon. His older brother Richard’s (Justin Bartha) success as a California doctor only feeds Abe’s resentment and rage at his family over his failures.
When Abe meets Miranda (Selma Blair), whose personal and professional disasters have sent her scrambling back to the safety of her parents’ suburban home, he sees what he thinks is a chance at true love. Abe throws himself into pursuing the overmedicated Miranda, convincing her to marry him after a whirlwind courtship. But, as the couple haltingly prepares to start a new life together, the film swerves into Abe’s subconscious, where his crippling self-doubt and dark fears begin to undermine his nearly realized dream of a fuller life.
directed by: Todd Solondz
starring: Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair, Mia Farrow, Christopher Walken, Justin Bartha, Donna Murphy
2012 / 84 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 5.1, 2.0
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Overall rating: 4.62069 / 5 from 29 reviews.
Review topics: ["packaging","quality","solondz","features","slipcover","release","film","director","movie","gem","comedy"].
"Solondz is obviously not going to be everyone’s cup of acerbic tea, but boy howdy if his stuff works for you, it’s really gonna work for you. This film is an essential part of his canon and I was ecstatic to see it get this new release."
"I collect all of Todd Solondz films so when I saw Dark Horse was being released I had to jump on it. The packaging is phenomenal as usual, the features are excellent, the transfer is great. All around this is a fantastic title and release."
"Love Todd Solondz’s films and had a previous Blu-ray release of this, but it was a bit no-frills, so I was happy to upgrade for nicer packaging and the general aesthetic."
"I love Todd Solondz. We now have all of his films in good to great additions."
"It is a cool movie that was a lot of fun to watch! I always love the unique VS service of allowing you to stack as many movies as you like in your cart during any release period and ship them for free!"
"Nice Slipcover (Limited) Not great Solondz, I’d seen it years ago, but mostly forgotten much of it. It’s not uncomfortable enough."
"After watching Happiness I needed some more Todd Solondz, and this delivered! Great film and I enjoyed the beautiful slipcover and included booklet."
"Not my favorite Todd Solondz but he’s my favorite director so I still enjoy it. This is also an improvement over the previous blu-ray release since it has a new interview with Todd."
"Funny, uncomfortable, and guaranteed to make at least one person in the room hate it."
"maybe my least favorite solondz movie, but it's still pretty great in a mostly benign way and it's nice to see it get a release through ocn. hopefully someone out there is trying to figure out a way to get a better release for wiener dog, as it currently only exists as a long out of print overpriced secondary market amazon MOD disc"
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