Igby Goes Down

Name: Igby Goes Down
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2002-09-13
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes, Susan Sarandon, Jeff Goldblum, Jared Harris

Insanity is relative.

2002 · 1h 37m · R Comedy, Drama
Directed by Burr Steers

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Overview

Igby Slocumb, a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father, a self-absorbed, distant mother, and a shark-like young Republican big brother, Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.

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Fresh 4 Nov 2002

In its own floundering way, it gets to you. Just like Igby.

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Rotten 10 Oct 2002

The film makes a fatal mistake: It asks us to care about a young man whose only apparent virtue is that he is not quite as unpleasant as some of the people in his life.

Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

Fresh 8 Oct 2002

In all, Steers has insured that this teenage film will be recognizable to teenagers but not limited to them.

Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic

Rotten 27 Sep 2002

Holden Caulfield did it better.

Daphne Gordon, Toronto Star

Fresh 27 Sep 2002

Good actors have a radar for juicy roles -- there's a plethora of characters in this picture, and not one of them is flat.

Rick Groen, Globe and Mail