The Midnight Movie
I love dark comedies, not many people get them - but I love the way they make me scratch my head and squirm in my seat. One of my all time favorites has to be Welcome to the Dollhouse by Todd Solondz. The pure torture of this story is worth watching over and over. And it is playing tonight in Santa Cruz at the Del Mar for the Midnight Movie - so I am so there. If you are not close to SC, but want to rent it, here is a run down on the story. It is definately a MUST SEE! It is like the FEMALE version of Neoplian Dynamight.
WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE follows the painful daily trials of Dawn "Wienerdog" Wiener (Heather Matarazzo), an awkward, nerdy 12-year-old. The middle child between her geeky older brother, Mark (Matthew Faber), and her sickeningly sweet little sister, Missy (Daria Kalinina), Dawn has a rough time with her family and everything else, including school and boys. She's obsessed with Mark's hunky bandmate, Steve (Eric Mabius), but the only guy who pays her any attention is the local thug, Brandon (Brendan Sexton III), who constantly threatens her with rape.
With startling accuracy and humor, Solondz captures the hell known as junior high in his blow-by-blow account of Dawn's difficult life. One of the darkest and funniest tales of adolescence ever filmed, DOLLHOUSE serves as a grateful reminder that puberty strikes only once.
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Oh my God...I talk about this movie all of the time. I saw it in the theatre when it came out and I couldn't decide if I should leave, cry, laugh, bury my head or run screaming out of the movie theatre.
My friend was hysterically laughing and I thought she might be the most evil person I've ever known. (I have embarrassment issues)
Its been years since I've seen this....after reading your post, I think I need to Netflix it and see if the years have changed my reaction to the movie.
I LOVE this movie. I've seen it about 1000 times and it never gets old and makes me giggle each time I watch it. Back when I was uh-ehm, younger....junior high & high school, a group of my friends would watch this every Friday night at someones house.....each one of us even became a character. We eventually just started calling us the character names like our own!.............I'm going to rape you at 3 o'clock!