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Igby Goes Down

  • 20022002
  • RR
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Igby Goes Down (2002)
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A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
33K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Burr Steers
  • Writer
    • Burr Steers
  • Stars
    • Kieran Culkin
    • Susan Sarandon
    • Jeff Goldblum
Top credits
  • Director
    • Burr Steers
  • Writer
    • Burr Steers
  • Stars
    • Kieran Culkin
    • Susan Sarandon
    • Jeff Goldblum
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 238User reviews
    • 128Critic reviews
    • 72Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 7 wins & 17 nominations

    Videos1

    Trailer [EN]
    Trailer 2:11
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    Photos39

    Claire Danes, Kieran Culkin, and Burr Steers in Igby Goes Down (2002)
    Susan Sarandon in Igby Goes Down (2002)
    Kieran Culkin and Amanda Peet in Igby Goes Down (2002)
    Bill Pullman, Rory Culkin, and Peter Anthony Tambakis in Igby Goes Down (2002)
    Claire Danes and Ryan Phillippe in Igby Goes Down (2002)
    Jeff Goldblum and Kieran Culkin in Igby Goes Down (2002)
    Jeff Goldblum, Ryan Phillippe, Kieran Culkin, Amanda Peet, and Celia Weston in Igby Goes Down (2002)
    Bill Pullman, Rory Culkin, and Peter Anthony Tambakis in Igby Goes Down (2002)
    Claire Danes, Ryan Phillippe, Kieran Culkin, and Amanda Peet in Igby Goes Down (2002)
    Burr Steers and Marco Weber in Igby Goes Down (2002)
    Jeff Goldblum, Ryan Phillippe, and Celia Weston in Igby Goes Down (2002)
    Claire Danes and Kieran Culkin in Igby Goes Down (2002)

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    Kieran Culkin
    Kieran Culkin
    • Igbyas Igby
    Susan Sarandon
    Susan Sarandon
    • Mimias Mimi
    Jeff Goldblum
    Jeff Goldblum
    • D.H.as D.H.
    Claire Danes
    Claire Danes
    • Sookieas Sookie
    Jared Harris
    Jared Harris
    • Russelas Russel
    Amanda Peet
    Amanda Peet
    • Rachelas Rachel
    Ryan Phillippe
    Ryan Phillippe
    • Oliveras Oliver
    Bill Pullman
    Bill Pullman
    • Jasonas Jason
    Rory Culkin
    Rory Culkin
    • 10-year-old Igbyas 10-year-old Igby
    Peter Anthony Tambakis
    Peter Anthony Tambakis
    • 13-year-old Oliveras 13-year-old Oliver
    • (as Peter Tambakis)
    Bill Irwin
    Bill Irwin
    • Lt. Smithas Lt. Smith
    Kathleen Gati
    Kathleen Gati
    • Idaas Ida
    Gannon Forrester
    Gannon Forrester
    • Little Cadetas Little Cadet
    Celia Weston
    Celia Weston
    • Bunnyas Bunny
    Elizabeth Jagger
    • Lisa Fiedleras Lisa Fiedler
    Nick Wyman
    • Suitas Suit
    Amber Gross
    • Girlas Girl
    Cassidy Ladden
    • Hockey Playeras Hockey Player
    • Director
      • Burr Steers
    • Writer
      • Burr Steers
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      The film is loosely based on J.D. Salinger's novel "The Catcher in the Rye".
    • Goofs
      When Sookie enters the loft for the first time, she doesn't close the door all the way, and the door dramatically swings open, and then is shut by and unseen crewperson.
    • Quotes

      Igby: Oliver is majoring in neo-fascism at Colombia.

      Oliver: Economics.

      Igby: Semantics.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Ibuki Reconstruction
      (1999)

      Written by Ryutaro Kaneko (as R. Kaneko), Tetsuro Naito (as T. Naito) and Motofumi Yamaguchi (as M. Yamaguchi)

      Performed by Kodo

      Beats and scratches by DJ Krush

      Courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.

      By Arrangement with Sony Music Licensing

    User reviews238

    Review
    Top review
    Brilliant Filmmaking and Acting
    Ten out of ten. One of the greats, with memorable characters you'll think about for days. This great film got caught in MGM/UA distribution purgatory. If it could have busted out of the indy circuit from day one and gotten into general release, it would have been favorably compared with "The Graduate" and Kieran Culkin's performance with Dustin Hoffman's debut performance in that Mike Nichol's classic. MGM/UA blew it.

    Culkin is a great young player with a look and resources evoking both Hoffman and Robert Downey. He's naturalistic and great to watch. Smart, funny, urbane writing by first time director Steers is never "on the nose". Yet underneath the evasive, sarcastic stripped down dialogue he pulls hard hitting emotions from his ensemble. Not a false or wasted scene and more than a few really powerful ones. Every player is at the top of their game, from Kieran Culkin to Amanda Peet, Jeff Goldblum to Susan Sarandon, Bill Pullman to Claire Danes to Ryan Phillippe. They're obviously guided by a director who knows how to work with an ensemble to get an overall tone.

    Igby is the anti Ferris Beuhler - a smart wanna be who's wise mouth and attitude usually piss off those around him - his mother, his brother, his godfather. Torn between those who don't get him and those who do (Peet, Danes), Igby paints all his relationships with the same sarcastic brush, his vulnerability only busting out when he's pushed to the limit. Culkin's perfomance is not to be missed. The key women, Sarandon, Peet and Danes all play fully formed characters. Goldblum is perfect for his role, his usual facile acting style well suited to the South Hampton prince he plays; his best turn in years.

    Seers has style and flow, and his final cut is aided by the excellent music choices he and his music supervisor, Nick Harcourt arrived at. Cameron Crowe couldn't do better. The Igby soundtrack is tres alt moderne and every cut is great.

    Warning: Actors are blocked (brilliantly) for wide screen format. So this film will suffer from TV / video screen ratios as the Graduate does. Either go see it in the theater NOW or wait for letterbox!
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 4, 2002 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Germany
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 玩酷子弟
    • Filming locations
      • Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • United Artists
      • Atlantic Streamline
      • Crossroads Films
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $9,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $4,777,465
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $306,705
      • Sep 15, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,919,198
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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