Insanity is relative.
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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Contemporary, classical in form, character-led and spare.
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
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Cast
- Kieran CulkinIgby
- Susan SarandonMimi
- Jeff GoldblumD.H.
- Claire DanesSookie
- Jared HarrisRussel
- Amanda PeetRachel
- Ryan PhillippeOliver
- Bill PullmanJason
- Rory Culkin10-Year-Old Igby
- Peter Anthony Tambakis13-Year-Old Oliver
Crew
- Burr SteersDirector
- Burr SteersWriter
- Wedigo von SchultzendorffDirector of Photography
- Uwe Fahrenkrog-PetersenOriginal Music Composer
- William M. AndersonEditor
- Robert FrazenEditor
- Padraic McKinleyEditor
- Marco WeberProducer
- Lisa TornellProducer
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