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Welcome to the Dollhouse
Not all girls want to play with dolls.
An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.
- Original title
- Welcome to the Dollhouse
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US
- Budget
- $800,000
- Revenue
- $5,034,794
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Jul 25, 2024 · via TMDB
Well if you were ever in doubt about the fallacies of the "American dream" then you need look no further than the life of the young and rather unfortunately named "Dawn Wiener" (Heather Matarazzo). Her life with her geeky brother "Mark" (Matthew Faber) is comfortable enough, but her parents aren't really that interested in her and she is bullied at school by "Brandon" (Brendan Sexton). Her brother has a garage band and it's fronted by the dashing "Steve" (Eric Mabius) in whom she has an almighty crush. Of course she is too young to realise that were he to reciprocate in any way he'd be sent to jail! As so often happens with those who are picked on, she starts to pick on someone else - her little sister "Missy" (Daria Kalinina) and this earns her the annoyance of her family. Feeling adrift and rather abandoned, she begins to seek a bit of solace with her tormentor whilst never quite giving up on her older, would-be, beau - but what can come of any of this? Matarazzo does well here, offering us a gently honest interpretation of a child who is not unloved, just unnoticed. She presents us with a vulnerable character whom you would expect to spend her entire life overlooked, living in the same town for a life unhappily married to a local plumber. Sexton is also quite engaging as the outwardly aggressive and brutish character whom, as we get to know him, is actually not in a wildly dissimilar boat to "Dawn". It's got some soul to it and that, and a certain simplicity, makes for a plausible observation of a life destined to remain, at best, in the slow lane.
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Heather Matarazzo
Dawn Wiener
Brendan Sexton III
Brandon McCarthy
Eric Mabius
Steve Rodgers
Matthew Faber
Mark Wiener
Angela Pietropinto
Mrs. Weiner
Bill Buell
Mr. Wiener
Will Lyman
Mr. Edwards
Rica Martens
Mrs. Grissom
Stacey Moseley
Mary Ellen Moriarty
Christina Brucato
Cookie
Christina Vidal Mitchell
Cynthia
Ken Leung
Barry
Richard Gould
Mr. Kasdan
Teddy Coluca
Police Sergeant
Melissa Toth
Costume Design
Todd Solondz
Director
Morgan J. Freeman
Second Assistant Director
Affonso Gonçalves
Assistant Editor
Joana Vicente
Associate Producer
Todd Solondz
Producer
Todd Solondz
Screenplay
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Jan 15, 1996
Sundance Film Festival
Mar 22, 1996
May 24, 1996
