Igby Goes Down

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Igby Goes Down
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R,1hr 44min
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September 13, 2002
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United Artists Pictures
Synopsis: The cynical son of an upper-class New York family bedeviled by booze, pills and mental illness strikes out on his own in this caustic, darkly comic drama. Igby Slocomb (Kieran Culkin) and his older brother, Oliver (Ryan Phillippe), are are in the process of killing their mother, Mimi (Susan Sarandon). Flashbacks delineate Igby's troubled childhood: Speed-freak Mimi and her depressed husband, Jason (Bill Pullman), snipe at each other endlessly until Jason attempts suicide before Igby's very eyes and ... Full Synopsis
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Igby Goes Down got a reaction from me: I think it's the movie of the year. I squirmed, I laughed a lot. Full Review
Metascore
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72
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Featured Cast
Igby Slocumb
Mimi Slocumb
D. H., D.H.
Sookie Sapperstein
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