Review of Igby Goes Down (2002) by Sterlin H — 01 Aug 2008

This is one of the greatest movies I've ever seen. Everyone in it is an outstanding actor. it's funny yet serious.

This review of Igby Goes Down (2002) was written by Sterlin H on 01 Aug 2008.

Igby Goes Down has generally received positive reviews.

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Smart and novelistic and spiked with more than a bit of The Catcher in the Rye, Steers' movie is a prickly coming-of-age tale in which everybody…

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Writer-director Steers has chosen to overload Igby with phony archness and forced black humor, making it not the place to look for satisfying acting…

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12/3/12 Igby is not very likable as far as I am concerned. He just refuses to do anything that real adults want him to do…

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A spoiled rich kid has a self-induced crummy life. Flatly acted by Kieran Culkin and bereft of any character development…

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By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 15 Mar 2013

Smart, uncanny, resistant to the short cuts of pop psychology, and shocking in the best since of the word, Steers' debut is a stunner…

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By William Arnold (1,101) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 14 Mar 2012

Its motif is self-pity, Steers displays no particular way with a scene, and, as Igby, Culkin exudes none of the charm or charisma that might…

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