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| FILM DETAILS | | Certificate 15 | | Cast
Jordan Gelber
Selma Blair
Christopher Walken
Mia Farrow | | Directors
Todd Solondz | | Screenwriters
Todd Solondz | | Running Time
84 minutes |
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Dark Horse
The biggest loser
Plot
Abe (Gelber), a middle-aged, overweight neurotic, works for his overbearing father (Walken), is indulged by his mother (Farrow) and has never left home. Meeting the deeply depressed Miranda (Blair) at a wedding, he asks her out and instantly proposes marriage. Surprised when she accepts, Abe suffers crippling self-doubts which manifest themselves as realistic hallucinations.
Verdict
Less confrontational than most Solondz movies, in that it refrains from violence or kink, but still unsettling and affecting.
Reviewed by Kim Newman
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