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Welcome to the Dollhouse

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Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)

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Reviews Counted:44

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Rotten:4

Average Rating:7.9/10

Runtime: 87 mins

Genre: Comedies

US Box Office: $0

Synopsis: Todd Solondz's WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE follows the painful daily trials of Dawn "Wienerdog" Wiener (Heather Matarazzo), an awkward, nerdy 12-year-old. The middle child between her geeky older... Todd Solondz's WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE follows the painful daily trials of Dawn "Wienerdog" Wiener (Heather Matarazzo), an awkward, nerdy 12-year-old. The middle child between her geeky older brother, Mark (Matthew Faber), and her sickeningly sweet little sister, Missy (Daria Kalinina), Dawn has a rough time with her family and everything else, including school and boys. She's obsessed with Mark's hunky bandmate, Steve (Eric Mabius), but the only guy who pays her any attention is the local thug, Brandon (Brendan Sexton III), who constantly threatens her with rape. With startling accuracy and humor, Solondz captures the hell known as junior high in his blow-by-blow account of Dawn's difficult life. One of the darkest and funniest tales of adolescence ever filmed, DOLLHOUSE serves as a grateful reminder that puberty strikes only once. [More]

Starring: Heather Matarazzo, Matthew Faber, Brendan Sexton, Eric Mabius

Starring: Heather Matarazzo, Matthew Faber, Brendan Sexton, Eric Mabius, Angela Piepropinto, Daria Kalinina, Victoria Davis, Christina Brucato, Christina Vidal, Siri Howard, Telly Pontidis, Herbie Duarte, Scott Coogan

Director: Todd Solondz

Director: Todd Solondz
Screenwriter: Todd Solondz
Producer: Ted Skillman, Todd Solondz

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Welcome to the Dollhouse puts an ugly duckling through her paces.

Full Review Source: City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul | comment Comment
09/01/09
Rob Nelson
Rob Nelson
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul

quirky and great

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment Comment
04/09/08
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

At its best it's like the funniest yet bleakest comic book Dan Clowes never drew.

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07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

One of the highlights of the 1995 Toronto Festival, Solondz's second film is a stark, often funny, always poignant comedy about suburban mores, centering on a misfit Jewish girl tormented by her family and classmates.

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12/20/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
Variety
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01/26/06
Time Out
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Todd Solondz's only good movie.

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12/12/05
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10/15/05
Michael Szymanski
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09/27/05
Chuck O'Leary
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Fantastica Daily

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06/14/05
Emanuel Levy
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04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

hilariously provocative and almost too real

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04/06/05
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Still Solondz's one and only great film!

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03/14/05
Edward Douglas
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

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02/05/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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08/26/04
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

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08/16/04
Walter Chaw
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

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07/09/04
Sarah Chauncey
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com

No review available.

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05/21/04
Jon Niccum
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

Matarazzo tem forte presença em cena, mas o filme não sai do lugar-comum.

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01/27/04
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

Blisteringly honest and side-splittingly funny. Solondz's most accomplished film.

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12/29/03
Dan Lybarger
Dan Lybarger
Nitrate Online

A sharp, provocative character study and a damning regional portrait, far superior in both respects to Solondz's Happiness.

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10/11/03
Nick Davis
Nick Davis
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