Igby Goes Down (2002)

Igby Goes Down

When I was working through my teenage angst, I hid behind sarcasm. I think it was a way to deal with confusion as to what I wanted to do and where I was going in life. I finally figured it out on the precipice of expulsion from school and the panic in realizing I’d have to get a job. So I can identify somewhat with Igby Slocomb (Kieran Culkin) whose mum Mimi (Susan Sarandon) wants to run his life. He is headed to the dreaded military academy when he detours to the New York City loft of the mistress of his godfather, D.H. (Jeff Goldblum). Rachel (Amanda Peet) has some problems of her own (like heroin) but he meets and is smitten by Sookie Sapperstein (Claire Danes). She seems to have the whole world figured out, but it turns out she is just as confused about things. His brother Oliver (Ryan Phillippe) shows up and tells Igby that Mimi is suffering from cancer. He know it is only a matter of time before he’s going to have to grow up. Now my life wasn’t quite this dramatic but I did decide what and where I was going.


Director:  Burr Steers
Writer:  Burr Steers
Cast:
Kieran Culkin -  Jason ‘Igby’ Slocumb, Jr.
Claire Danes -  Sookie Sapperstein
Jeff Goldblum -  D.H. Banes
Jared Harris -  Russel
Amanda Peet -  Rachel
Ryan Phillippe -  Oliver ‘Ollie’ Slocumb
Bill Pullman -  Jason Slocumb
Susan Sarandon -  Mimi Slocumb
Rory Culkin -  10-Year-Old Igby
Peter Tambakis -  13-Year-Old Oliver
Bill Irwin -  Lt. Ernest Smith, Pershing Academy
Kathleen Gati -  Ida
Gannon Forrester -  Little Cadet
Celia Weston -  Bunny
Elizabeth Jagger -  Lisa Fiedler
Nick Wyman -  Suit









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