Storytelling

This film features two separate segments, labelled ''Fiction'' and ''Non-Fiction''. The first concerns a student, who, keen to impress her professor, ends up having a brutal one-night-stand with him. The other is about a documentary film maker trying to make a film about a slacker teenage boy's attempts to get into college. He actually has no desire to go to college, but likes the idea of being in a movie. He is a constant source of disappointment to his proper Jewish parents.

88 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Prejudice) .
Comedy

Now try and be a good Jewish boy...

Credits

Cast	Selma Blair, Leo Fitzpatrick, Robert Wisdom, Maria Thayer, Angela Goethals, Devorah Rose, Nancy Ann Ridder
Director	Todd Solondz
Screenplay	Todd Solondz
Music	Nathan Larsson, Isobel Campbell, Sarah Martin, Stuart Murdoch
Cinematography	Frederick Elmes
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Dolby SR, Stereo
Made in	2001
Produced by	Good Machine, Killer Films, New Line Cinema

Official Site

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
The Moviesite Ian Douglas	11
Cape Argus Derek Wilson	10
The Cape Times Wilhelm Snyman	15
The Star Ann Hornaday	12
Die Burger Gabriël Botma	10
Tygerburger Mariana Malan	5
Sunday Times Barry Ronge	15
Total Movie Nicky Dawson	10
M-Net Cinemagic Barry Ronge	16
eye Weekly Kim Linekin	7
Box Office Lael Loewenstein	10
ReelViews James Berardinelli	10
Film Review James Cameron-Wilson	10
Uncut Chris Roberts	18
Empire Alan Morrison	10
What the People say
Internet 483 Netizens	14
Average .. 57%	11

Visitor Comments

Ian Douglas: I see the American critics were not too impressed... However I found it as a wry look at contemporary society, with all its hypocrisy and twisted moralities. I could say more but I feel like I'm stating the obvious... unfortunately, the people who would most benefit from some thinking provoked by this movie -- teenagers -- are unlikely to watch it. More's the pity.

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Storytelling

Credits

Ratings

What the Critics say

What the People say

Average .. 57%

Visitor Comments