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      Getting to Know You

      Released Jan 22, 1999 1 hr. 36 min. Drama List
      90% 10 Reviews Tomatometer Wesley (Zach Braff) and his lonely younger sister, Judith (Heather Matarazzo), are waiting at a bus station. A teen named Jimmy (Michael Weston), claiming to know Judith from school, approaches the siblings and starts a conversation. The highly imaginative Jimmy begins making up stories about the surrounding passengers at the station, and Judith joins him in visualizing the invented tales. However, over time, their conversation becomes more personal, and their bond more deeply felt. Read More Read Less

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      Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: B+ Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Movies about people are being drowned out these days by movies about things, which can give you insights about yourself only if you are a cyborg. Here is a film about people. Rated: 3/4 Nov 13, 2001 Full Review Entertainment Weekly Rated: B+ Jan 1, 1800 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 4/5 Dec 6, 2005 Full Review Joshua Tanzer Offoffoff Heather Matarazzo of Welcome to the Dollhouse stars as a teenage girl who tries to find humanity at an upstate bus station as it evaporates in her own family Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 29, 2003 Full Review Film Threat Rated: 4/5 Dec 8, 2002 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis Wesley (Zach Braff) and his lonely younger sister, Judith (Heather Matarazzo), are waiting at a bus station. A teen named Jimmy (Michael Weston), claiming to know Judith from school, approaches the siblings and starts a conversation. The highly imaginative Jimmy begins making up stories about the surrounding passengers at the station, and Judith joins him in visualizing the invented tales. However, over time, their conversation becomes more personal, and their bond more deeply felt.
      Director
      Lisanne Skyler
      Executive Producer
      Larry Estes, Scott M. Rosenfelt, David Skinner
      Screenwriter
      Joyce Carol Oates, Lisanne Skyler, Tristine Skyler
      Distributor
      The Sundance Channel, Cineville International
      Production Co
      SearchParty Films, ShadowCatcher Entertainment
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Jan 22, 1999, Original