Getting to Know You

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Getting to Know You

Released Jan 22, 1999

1h 36m

Drama

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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.

Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: B+

Sep 7, 2011

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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

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Entertainment Weekly

Rated: B+

Jan 1, 1800

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Film Threat

Rated: 4/5

Dec 6, 2005

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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

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Film Threat

Rated: 4/5

Dec 8, 2002

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Lisanne Skyler

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Heather Matarazzo

Judith

Zach Braff

Wesley

Michael Weston

Jimmy

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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
Producer: Laura Gabbert, George LaVoo
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
Runtime: 1h 36m