Igby Goes Down

R

Released Sep 13, 2002

1 hr. 44 min.

Comedy

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75%

135 Reviews

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80%

25,000+ Ratings

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Igby Slocumb (Kieran Culkin), a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father (Bill Pullman), a self-absorbed, distant mother (Susan Sarandon), and a shark-like young Republican big brother (Ryan Phillippe), Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.

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Critics Consensus

In the vein of The Catcher in the Rye, Igby Goes Down is scathingly witty and sharply observant.

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Audience Member

I really didn’t like this movie. The main character was so detestably unlikeable that I couldn’t even care when he shows a glimpse of humanity at the end. No redeeming characters. Just an ugly movie that leaves you feeling annoyed.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/31/23

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Lucid C

I thought the movie showed a realistic version of depression and distinction in family. This one is worth watching. I have seen it on more these one occasion.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/30/23

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prawnda s

absolutely terrible opening scene. no one on the planet wants to listen to a lady have fake sleep apnea for 10 minutes straight. this is simply an unpleasant film, and that takes away from any humor it might carry. i fully enjoy dark comedies as well, but the movie is just uncomfortable and not as witty as it's described to be.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/24/22

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Audience Member

Disaffected youth from an affluent family is poignantly portrayed in this movie. Do the rich really speak like that to each other?

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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Audience Member

happy to have watched it again. This movie is an evergreen. Kieran Culkin is not just "Mac's brother": He has talent and has been underrated for so many years and is finally getting the recognition he deserved

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

It had been almost two decades since I last saw what I now view as the Holden Caulfield/Roman Roy mash up that, for obvious reasons, could not have been appreciated in that manner until recently. I enjoy the darker and sharper sense of humor on display here and yet am still left with a fairly healthy dose of pathos after the proceedings as well. This is also one of those casts that has become more impressively robust, in the intervening years, since my last viewing.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Ken Eisner

Variety

Steers puts a lot of balls in the air, but no one, including Igby, gets developed far enough for viewers to really know and care about them.

Feb 13, 2009

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Neil Young

Time Out

Yes, it's The Catcher in the Rye all over again - with generous helpings of Rushmore, The Graduate, Bret Easton Ellis and The Ice Storm. Igby never reaches those heights ...

Jun 24, 2006

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Sandra Hall

Sydney Morning Herald

The poignancy of the conclusion leaves you hoping fervently that Igby's best is still to come - and Culkin's, as well.

Jun 13, 2003

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Jan Stuart

The Advocate

Igby Goes Down exudes more pain than any screwball comedy should be asked to.

Jun 1, 2022

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Malcolm Johnson

Hartford Courant

If this were a short story, it would belong in The New Yorker in the days of J.D. Salinger. It is both droll and grim, often handsome and tasteful with its cinematography and production values.

Jun 8, 2018

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Anton Bitel

Daily Info

so many of the characters are so soulless, making it difficult to see past their sarcastic, brash exteriors... So when all the iciness melts away, the sentimentality which replaces it seems unconvincingly pat.

Jun 11, 2013

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Synopsis

Igby Slocumb (Kieran Culkin), a rebellious and sarcastic 17-year-old boy, is at war with the stifling world of old money privilege he was born into. With a schizophrenic father (Bill Pullman), a self-absorbed, distant mother (Susan Sarandon), and a shark-like young Republican big brother (Ryan Phillippe), Igby figures there must be a better life out there -- and sets about finding it.

Director: Burr Steers
Executive Producer: David Rubin, Fran Lucci, Lee Solomon, Helen Beadleston, Rainer Virnich
Screenwriter: Burr Steers
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: United Artists, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Rating: R (Language|Drug Content|Sexuality)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 13, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $4.7M
Sound Mix: Surround
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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