Pumpkin

R

Released Jan 14, 2002

2h 1m

Comedy

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36%

74 Reviews

Tomatometer

57%

10,000+ Ratings

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Carolyn's (Christina Ricci) sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenged athletes is their ticket to the trophy. But when the queen of formals finds herself mentoring Pumpkin (Hank Harris), a disabled athlete, their two worlds collide.

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Critics Consensus

The messy Pumpkin wastes its premise by not making the satire sharp enough.

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Jed B

Is this a really smart satire or a really offensive comedy or has it not made up its mind about which it wants to be?

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/18/23

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E G

This film was a gigantic pitty party for a dumb woman that doesn't know what she wants.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

07/11/23

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Sarah A

This movie is a true work of art. It is offensively hilarious and is full of dark satire that will make you uncomfortable and think. They just don't make movies like this anymore.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/04/23

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Amanda G

As per usual Christina Ricci was amazing. The only thing I didn't like about the movie. Was the amount of times they said the R word. I have a disability, so that really bothered me.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/23/23

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W B

Disappointed Samuel Ball's jawline wasn't listed in the credits.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/22/22

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Audience Member

This movie is awesome & romantic. It kind of reminds me of me, and because I have a disability and that is Asperger's syndrome. I wish I find some as sweet as Christina Ricci. Plus, she's and amazing actress then & now. I also like when she played in the Adam's Family movies.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Adam Larson Broder

Director

Anthony Abrams

Director

Christina Ricci

Carolyn McDuffy

Hank Harris

Pumpkin Romanoff

Brenda Blethyn

Judy Romanoff

Dominique Swain

Jeanine Kryszunsky

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

This is the sort of Pumpkin that really deserves to be smashed.

Rated: 1/5

Aug 16, 2002

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

By presenting an impossible romance in an impossible world, Pumpkin dares us to say why either is impossible -- which forces us to confront what's possible and what we might do to make it so.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 7, 2002

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Terry Lawson

Detroit Free Press

Though Pumpkin extends its jaundiced joke too far, it's almost worth it for Ricci's final scene, which tells us everything we need to know about what will become of her.

Rated: 3/4

Aug 2, 2002

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

I will acknowledge that I have yet to find any of my friends who've seen this film that truly embraced it on the level that I do.

Rated: 4.0/4.0

Sep 1, 2020

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Tracy Moore

Common Sense Media

Black comedy about disability full of profanity, sex.

Rated: 2/5

Jul 1, 2014

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Felix Vasquez Jr.

Cinema Crazed

One of the worst films of 2002.

Apr 29, 2009

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Synopsis

Carolyn's (Christina Ricci) sorority sisters set their sights on the Sorority of the Year award and coaching challenged athletes is their ticket to the trophy. But when the queen of formals finds herself mentoring Pumpkin (Hank Harris), a disabled athlete, their two worlds collide.

Director: Adam Larson Broder, Anthony Abrams
Producer: Francis Ford Coppola, Linda Reisman, Willi Bär
Screenwriter: Adam Larson Broder, Anthony Abrams
Distributor: United Artists, MGM Home Entertainment
Production Co: United Artists, Pumpkin Productions LLC, American Zoetrope
Rating: R (Scene of Sexuality|Language)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 14, 2002, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 16, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $305.7K
Runtime: 2h 1m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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