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Synopses for Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
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Todd Solondz's WELCOME TO THE DOLLHOUSE follows the painful daily trials of Dawn "Wienerdog" Wiener (Heather Matarazzo), an awkward, nerdy 12-year-old. The middle child between her geeky older brother, Mark (Matthew Faber), and her sickeningly sweet little sister, Missy (Daria Kalinina), Dawn has a rough time with her family and everything else, including school and boys. She's obsessed with Mark's hunky bandmate, Steve (Eric Mabius), but the only guy who pays her any attention is the local thug, Brandon (Brendan Sexton III), who constantly threatens her with rape.
With startling accuracy and humor, Solondz captures the hell known as junior high in his blow-by-blow account of Dawn's difficult life. One of the darkest and funniest tales of adolescence ever filmed, DOLLHOUSE serves as a grateful reminder that puberty strikes only once.
(24 votes)
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Not all girls want to play with dolls.
Todd Solenoids became the most talked-about new director in recent years with this acclaimed comedy about the suburban condition.
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, Welcome To The Dollhouse follows 11-year old Dawn "Wienerdog" Weiner (Heather Matarazzo), a junior high geek who just wants to be popular. Teased by her classmates, tormented by the school bully, Dawn develops an improbable plan to seduce the star of a high-school garage band. Bitterly funny and true to life, Welcome to the Dollhouse is a "mordantly hilarious suburban comedy..excruciatingly funny."
(22 votes)
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