Thus, when Igby's godfather, D.H. Banes (JEFF GOLDBLUM), offers him the chance to come and work with him in New York over the summer, Igby agrees. There he meets Rachel (AMANDA PEET), D.H.'s alluring mistress; her friend Russell (JARED HARRIS), a flamboyant performance artist; and Sookie Sapperstein (CLAIRE DANES), a fellow disillusioned sort who's taking a year off from college to find herself.
As Igby interacts with them and his various family members, he repeatedly tries to break free from his upper crust trappings as well as the madness and dysfunction that have torn his family and himself apart.
Various characters drink and/or smoke, while some also take, use or sell various forms of drugs including pot, prescription pills and heroin (off-screen), with one being observed as being a junkie. Various characters have varying degrees of bad attitudes, including a married man having an affair and a dysfunctional family toward its various members.
Tense family moments abound in the film, but many are played for laughs, as is some of the violence that includes an assisted suicide. Various characters punch or hit others and there are some bloody results (particularly from a man who purposefully slams his hand through a glass shower stall door). Thematic issues involve terminal cancer, addiction, assisted suicide, mental illness and dysfunctional families.
Should you still be concerned about the film's appropriateness for yourself or anyone else in your home, you may want to look more closely at our detailed listings for more specific information regarding the film's content.
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(2002) (Kieran Culkin, Claire Danes) (R)
Alcohol/
DrugsBlood/Gore
Disrespectful/
Bad AttitudeFrightening/
Tense ScenesGuns/
Weapons
Extreme
Moderate
Extreme
Mild
None
Imitative
BehaviorJump
ScenesMusic
(Scary/Tense)Music
(Inappropriate)Profanity
Mild
None
Minor
None
Extreme
Sex/
NuditySmoking
Tense Family
ScenesTopics To
Talk AboutViolence
Extreme
Heavy
Extreme
Heavy
Moderate
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Reviewed September 16, 2002 / Posted September 20, 2002
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