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Chumscrubber [DVD] [2005]

DVD ~ Ralph Fiennes
2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Ralph Fiennes, Rory Culkin, Thomas Curtis, Josh Janowicz, John Heard
  • Directors: Arie Posin
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Icon Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 17 Sep 2007
  • Run Time: 104 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000O771Y2
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 18,442 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Synopsis
In this darkly humorous parody of high school life in suburbia, in the vein of DONNIE DARKO and HEATHERS, Dean (Jamie Bell) is beside himself when two of his best friends wind up dead--and nobody in the selfishly aloof world around him seems to notice, or care.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Satire at its finest, 3 Feb 2008
By Braw Loon (Bonny Scotland) - See all my reviews
The other review that there currently is for this film is absolutely scathing. This film would not be to everyones taste but why not give it at least 2 stars and admit that it did have something. A one star review is enough to cool anyone's interest.
This is a superb film. It is quite stylistic, which is all part of its satirircal look at shallow upper class values and living. It takes a while for the humour to kick-in but with a lot less effort than a lot of art-house cinema it isn't too long before the storyline gets compelling.
Its got a lot of soul too as much as it is satirical as one or two of the many characters find a little redemption while for others their downward spiral is wickedly funny.
Even if this film is doing what has been done before, which I'm not well-versed enough to categorically comment on - there must always be room for an imitation as good as this.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive indie head-trip, 28 Jun 2008
By D. Jackson "DJ" (UK) - See all my reviews
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The Cumscrubber's plot is far from simple: When a popular high school drug dealer hangs himself, it's up to Jamie Bell to continue his legacy after a bunch of 'cool kids' kidnap a young boy (who they think is his brother) in order to make their plan of blackmail successful... and that's the sane part!

Certain other plot points include a woman so focused on having the perfect wedding that she looses all sense of logic; a mayor who slowly descends into madness through the symbolic shape of dolphins; a relentless and unforgiving police officer who's intent on getting his girl back by any means possible, and above all, stupendously dysfunctional families.

The Chumscrubber somehow manages to roll all these elements and more into quite a short little film, without ever crossing over that line into pretentiousness- which is something so many of these films unfortunately do. As always, Jamie Bell steals the show but admittedly has some good competition against a very strong supporting cast, which is useful as The Chumscrubber is extremely character driven.

Ignoring a few quiet flaws, -i.e. why everybody in the neighborhood seems to be going insane is never fully explained, and none of the characters seem to be particularly bothered about any of the strange events that're going on- The Chumscrubber still packs a heck of a punch by covering up its flaws with incredible weirdness.

By having all these amazing characters cooped up in one small suburban neighborhood -reminiscent of enclosing them all in a tiny room- the climax to The Chumscrubber seems like they're all let loose on each other like wild animals, as all the supposedly random events come together in a big, character driven, metaphorical explosion!

In the end, at these prices, The Chumscrubber is probably one of the greatest bargains on Amazon, due to it being more of an experience rather than a film. In a word, it's wonderful. The Chumscrubber defies all expectations in the best possible way, ending up as more of an enjoyabely quirky and ultimately odd fantasy fairy-tale. One of my instant favorites.

See this film.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Yeah!, 13 Feb 2009
By M. Healy "mAttthhheaLy" (Glasgow, Scotland) - See all my reviews
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So, a lot of previous reviews seem to be saying things like "Oh wow, yet another film about upper class Americans etc etc overmedicated etc etc". This seems, to me at least, incredibly stupid. It's almost as if the film is being attacked for choosing that specific subject matter rather than any great fault with the movie itself.

I watched this after seeing Bell's performance in (the phenomenal) Hallam Foe and seriously enjoyed it. The cast play their parts perfectly with both Bell and Ralph Fiennes being particularly great. The plot is brilliantly paced, with the characters developing well over the course of the film.

The only problem I had with Chumscrubber was the ending, which seemed a bit out of place and too happy considering the tone of the rest of the film.

However, that aside, I loved this movie and while I'm sure people will disagree with my opinions I don't really care because this is my review and not theirs!
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2.0 out of 5 stars Another Movie About Highly-Medicated Suberbia
There's good reason for The Chumscrubber being imediately released on DVD as opposssed to a cinematic release. Read more
Published 8 months ago by willow

1.0 out of 5 stars The Chumscrubber Review
The Chumscrubber was a huge disappointment... the acting was very obvious: the characters all appeared to have stepped out of a high school drama club (yes it was that bad). Read more
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2.0 out of 5 stars oh dead
i brought this film based on an advert but all the way through the film i found it just confusing and weird! all in all i think think the film is just pointless! Read more
Published 11 months ago by victoria Fountain

1.0 out of 5 stars rubbish
i agree with the previous 1 star review. the reason i'm giving this a 1 star review is because that's what it deserves. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Fraser Simpson

1.0 out of 5 stars Awful.
A ridiculous and really quite pathetic addition to the swelling canon of movies about the self-absorbed American upper-middle classes and their over-medicated, disaffected... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Adam Wood

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