Pumpkin
BB
(out of 5)
There’s just too much wrong with this film to know where to begin. Christina Ricci plays a letter-perfect cheerleader who has it all: the looks, the house, the cash and the tennis-playing boyfriend. All that means nothing when she meets a mentally challenged boy named Pumpkin who ends up winning her heart. To have the romance she wants with him, however, she must face losing close friends, her parents, her boyfriend while also incurring the wrath of Pumpkin’s overprotective mother (Brenda Blethyn in an underused supporting role). The story is a wonderful one, original and fresh, but the directors have absolutely no idea what they’re doing; the tone switches between black comedy to serious tearjerker to light romantic comedy so often that you might think you’ve been changing channels. The overlong running time doesn’t help either, nor does Ricci’s painful miscasting in the lead role. There’s no doubt that her talent is great, but just listen to one line of her sarcastically perfect New England accent and you know right away that she’s lying.
American Zoetrope, Bona Fide Productions, Pumpkin Productions LLC, United Artists
USA, 2002
Directed by Anthony Abrams, Adam Larson Broder
Screenplay by Adam Larson Broder
Cinematography by Tim Suhrstedt
Produced by Karen Barber, Albert Berger, Christina Ricci, Andrea Sperling, Ron Yerxa
Music by John Ottman
Production Design by Richard Sherman
Costume Design by Edi Giguere
Film Editing by Richard Halsey, Sloane Klevin
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This entry was posted on May 11, 2013 by Bil Antoniou in 111LinkCompany, 2002, Adam Larson Broder, Anthony Abrams, BB and tagged Adam Larson Broder, Albert Berger, American Zoetrope, Amy Adams, Andrea Sperling, Anthony Abrams, Bona Fide Productions, Brenda Blethyn, Caroline Aaron, Christina Ricci, Dominique Swain, Edi Giguere, Elsie Escobar, Erinn Bartlett, Ginny Schreiber, Hank Harris, Harry Lennix, John Henry Binder, John Ottman, Julia Vera, Julio Oscar Mechoso, Karen Barber, Lisa Banes, Margaret Travolta, Marisa Coughlan, Marisa Petroro, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Bacall, Michelle Krusiec, Nina Foch, Phil Reeves, Pumpkin Productions LLC, Richard Halsey, Richard Sherman, Ron Yerxa, Sam Ball, Shane Johnson, Shaun Weiss, Sloane Klevin, Tait Smith, Tim Suhrstedt, United Artists.Shortlink
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