The Mudge Boy Movie Review 2003

Duncan Mudge (Hirsch) is not your average teenage boy. Wearing his dead mother's clothing, he bikes around town with his pet chicken in tow. Not surprisingly, he's picked on by the other boys and scorned by his own father (Jenkins). But one boy is drawn to Duncan, a tough kid named Perry (Guiry). Perry's confused sexuality leads him to abuse and then reject Duncan, with gruesome results. Explores the pain of loss and youth well. Cast is uniformly good, particularly Hirsch and Jenkins. And hey, who knew you could calm a chicken by sticking its head in your mouth?

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on DVD
Running time 94 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Teen Angst, Gays, Single Parents, Rape, Child Abuse, Coming of Age, Widows & Widowers

Screenplay

Michael Burke

Cast

Emile Hirsch, Tom Guiry, Richard Jenkins, Pablo Schreiber, Zachery Knighton, Ryan Donowho, Meredith Handerhan, Beckie King

Cinematography

Vanja Cernjul

Director

Michael Burke

Music

Marcelo Zarvos

Other

Damian Canelos, Affonso Goncalves, Bartholomew Miali, Toni Fusco, David Doernberg

Producer

Randy Ostrow, Elizabeth W. Alexander, Alison Benson, First Cold Press, Showtime