The Chumscrubber Movie Review 2005

The unfortunate title refers to a videogame avenger who appears a la the creepy rabbit in "Donnie Darko" throughout this smug satire. Brooding SoCal teen Dean (Bell)--yes, think James--fails to tell anyone that his best friend, Troy (Janowicz), has hung himself in his bedroom. Problem is, Troy was the local drug supplier and when word does get out, his fellow high school scuzzballs expect Dean to find Troy's stash or else. Depiction of self-satisfied suburbia and teen angst has been better told elsewhere.

Distribution

DreamWorks SKG, 1000 Flower St., Glendale, CA 91201, Phone: (818)695-5000, Fax: (818)695-7775, URL: http://www.dreamworks.com

Available on DVD
Running time 102 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Strained Suburbia, Teen Drama, Suicide, Kidnapped!, Drug Use & Abuse

Screenplay

Zac Stanford

Cast

Jamie Bell, Camilla Belle, Justin Chatwin, Glenn Close, Rory Culkin, Tim DeKay, William Fichtner, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall, John Heard, Lauren Holly, Jason Isaacs, Allison Janney, Carrie-Anne Moss, Lou Taylor Pucci, Rita Wilson, Thomas Curtis, Richard Gleason, Josh Janowicz

Cinematography

Lawrence Sher

Director

Arie Posin

Music

James Horner

Other

Shawn Holden, Chris Douridas, William S. Scharf, Arthur P. Schmidt, Christopher Tandon, Patti Podesta

Producer

Lawrence Bender, Bonnie Curtis, Equity Pictures Medienfonds GmbH & Co. KG II, DreamWorks, Newmarket Films