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Jason “Igby” Slocumb, jr., a 17-year old misfit with a sense of irony, is struggling with his emotionally aloof family where his father has been institutionalized, his mother is a pill-popping self-centered person, and his brother is a cutthroat Republican. After Igby's several rebellious achievements he has been expelled from most Prep Schools on the East Coast and is finally sent to a military academy in order to be "dealt" with. However, Igby escapes this too by dropping out of school and he dodges his uncaring family by setting up a bohemian life style through which he meets several characters that become his new existential foundation. Igby Goes Down is a dark, witty, and intelligent film about Igby and his escapades as he is coming of age and struggles with emotional neglect. As the story unfolds walls are shattered which leaves the audience to analyze Igby's experiences as they appear, and in the end the audience is left dwelling. |
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