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22/03/1996 Comedy, Drama 1h 28m
70
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Not all girls want to play with dolls.

Overview

An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.

  1. Todd Solondz

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Heather Matarazzo

    Dawn Wiener

  2. Brendan Sexton III

    Brandon McCarthy

  3. Eric Mabius

    Steve Rodgers

  4. Matthew Faber

    Mark Wiener

  5. Daria Kalinina

    Missy Wiener

  6. Angela Pietropinto

    Mrs. Weiner

  7. Bill Buell

    Mr. Wiener

  8. Will Lyman

    Mr. Edwards

  9. Rica Martens

    Mrs. Grissom

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-07-25
Well if you were ever in doubt about the fallacies of the "American dream" then you need look no further than the life of the young and rather unfortunately named "Dawn Wiener" (Heather Matarazzo). Her life with her geeky brother "Mark" (Matthew Faber) is comfortable enough, but her parents aren't really that interested in her and she is bullied at school by "Brandon" (Brendan Sexton). Her brother has a garage band and it's fronted by the dashing "Steve" (Eric Mabius) in whom she has an almighty crush. Of course she is too young to realise that were he to reciprocate in any way he'd be sent to...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$800,000.00

Revenue
$5,034,794.00

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