Movie
Storytelling
Overview
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.
Details
- Release date
- 2001-11-21
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Killer Films, Good Machine, New Line Cinema
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Selma Blair as Vi
- Leo Fitzpatrick as Marcus
- Robert Wisdom as Mr. Scott
- Aleksa Palladino as Catherine
- Mark Webber as Scooby Livingston
- Paul Giamatti as Toby Oxman
- John Goodman as Marty Livingston
- Jonathan Osser as Mikey Livingston
- Lupe Ontiveros as Consuelo
- Julie Hagerty as Fern Livingston
- Noah Fleiss as Brady Livingston
- Maria Thayer as Ami
Crew
- Todd Solondz - Director
- Todd Solondz - Screenplay
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