Director Todd Solondz’s provocative brand of empathy is on full display in his 1995 breakthrough, a brash yet nuanced portrait of American tweendom.

Middle-school student Dawn Weiner (Heather Matarazzo) faces degradation at school — where she is teased constantly — and at home. The middle child between nerdy older brother Mark (Matthew Faber) and perky younger sister Missy (Daria Kalinina), Dawn can’t seem to find a place to belong. Although she has a crush on a cute boy (Eric Mabius) whom her brother knows, she can only catch the attention of bully Brandon (Brendan Sexton Jr.), who threatens her to show affection.

“A stark, often funny, always poignant comedy about suburban mores.” – Variety

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