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Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister, anorexic aspiring wrestler brother, sympathetic grandmother, and severely depressed and abusive German father.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes29%
Metacritic52/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
127 audience votes
Key crew
- Harmony KorineDirector
- Harmony KorineWriter
Cast
- Ewen BremnerJulien
- Chloë SevignyPearl
- Werner HerzogFather
- Evan NeumannChris
- Joyce KorineGrandmama
- Alvin LawCard-Playing Neighbor
- Brian FiskPond boy
- Miriram MartinezTeenage Girl
- Edgar ErikksonBearded Man
- James MoixDancing Man
- Victor VarnadoRapper
- Oliver A. BuenoBowler
Stills
Themes
schizophreniaabusive fatherdysfunctional familydead mothermiscarriagebluntmental illnessice skatingbrother sister relationshipanxiousdrearystillbirth