culkin roadshow

watched 'igby goes down' this evening. granted, i had to suffer it with a settee full of girls talking the whole way through but even so it was a disappointment. got back to read one rave review on amazon. hmm. well, the main character could have had so much more depth. he was an interesting idea but not half as raw as he should of been if they were trying to portray a really rebellious young man. my 13 year old has more attitude than him and we were meant to be convinced he was a drop out from a string of schools and dealt drugs. no he was too preppy by far. the estranged, mentally ill father figure could have been so interesting as well but guess what, they kicked him out after the first scene and shove him in an institute. there's a slight twist at the end when you discover the 'murder' was assisted euthanasia. not really enough to turn it round!

rent something else.