Showing posts with label Welcome to the Dollhouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Welcome to the Dollhouse. Show all posts

Wednesday, 15 January 2014

005. Welcome to the Dollhouse (United States - 1995)


Now this is an odd one. The protagonist, with whom we sympathise and whom we hate at the same time, suffers from bullying at school and bullies at home, as a way of externalising her frustrations and at once feel like a real person after the humiliations from her classmates. A film of American monsters from the 90s, and satirising the teenage film culture of the 80s/90s, Welcome to the Dollhouse surprised me with its concept, despite its all too trivial dialogue, generally bad acting, and sometimes confusing graphical shot relation.



Director: Todd Solondz.

Score
Cinematography: 7.0
Acting: 6.0
Editing: 5.5
Sound: 5.5
Text: 6.0

Average score: 6.0