- Release Date: 2005
- Runtime: 108 min
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Starring: Jamie Bell, Camilla Belle, Justin Chatwin, Glenn Close ... see all
- Director: Arie Posin
- Plot: The Chumscrubber starts out with Troy,a normal teenager who supplies "feel good" pills to everyone in his high school(this way he spreads happiness all around). But when his friend Dean... Read more
User Reviews
YEAH...THE SOMEWHAT CHUMMY MOVIE
Feb 15, 2008
phatrick3000 - yahoo.com
Feb 15, 2008phatrick3000 - yahoo.com
UM good but definetley had some flaws....worth seeing though i would say! Some of the actors were kinda lame though.... Full review
SO GOOD
Nov 03, 2007
sashagolakov - yahoo.com
Nov 03, 2007sashagolakov - yahoo.com
The first time I saw this movie; i was so amazed; this movie is so unique in its own way; it has a genre of its own that has been only been shared with 1 more movie that I have ever... Full review
Cool Different Kind of Movie
Jul 30, 2007
movieexp3rt - yahoo.com
Jul 30, 2007movieexp3rt - yahoo.com
This movie was good and a different movie to watch. Has a little bit of stupid stuff in it but its still good.... Full review
when have the critics been right
Jul 06, 2007
tomk1of1 - yahoo.com
Jul 06, 2007tomk1of1 - yahoo.com
they hated it. so what? well too many people tend to listen...extremly unpleasant story of what many of our children may be seeing thier world look like. worse than 50 yrs. ago? probably not,but i don't beleive it has ever been... Full review
Save the Children
Jul 06, 2007
iamnicolo - yahoo.com
Jul 06, 2007iamnicolo - yahoo.com
A must see for anyone who cares about saving your children and our society from crumbling. A sharp social indictement of dysfunctional American families and the disastrous effects of such on our children. It's no wonder the critics have rated it... Full review
Different
Apr 18, 2007
prestonlewis - yahoo.com
Apr 18, 2007prestonlewis - yahoo.com
Very good for many different reasons. First, it isn't a typical, predictable Hollywood film. The characters for example, are unpredictable. Like innocent little Charlie turning into a cursing fiend who wants to kill the redhead who stabbed him twice. Dean, the... Full review
Weird but interesting
Mar 28, 2007
dario1236 - yahoo.com
Mar 28, 2007dario1236 - yahoo.com
I can't believe how there are great reviews for this movie. It is as weird and stupid as you can get. I'm sorry I don't live in surburbia so I can't relate to the plot and all.... Full review
not to be understood by all
Dec 02, 2006
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Dec 02, 2006trueindianfan2003 - yahoo.com
this movie is very well done. it a way it reminded me of donnie darko. I knew when i finished it not everyone would understand this because it really is a culture film. Like the cover says the perfet movie for... Full review
Fantastic
Nov 23, 2006
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Nov 23, 2006tpstoppie09 - yahoo.com
Even though this movie made me jump at some points, it was a really memorable movie with a very very good plot line. it seems like dean's neighbor hood is just like mine. so i could relate to alot of what... Full review
The Best Movie Ever.
Nov 13, 2006
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Nov 13, 2006sharkiefreak - yahoo.com
This film is amazing. Absolutely amazing. The acting and wit are enough to make you drool for constant cinema perfection. And yet, Chumscrubber is a rarity - a movie that is completely interesting, while not being so full of itself. The... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Sep 07, 2008Urban Cinefile
In the wide open spaces of Arie Posin's manicured, neat and orderly fantasy suburbia, The Chumscrubber is a symbol that can mean anything you want it to.
Admittedly the film intends to take risks with its slightly surreal style, but the problem this creates works against the film's success as 'meaningful statement'.
... Full Review
| Jun 06, 2007ViewLondon
The Chumscrubber is aiming for Donnie Darko-style coolness but it never really works, despite strong performances from a superb cast.
Jamie Bell stars as Dean, a high school student in the Smalltown USA community of Hillside, who discovers that his drug dealing best friend Troy has hanged himself in his bedroom.
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| Jul 06, 2006ABC, Australia
DAVID: Yes, I agree, I think it's a really interesting film.
But with such a stellar cast there's still quite a lot to enjoy with The Chumscrubber.
The Chumscrubber is set in a well-to-do conformity enclave in Southern California.
... Full Review
| Jun 08, 2006ABC, Australia
The Chumscrubber is very well directed and performed....All this doesn't make Chumscrubber a bad movie..... ... Full Review
| Apr 06, 2006DVD Town
The key difference in the ways that "American Beauty" and "The Chumscrubber" satirize suburban life is that the former laughed with its characters while the latter laughs at its characters.
This is a set-up for a kidnapping and a series of contrived coincidences.
... Full Review
News
Synopsis : Troy supplies happy pills for all the high schoolers in Hillside, a beautiful, quasi-utopian example of California suburbia, but Troy's suicide sends shockwaves through the community, making everybody realize how perfect things aren't. ... Full Article
VIDEO: Andy Warhol Interviews Spielberg
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2008-12-30
Check out this video of a young Steven Spielberg being interviewed by Andy Warhol in a hotel room, with Bianca Jagger participating.They seem to be passionately discussing about televisions and transistors and whatnot. ... Full Article
The Chumscrubber
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2007-06-07
The Chumscrubber (2007)
bbc.co.uk –
2007-06-04
Moody teenagers rule in The Chumcrubber, starring Jamie Bell. He's the school loner and the remote arm with which indie filmmaker Arie Posin takes a swipe at the suburban drones raising their kids on a diet of video games and... ... Full Article
On this day in 2004, film began rolling for The Chumscrubber , Arie Posens social critique on modern suburban life. Co-written by Posen and Zac Stanford, the movie takes its name from the pop culture sphere of the storys fictional... ... Full Article
The Chumscrubber
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2005-08-05

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The Chumscrubber
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The Chumscrubber. A video.

