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Welcome to the Dollhouse is a american film of genre Drama directed by Todd Solondz released in USA on 24 may 1996 with Heather Matarazzo
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
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Add to a movie listWelcome to the Dollhouse is a 1995 American coming of age black comedy film. An independent film, it launched the careers of Todd Solondz and Heather Matarazzo.
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Eleven-year-old Dawn Wiener is a shy, unattractive, unpopular seventh grader living in a middle-class suburban community in New Jersey. Her 17-year-old brother Mark is a nerdy, snooty high school student who plays clarinet in a garage band and shuns girls in order to prepare for college. Dawn's younger sister, 8-year-old Missy, is a spoiled, manipulative little girl who pesters Dawn and dances happily all around the house in a tutu. Their mother is a shrewish, overbearing woman who dotes on Missy and always sides with her in disputes with Dawn. Their father is a meek, immature, selfish man who always sides with Dawn's mother in her arguments with Dawn. Dawn's only friend is an effeminate fifth-grade boy named Ralphy, with whom she shares a dilapidated clubhouse in her backyard.Actors
Heather Matarazzo
(Dawn Wiener)
Brendan Sexton III
(Brandon McCarthy)
Eric Mabius
(Steve Rodgers)
Christina Vidal
(Cynthia)
Ken Leung
(Barry)
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