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The Mudge Boy (2003)

7.1 R

Genre: Drama, Romance

Release Date: January. 17,2003

Duration: 93min

Country: US

Original Language: en

Director: Michael Burke

Plot: Duncan imitates his deceased mother because he can't fully let her go. He wears her fur coat to bed and speaks in her voice at the dinner table. The aloof sixty-year-old father of Duncan, Edgar, cannot comprehend the peculiar ways in which his son is grieving. Duncan is a regular person, so why can't he suffer like one? Perry Foley, their macho buddy who endures far more hardships on his father's farm, tends to console Duncan and justify his "wimpiness" to their brazenly violent friends, Travis, Scotty, and Brent.

Cast: Emile Hirsch, Tom Guiry, Richard Jenkins, Pablo Schreiber, Zachary Knighton

Keywords: lgbt, coming of age, loss of loved one, homosexuality, bullying, rural area, chicken, misfit, vermont, rape of a male

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Garden State (2004)

7.4 R

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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Release Date: 2004-07-28

Duration: 102min

Country: US

Plot: Twenty-six For nine years, Andrew has struggled on his own in Los Angeles. Andrew receives a call from his long-lost New Jersey home. His years of taking antidepressants had made him numb to his surroundings. He runs across his father, a therapist, and some old pals in his hometown. Andrew went to the hospital for a long time, on his father's recommendation, to get a diagnosis and treatment for his headache. It was then that he met Saman, a gorgeous but somewhat neurotic girl, who altered his hopeless situation like water without a ripple.

Cast: Zach Braff, Natalie Portman, Ian Holm, Peter Sarsgaard, Jean Smart