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Mood:
- CleverHumorousWittyThought ProvokingOffbeatBiting
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Plot:
- Actor's LifeComing of AgeCelebrity CultureShowbizSuburban LifeTeenage LifeFilmmakingArtists and Showbiz more...
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Genres:
- ComedyIndependent
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary
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Place:
- Canada
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Humor:
- Satire
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Childstar, 2004
English
Canada
Profile of Childstar
The mood of Childstar is thought provoking, clever, and witty. The plot centers around suburban life, the life of an actor, and filmmaking. It features satire. Childstar is a comedy and independent movie. In approach, it is realistic. The setting is Canada. Childstar happens in contemporary times.
Summary of Childstar
Canadian actor/director Don McKellar (HIGHWAY 61, EXOTICA, LAST NIGHT) skewers the self-obsessed world of Hollywood celebrity with his wry indie comedy, CHILDSTAR. As the popular star of a top-rated American sitcom, 12-year-old Taylor Brandon Burns (Mark Rendall) is a spoiled, world-weary cynic facing the dual pressures of stardom and impending puberty. Sent on location to Toronto, Canada, Taylor suffers a mini-breakdown and runs away from the set, prompting his overbearing show-biz mother, Suzanne (Jennifer Jason Leigh), to enlist the help of their resentful limo driver, Rick Schiller (McKellar), himself a struggling filmmaker. Bolstered by McKellar's trademark low-key humor and emotional complexity, CHILDSTAR is both a gleeful Hollywood satire and a poignant coming-of-age dramedy.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | Canada |
| Release date: | 14 March 2005 |
| Runtime: | 98 min |
Cast and Crew
as Rick
as Suzanne
as Taylor Brandon Burns
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