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Dear Wendy, 2005

Starring: Jamie Bell, Bill Pullman

Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg

Written by: Lars von Trier

Language: English

Country: Denmark, France, Germany, UK

Runtime: 105 min

MPAA Rating:

Rating:6.6

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Dear Wendy can be described as offbeat and stylized. The plot revolves around social misfits, misfits, and teenage life. The main genre is drama. In terms of style, Dear Wendy includes a voice over and is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. Dear Wendy is set, at least in part, in a small town. It takes place in contemporary times. The soundtrack is oldies, pop, and rock. Note that Dear Wendy involves nudity, sexual content, and profanity.

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Dogme '95 cofounders Thomas Vinterberg (CELEBRATION) and Lars Von Trier (DANCER IN THE DARK, DOGVILLE) team up in DEAR WENDY, an unusual but entertaining drama set in an unnamed American small town. Jamie Bell, the award-winning actor who played the title role in BILLY ELLIOT, stars as Dick, a teenager loner whose father (Trevor Cooper) is disappointed that the boy has chosen not to work with him in the mines. Shortly following his father's death, Dick develops a fetish for a gun he bought in a toystore, and he soon forms a special club with fellow outcasts Freddie (Michael Angarano), Huey (Chris Owen), Susan (Alison Pill), and Stevie (Mark Webber). The teens meet regularly in an abandoned section of the mine, where they refer to their guns as their "partners," experiment with unique shooting styles, and live by their own code of bizarre rules--which include never firing aboveground at people. But when Sheriff Krugsby (Bill Pullman) asks Dick to help take care of troubled teen Sebastian (Danso Gordon), things don't go quite as planned, leading to an unforgettable ending. The quirky, compelling film, written by Von Trier and directed by Vinterberg, features cool costumes, expert pacing, and familiar songs by the 1960s group the Zombies.

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Language:	English
Country:	Denmark, France, Germany, UK
Release date:	22 January 2005
Runtime:	105 min

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Jamie Bell

as Dick Dandelion

Bill Pullman

as Krugsby

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Time

Von Trier has a tendency to go overboard in his denunciations of American violence (Dogville). By contrast, Dear Wendy is a cogent, comprehensive take on the land and the films that obsess him. Full Review

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by: Richard Corliss

The Hollywood Reporter

Part parable, part wild west shoot-out, yet totally original, Dear Wendy is a powerful indictment of American gun culture. Full Review

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by: James Greenberg

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