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Pumpkin (2002)

Starring: Christina Ricci, Hank Harris Director: Adam Larson Broder, Anthony Abrams Rating: R (Restricted) Format: DVD
3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (117 customer reviews)


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Product Details

  • Actors: Christina Ricci, Hank Harris, Brenda Blethyn, Dominique Swain, Marisa Coughlan
  • Directors: Adam Larson Broder, Anthony Abrams
  • Writers: Adam Larson Broder
  • Producers: Christina Ricci, Albert Berger, Andrea Sperling, Betsy Danbury, Francis Ford Coppola
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
  • Subtitles: English, Spanish, French
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rating: R (Restricted)
  • Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
  • DVD Release Date: November 5, 2002
  • Run Time: 113 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (117 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005JLD1
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #47,922 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)
  • For more information about "Pumpkin" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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Pumpkin scores bonus points for risk-taking satire, but it’s the right movie made by the wrong people. Despite an able assist from star and coproducer Christina Ricci, first-time codirectors (and USC film-school graduates) Anthony Abrams and Adam Larson Broder lack the delicate touch required to pull off a comedic romance between an idealistic sorority girl (Ricci) and the semi-retarded, physically challenged boy nicknamed Pumpkin (Hank Harris) whom she’s paired with as part of her sorority’s image-boosting charity campaign. The movie boldly addresses the taboos and condescension typically applied toward the disabled in movies and hits its satirical targets (social elitism, campus hypocrisy) while undermining the "Jerry’s Kids" stereotype of so-called "special" people. It’s a valiant effort, but the strengths of Pumpkin are overwhelmed by its ineptitude, with poor character development, choppy plotting, and rampant inconsistencies. Its many flaws aside, Pumpkin deserves credit for trying something new, difficult, and altogether challenging. --Jeff Shannon


Product Description

Silly, sweet, farcical and subversive, Pumpkin pushes the boundaries of teen melodrama to anabsurd pitch, resulting in a film that is bracing, hilariously funny, and quite often, and in unexpected ways, touching (A.O. Scott, The New York Times)! Sexy Carolyn McDuffy (Christina Ricci) has a perfect lifea good family, a top sorority and a hot boyfrienduntil she meets the not-so-perfect Pumpkin, (Hank Harris), a challenged discus thrower who touches her soul and turns her life upside down. Suddenly smitten, Carolyn finds herself embroiled in a culture clash that will make you laugh with humor, with recognition and with disbelief (Roger Ebert) as you follow her hysterical journey from popular insider'to ostracized outcast!

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars ...Who can you laugh at?, November 21, 2002
First off, a minor correction for the offical review of this film. These two may be first time co-directors, but this wasn't their first film. They're the writing team behind "Dead Man on Campus".

And no, a lot of people aren't going to like this movie. If you liked "But I'm a Cheerleader", you'll probably love it. I did. The characters are drawn in much the same way: earnest, but completely lunatic.

The subject matter is also, like 're-orienting' queerfolk, generally considered not appropriate comedy material, and as such, there are some folks who will hate this movie no matter how the subject is approached, because there "just isn't anything funny about the mentally disabled". I thought it did a good job of staying between the sort of flat-out mean fun that "Something About Mary" made of disabled kids, and the smarmy "our poor wounded angels" attitude so many people adopt when portraying the mentally disabled. This movie treats their subjects like normal people - some of them are mean, some of them are nice, some of them are better than others.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Taken too seriously, April 3, 2005
By Kero351 (Phoenix, AZ, USA) - See all my reviews
If some of you haven't noticed, this movie isn't meant to be hardcore reality. Its supposed to be a story, and thats what the directors wanted. Not a detailed look into the life of a surroity, not a perfect student, just a normal girl who falls in love but doesnt want to really. I thought this was a really good movie. It's supposed to show almost a sense of surreality. I never would have thought everyone whould have such negatory reviews toward it. Perhaps all these people are just like the people in the movie. Afraid of something diffrent.
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Pumpkin - Good concept, bad script, November 1, 2003
By KWIK (Verona, WI United States) - See all my reviews
I agree with Jeff Shannon.

Pumpkin could have scored higher for me because the concept has never been done before. It's unfortunate that the script was not well written. No matter how great the actor, a bad script is hard to execute. Christina Ricci is an able actor, but she has great difficulty pulling off sincerity. Her transformation from spoiled sorority girl to sensitive human isn't believable. The script skims the surface of each character, without really developing who they are and why they act as they do. It goes from one unbelievable scene to the next, and although I stuck with it to the end...hoping that something would change...my initial instinct in the first 10 minutes to "stop watching" should have been followed. It's a real disappointment to me when such a challenging film topic isn't done well. I'm also surprised that Francis Ford Coppola (who funded the movie) didn't help the two young filmmakers out a little more. With some guidance from him, this would have been a great film.

By all means borrow the movie (or rent it), but if something tells you to stop it early on, don't perservere. Turn off the DVD and doing something else. Unless you are a screenwriter...then by all means watch it, and then go develop a script that does justice to this challenging topic.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Hmm.
I really wanted to like it. In fact, I was smitten with the character of Pumpkin, and his scenes with Brenda Blethyn and even Christina Ricci. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Devra Lake

3.0 out of 5 stars Greek and Geek
This movie captures attitudes of greek life at USC where it is filmed, yet leads to a compassionate and passionate twist for one very perfectly popular sorority girl which expands... Read more
Published on November 6, 2007 by Root n' Leaf

4.0 out of 5 stars ROTN 5: Change of Heart
It wasn't believable that Christina Ricci, of all people, would pass muster as a sorority queen, though she goes all out raiding Reese Witherspoon's wardrobe and even borrows... Read more
Published on September 20, 2007 by Kevin Killian

4.0 out of 5 stars Dark, Droll and Dry Satire
Carolyn McDuffy (Christina Ricci) is a girl who assists her sorority by helping a bunch of mentally challenged adults for the "Challenged Games". Read more
Published on July 2, 2007 by Kasey Driscoll

1.0 out of 5 stars Are the previous reviews JOKING?
To give this movie any rating better than among the top ten worst-made movies ever, yeah, EVER, you'd have to be way more brain-crippled than Pumpkin (one of the main characters)... Read more
Published on April 14, 2007 by Michael B. Anders

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW! I DUG THIS QUIRKY FILM! WHO DOES THE BACK GROUND MUSIC?
'Pumpkin' is a not watch it appears to be on the surface. If you're looking for a lightweight teen movie, then this is not the film for you, 'Pumpkin' full is full of quirky... Read more
Published on March 13, 2007 by ! MR. KNOW IT ALL ;-b

1.0 out of 5 stars Good movie-Nast language
I saw this movie on TV and evidentally it was edited. I have an autistic grandson who loves the girl actress in this movie so I ordered it for him. Read more
Published on March 12, 2007 by nettie gene

4.0 out of 5 stars The Lowdown
If you look for movies that are reflective of real life, maybe you won't like this. Or if you harbor intense guilt/dislike/shame towards handicapped people. Read more
Published on November 4, 2006 by A. M. Mullins

3.0 out of 5 stars Someone got it right
Wow. What a mix of perceptions and opinions from all reviewers. Read other reviews for plot details.

SPOILER. I think that the reviewer J. F. Read more
Published on October 26, 2006 by Big Shrike

5.0 out of 5 stars Bizarre Love Story
This movie is like those weird thought you sometimes have about random things that you suppress.
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Published on August 1, 2006 by The Nellernator

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