Rating: R
Genre:
Drama
Theatrical Release: 05/07/2004(USA
Release Date: 05/09/2006
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 94 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content, Rape & Sexual Abuse, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Strand Home Video
Writer/director
Michael Burke makes his feature-length debut with the
coming-of-age drama The Mudge Boy. Known as a weird kid,
Duncan Mudge (
Emile Hirsch) is a naïve 14-year-old farm boy with an aging father,
Edgar (
Richard Jenkins), and very little social life. When
Duncan's mother suddenly dies, he develops a strange fascination with her clothes, speaks in her voice, and spends his time with his pet chicken. His father and the other people in the town just don't understand his behavior, while the other kids make fun of him. A drunken group of older boys call him names, but they eventually allow him to hang out with them if he provides beer money.
Duncan admires one of the boys,
Perry (
Tom Guiry), who reveals some hidden truths about himself. As the relationship between the two deepens, it begins to take on darker, more ominous shadings.
The Mudge Boy premiered at the
2003 Sundance Film Festival.
~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
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